'Multi-family industry’s first franchising opportunity' seeks visionary architect to develop their housing solution

2023-02-22T11:21:00-05:00

Following last week’s look at an opening for a VDC Coordinator at Assembly OSM, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open position on Archinect Jobs for an Architectural Designer at Vessel Technologies.

The successful candidate will join Vessel’s team in New York City, where they will work on the design, manufacturing, and development of apartment buildings produced by Vessel’s patented system. Specifying the need for a "visionary architect," the company sees its ideal candidate as someone who is "tired of being a consultant" and will instead "embrace cutting-edge technologies and new methodologies."

Vessel Technologies system. Image credit: Vessel Technologies

Why the role interests us

The open role at Vessel is the latest in a long list from our Job Highlights series where architecture and real estate firms are seeking novel answers to the U.S. housing crisis, with other examples including a SHoP-born high-rise disruptor, an emerging ADU desig...

Why local architects do it better, and the case against franchised architecture

2014-06-12T16:16:00-04:00

Architecture, however, is a social art, rather than a personal one, a reflection of a society and its values rather than a medium of individual expression. So it’s a problem when the prevailing trend is one of franchises, particularly those of the globe-trotters: Renzo, Rem, Zaha and Frank. It’s exciting to bring high-powered architects in from outside... But in the long run it’s wiser to nurture local talent; instead of starchitects, locatects.

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'Multi-family industry’s first franchising opportunity' seeks visionary architect to develop their housing solution

Why local architects do it better, and the case against franchised architecture