A new analysis of the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has shown an increase in the cost of construction input prices of 0.4% for March. In the month, nonresidential construction input prices increased by... View full entry
The next exhibition on view this spring at Washington, D.C.’s National Building Museum will focus on a popular region for fans of Frank Lloyd Wright. Inside Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southwestern Pennsylvania, which runs through March 17th, 2025, a vision for the region's future is presented... View full entry
The five boroughs are home to more than 200,000 multifamily buildings made with un-reinforced brick and built from the mid-1800s to the 1930s, according to a city hazard plan. Many rowhouses across the city neighborhoods fall into this category.
Such masonry cannot bend or flex during an earthquake and would instead break or crumble. A strong earthquake could cause some buildings of this type to collapse.
— The New York Times
Last week’s 4.8 magnitude tri-state quake wasn’t nearly as strong as the (estimated) 5.5 magnitude incident that occurred on August 10, 1884, and would have caused $4.7 billion worth of damage to the modern city, according to the New York Times. Experts have warned that the risk posed to... View full entry
The latest curated jobs roundup from Archinect Jobs highlights five architecture and design firms currently looking to grow with exciting job offerings in Florida. For helpful guidance on how to get that next job, make sure to check out Archinect's Guide to Job Titles series and our Archinect Tips... View full entry
Architecture and infrastructure consulting firm AECOM is to provide environmental restoration and compliance services to NASA facilities across the U.S. The five-year contract will see AECOM deliver environmental sampling, contaminants investigations, and human, health, and ecological risk... View full entry
French street art pioneer JR has debuted his latest piece, a massive illusory trompe l’oeil piece animating the facade of Milan’s Stazione Centrale railway station, in advance of the start of Milan Design Week in the Italian cultural nexus. His latest commission is titled La Nascita... View full entry
Chicago’s Tribune Tower has been voted the best building in the city by readers of Urbanize Chicago. Thousands of votes were cast in the Urbanize Chicago People’s Choice Best Building 2024, with the Tribune Tower seeing off competition from the second-place Wrigley Building. Designed by... View full entry
Allied Works’ collaboration with Reed Hilderbrand for the new Palmer Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University is closing in on its June 1st opening. The firm has shared new photos previewing its work ahead of the inauguration, which will culminate a two-year construction period for a... View full entry
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Outdoors for All Act, which seeks to address the lack of adequate recreation space in underserved communities. The bill, which is yet to pass the U.S. Senate, would establish a dedicated source of funding for the existing Outdoor Recreation Legacy... View full entry
This post is brought to you by Microsol Resources We’re about to awake to a new dawn in visualization, where exciting tools and technologies will allow everyone to create anything they can imagine, without limitations. Technology enables visualizing spaces and rendering architectural models in... View full entry
Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed a new state-of-the-art research and academic facility that will deliver Columbia Universty’s first purpose-built, all-electric lab building for the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. The project will augment Columbia’s Plan 2030 for achieving campus-wide... View full entry
Work on Frank Gehry’s new Colburn School expansion has commenced in downtown Los Angeles toward its eventual completion after Q1 2027. His firm Gehry Partners celebrated the groundbreaking with school officials last Friday, April 5th, in sight of his previous Walt Disney Concert Hall... View full entry
Jeffrey Beers International (JBI) has announced a new leadership team in the absence of its namesake founder, who passed away last month from cancer at the age of 67. The firm has appointed partners Michael Pandolfi, Nora Liu-Kanter, and Tim Rooney as new leaders of the 37-year-old New York-based... View full entry
The Department of Architecture at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) has shared its late semester schedule of public speaking events as part of our Get Lectured rundown for the Spring 2024 term. Events this semester begin on Tuesday, April 16, with an appearance from Carmen Suero, the Principal of... View full entry
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation and City of Melbourne have jointly announced they will be extending the run of Tadao Ando’s new MPavilion commission at Queen Victoria Gardens for another full year until March of 2025. "We’ve been thrilled to see visitors of all ages and from far and wide flock to... View full entry
