New renderings have been unveiled following the city’s Cultural Affairs Commission approval of the recently announced first slate of sculptural installations set to line the forthcoming Destination Crenshaw development in Los Angeles. The $100 million community redevelopment scheme features a... View full entry
In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding student projects on various Archinect People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Student Work. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW... View full entry
RIBA has announced the Cambridge Mosque Trust as its 2021 Client of the Year. The Trust was behind the Cambridge Central Mosque development from Marks Barfield Architects, which landed on the Stirling Prize shortlist. The 2009 commission produced a wonderful, light-filled, and highly sustainable... View full entry
The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) has announced the winners of their 2021 Graduate of the Year Awards (GOTYA). Chosen from 173 nominations and 27 State winners, the 8 overall winners are drawn from disciplines across the design industry, from fashion and products to interiors and... View full entry
To appease his wife wanting more diversified views from their home, 72-year-old Vojin Kusic designed and built a fully operational rotating house. The unique project was born through the couple’s former home, which Kusic routinely remodeled to meet wife Ljubica’s desires. After altering the... View full entry
RIBA has announced Peter Barber Architect’s McGrath Road development as this year’s winner of the Neave Brown Award for Housing. The award recognizes the best affordable housing developments realized in the UK in the past year. PBA projects dominated the 2021 shortlist with two of the four... View full entry
Late last month, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced a 15-year, $191 million plan to make New York City a leader in the offshore wind industry. Called the Offshore Wind Vision (OSW) plan, it ensures the city meets its... View full entry
Following yesterday’s Stirling Prize announcement, RIBA has officially named Tonkin Liu’s water tower conversion project as the winner of this year’s Stephen Lawrence Prize. The prize celebrates the life of the aspiring architect, who was tragically murdered in 1993. Each entry has a budget... View full entry
For our latest weekly curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we have selected four challenges calling for innovative design solutions contributing to a circular economy, architectural concepts seeking to disrupt old, failed modes of operation, promising BIPOC... View full entry
Grafton Architects has been named by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as the winner of this year’s Stirling Prize for the best new building in the UK. The Dublin-based firm won for its Town House multipurpose academic and arts space for Kingston University... View full entry
In the wake of the deadly Champlain Towers collapse in Surfside, Florida in June, several groups are calling for improvements to building safety standards. The groups include a statewide association of contractors calling for steps to improve building structural safety, and a task force from... View full entry
LIPMAN has been announced as the winner of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art’s Garage Screen 2022 Architectural Concept Competition.The Moscow-based firm will create the pavilion used in the museum’s Garage Screen summer cinema series. The winning design called for a load-bearing frame... View full entry
Pioneering landscape architect Julie Bargmann has been announced as the inaugural winner of the newly-formed Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize. Known for her work in regenerative landscapes, the University of Virginia faculty member now has the honor of being... View full entry
Retail design has gone through plenty of changes over the years. From exciting storefronts to immersive experiential designs, architects and designers have helped reshape design possibilities for retail. But, beyond the looming fear of the retail apocalypse, the pandemic has added... View full entry
An IT specialist in his 30s, he says that his interest in his hometown’s Soviet-era architectural history began gradually, starting with an appreciation of 19th-century neoclassical architecture. From there, he became interested in constructivism, and finally, modernism. “I began to understand that these [Soviet-era buildings] were not just ‘boring, Soviet panels’, as most people thought of them, but perhaps masterpieces of world architecture.” — The Calvert Journal
The Ukrainian port city of Odesa offers a unique blend of popular 19th-century styles and Soviet-era modernism. Architect Heinrich Topuz’s Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy, completed in 1981, stands as one of the city’s best examples of building in the period. Similar social media tributes... View full entry
