September 2015
↑ Deborah Berke named Dean of Yale School of Architecture, will succeed Robert A.M. Stern in 2016
Not many news on Archinect sparked as much excitement as the announcement of Deborah Berke as the new Yale Architecture Dean, effective July 1, 2016. Commenters debated how the school’s direction might shift after current Dean Robert A.M. Stern passes on the baton.
↑ First big-name architects confirmed for Obama Presidential Center
It’s prediction time! The Barack Obama Foundation sent out RFQs for the Chicago Presidential Center to a host of confidential firms, and now it’s “Guess Who’s On That List!”
↑ LA's redesigned Petersen Automotive Museum: so bad the public will love it?
"The Guy Fieri of buildings” ranks among the most beloved debate topics this fall. Like a Rorschach test for the built environment, Archinectors simply won’t get tired of chipping in their immediate allegories.
↑ Traveling to Chicago soon? seDURST's Scott Durst shares his favorite go-to spots around town
We’re continuing Archinect’s new travel guide series and point the lens at Chicago, soon-to-be host city of its first architecture biennial.
↑ Cooper Union to return to tuition-free model
Just like you can’t simply change a popular cola recipe without suffering the repercussions, Cooper Union eventually gives in to the pressure of the public outcry it had stirred up and announces to return to a tuition-free model.
↑ "Dear Architecture" winners write fictional letters addressing real problems in the field
The creators of the tremendously popular Fairy Tales Architecture Competition are back with a new offshoot, the Dear Architecture competition, capturing the industry’s sentiment in letters to architecture. And most often it’s...complicated.
↑ Moscow skaters reclaiming hidden spaces on top of Soviet-era buildings
We’re all suckers for Soviet-era modernist buildings, aren’t we? Watch how Moscow’s youth reclaims these exciting - and often hidden - spaces on four tiny wheels.
↑ Archinect presents Next Up: Podcasting the Future of Architecture at Jai & Jai Gallery
Archinect takes architectural live-podcasting on the road - first stop: Los Angeles. Co-hosted by Jai & Jai Gallery, NEXT UP conducts a series of live interviews, panels, and talks with local architects at the forefront of a rapidly changing field.
Can’t stop, won’t stop: Archinect’s NEXT UP live-podcasting series travels to the Windy City and presents an exciting line-up of interviews, panels and discussions in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
September 2015
↑ The Architecture Job Application Hints & Suggestions from Employers: Part II
A lot of recovery has happened on the architectural job market since the big crash and countless firms are certainly wearing their hiring pants. Yet as a job seeker, it sure would be nice to hear directly from the hiring firms what they’re precisely looking for in a job applicant, wouldn’t it? Archinect’s got you covered with Part II of its highly popular The Architecture Job Application Hints & Suggestions from Employers guide.
↑ And the winners of Archinect's Dry Futures competition are…
Architect is proud to announce the winning entries in its Dry Futures competition, seeking innovative, future-focused design responses to California’s historic drought. The results are presented in the two competition categories: Speculative and Pragmatic.
↑ The Broad Museum opens its doors for a look beyond the veil
Amelia Taylor-Hochberg pens a (sponge-less) review of downtown LA’s newest art treasure chest, the DS+R-designed Broad Museum on Grand Avenue.
As the Cooper Union turmoil continues to make the news (see further above), we get a chance to speak with newly appointed Cooper Union Dean Nader Tehrani: “I know the school through its myth, not through its reality.”
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