The 2018 Young Talent Architecture Award competition has come to a close with today's announcement of the four winners! Out of 40 shortlisted student graduation projects and 12 finalists, the four winners will be recognized during an award ceremony at the Palazzo Mora in Venice on September... View full entry
Architects from all over Europe were invited to submit new work to the latest edition of the annual best architects competition. The jury, comprising Raphael Frei (pool Architekten, Zurich, Switzerland), Thomas Lechner (lp architektur, Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria), and Prof. Jonathan... View full entry
The LILA (Landezine International Landscape Award) 2018 winners have recently been announced. This year 119 eligible office profiles, 249 public projects, and 44 gardens were judged by two 5-member juries. One winner is announced in each of the three categories with one special mention in the... View full entry
Are you looking for an architecture job with a solid number of years under your belt? With enough experience to lead when necessary and the skills to navigate working under senior staff, intermediate-level staff is essential to the workflow of an office. This week we have rounded up some amazing... View full entry
“Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of Its Transformation” traces the connection between traditional and contemporary Japanese architecture, demonstrating the significant role architecture has had throughout the country's history. Currently in Tokyo's Mori Art Museum until September, the... View full entry
The six finalist teams in the Future Campus – University College Dublin International Design Competition unveiled their proposals for the new 8,000-sqm, €48m Centre for Creative Design building today. The structure is expected to shape the university's identity as a creative hub and... View full entry
On June 22 at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works, the international architecture and design community gathered for the eighth annual AZ Awards. With finalists and winners travelling from as far away as Austria, Japan and Mexico, the winners of the competition were revealed amid a celebration of... View full entry
Out in the deserts of Lime, Oregon, an unexpected site of boulder-sized luxury handbags has taken over the arid landscape. The gigantic purses, which sport the designs of Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Prada, Gucci, Chanel and McQueen, are part of Thrashbird's latest project titled 'Valley of Secret... View full entry
The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Homes Awards recognize residential projects and developers for their innovative green construction. Most recently, the USGBC distinguished a group of multi-family, single-family, and affordable housing projects and companies for the 2017 edition of... View full entry
Seattle-based Olson Kundig have been chosen as the lead architect and exhibit designer for View full entry
Located in Los Feliz, the 5,500-square-foot house was built from 27,000 concrete blocks, with some blocks featuring intricate geometric patterns. [...] Ron Burkle purchased the home from the nonprofit Ennis House Foundation for $4.5 million in 2011, property records show. After purchasing, he then restored it, adding an extra $10 million to improve the home after it had suffered major damage from a previous earthquake and heavy rains. — The Real Deal
A Menlo Park company called Katerra announced that it had acquired Michael Green Architecture, a 25-person architecture firm in Vancouver, British Columbia. On June 12, the company revealed that it had bought another, larger architecture firm, Atlanta-based Lord Aeck Sargent. This comes five months after Katerra raised $865 million in venture capital from funders led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund, which has also invested heavily in the co-working startup WeWork. — City Lab
Startup Katerra looks to revolutionize the construction industry through streamlining the entire process with their design-build model. The company has acquired Michael Green Architecture, known for designing tall wood buildings, and Lord Aeck Sargent. With these two firms... View full entry
Students—as both learners and curators—are leading the way at Dartmouth College’s Hood Museum of Art, which is due to reopen on 26 January 2019 after a closure of nearly three years for an expansion and revamp by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. The $50m project expands the museum’s space by 50% to over 62,000 sq ft, adds six new galleries and renovates the museum’s original 1985 Charles Moore building (which was “not healthy” [...] revealing rust and mould in the renovation process). — The Art Newspaper
Previously on Archinect: "It’s almost as if they were getting revenge for what MoMA did to their Folk Art Museum" — TWBTA take on Charles Moore's Hood Museum View full entry
In May, the UK's government body Historic England granted listed status to 17 Postmodern buildings, including CZWG’s China Wharf, John Outram's Judge Institute of Management Studies, and Jeremy and Fenella Dixon's St Mark’s Road. For many, the induction was seen as a much needed validation of... View full entry
AERIAL FUTURES, a non-profit think tank exploring innovation in the architecture of flight, have created a new film titled Urban Constellations looking at the relationship between a city and its airports. Using NYC as a case study, this video asks how fragmented pieces of infrastructure can be... View full entry
