Land Art Generator has announced the winners of the 2018 LAGI Melbourne design competition! Out of the 25 shortlisted entries, “Light Up” by locally based NH Architecture won first place with a $16,000 cash prize. Second place went to “Night & Day, a Hydro-Solar Generator” by... View full entry
New Land Enterprises has announced a bold plan to build a 21-story mass timber apartment building in East Town. If completed, the building, known as Ascent, would be the tallest timber structure in the Western Hemisphere according to the company.
The news comes just months after New Land released plans to build a seven-story mass timber office building, the city’s first, along the Milwaukee River in Westown.
— Urban Milwaukee
The timber tower scheme was designed by Milwaukee-based Korb + Associates Architects with structural engineering input from Thornton Tomasetti. If completed as proposed, the 21-story residential building would rise 238 feet—considerably more than the currently tallest timber building in the... View full entry
Architecture's presence in academia plays an increasingly pivotal role in shaping and guiding new designers of the future. Many architects use their own experiences academically and professionally to instruct students in various capacities. Whether it be teaching in the studio, as a guest... View full entry
Archtober 2018 is approaching the halfway point of this month-long event series full of architecture-centered exhibitions, lectures, workshops, talks, conferences, film screenings, and tours across New York City's five boroughs.For the eighth year in a row, Archinect & Bustler are... View full entry
In this year's AIA Film Challenge: Blueprint for Better, architects and filmmakers were invited to create compelling short films telling the stories of architects working with civic leaders and local residents to create positive community impact.From affordable housing to preservation... View full entry
Doug Aitken's new art installation Mirage Detroit has opened in the once-abandoned State Savings Bank, a century-old Beaux-Arts building in downtown Detroit that has sat empty for decades. Aitken's latest work brings back his much beloved project for Desert X, which saw a reflective suburban... View full entry
In addition to the anticipated 2018 Stirling Prize winning announcement, RIBA revealed that “Old Shed New House” by Tonkin Liu had won the 2018 Stephen Lawrence Prize. UK property developer Argent LLP was honored with the Client of the Year Award.Established by the Marco Goldschmied... View full entry
Another RIBA awards cycle has come to a close! This evening at The Roundhouse in London, RIBA just announced the Bloomberg London headquarters by Foster + Partners as the 2018 Stirling Prize winner for the UK's Best New Building. The jury — which David Adjaye led — selected the... View full entry
[...] Peter Barber, one of the most original architects working today. Over the past decade he has built a reputation for his ingenious reinventions of traditional house types and his ability to craft characterful chunks of city out of unpromising sites.
[...] He is a master of humane high-density, designing that rare thing: new housing that feels in tune with the grain of London, in the form of neither alienating slabs nor tacky towers, without resorting to pastiche.
— The Guardian
The Guardian's architecture critic, Oliver Wainwright, has nothing but praise for the award-winning firm Peter Barber Architects, a small practice that seeks to integrate social activism ideals when designing better, and more humane, housing for London. Holmes Road Studio, a whimsical housing... View full entry
Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2018 With a new school year upon us, it's time for Archinect's latest Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any... View full entry
wHY Architecture's innovative partnership with EpaCenterArts has broken ground in East Palo Alto, coinciding with a community stakeholder event to celebrate the occasion on Saturday, October 13th. The planned $50 million 21,000-square-foot EpaCenterArts, the construction for which began last... View full entry
Some of the world's most scenic locations for luxury homes — beachfronts, forests, mountains — are also prone to disaster: hurricanes and floods, wildfires and earthquakes. Architects and designers are increasingly tasked with creating gorgeous homes that are also able to stand up to nature's whims. — CNN
It shouldn't have to take another reminder from the United Nations that a lot more climate change-related extreme weather scenarios will be heading our way in the coming decades to finally take disaster preparedness into consideration when designing homes. View full entry
At a time when the cannabis industry is growing its commercial presence in Los Angeles, a new private members club for industry elites is setting up shop at 718 South Hill Street, in the heart of Downtown L.A.'s Jewelry District. Local architecture firm M-Rad was put in charge of redesigning... View full entry
Richard Meier is officially out at Richard Meier & Partners Architects, the company announced in a statement titled Leadership Changes this morning. "Founder Richard Meier will step back from day-to-day activities and support the leadership transition of the firm he founded in 1963," reveals... View full entry
BIG's Copenhagen office, in collaboration with Metaform, has been selected to design Skypark Business Center South, the first visible section of the ambitious Airport City development at Luxembourg Airport (LUX). View full entry
