The adaptive reuse design for the Shepherd Gallery and Art Center inside the new Little Village in Detroit has been revealed ahead of its public opening on May 18th. The project from Peterson Rich Office (PRO) transformed a 110-year-old former church into a new cultural center for the local... View full entry
Construction technologies company ICON has unveiled a suite of new technologies at SXSW, including a multi-story robotic construction system and an AI-powered design system. At a SXSW event dubbed ‘Domus Ex Machina,’ the company also presented a new low-carbon building material for 3D... View full entry
For the first Studio Snapshots of 2024, Alexander Walter had the pleasure of chatting with Brent Linden and Chris Brown, founding partners of Portland, Oregon-based Linden, Brown Architecture. Noah Walker liked what he saw: "Beautiful work." Plus, Niall Patrick Walsh lays out how Creativity... View full entry
Preliminary details from the ongoing National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation into the deadly 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Florida were shared recently, revealing evidence that supports theories about the precise source of its... View full entry
Take a look at our latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs: This week's featured employer highlight includes job openings in New York City/Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Mountainside, New Jersey. For even more opportunities, head to... View full entry
The next new project from Zaha Hadid Architects will renovate major elements of the historic Le Schuylkill Tower in Monaco. Built as the principality’s first high-rise in 1963, the aging 25-story residential tower overlooks the Mediterranean and Monte Carlo’s Port Hercule and boasts... View full entry
The Architectural Review has announced the winners of the 2024 AR Future Projects awards. The series describes itself as a “window into tomorrow’s cities” by celebrating excellence in projects still undergoing design or construction, which have “the potential for positive contribution to... View full entry
This year's winners of the annual Brick in Architecture Awards were announced by the Brick Industry Association today.The award celebrates artistic and technological advancement of the material and the skilled use of brick masonry in architectural designs. Winners were drawn from the United... View full entry
Princeton, New Jersey-based Michael Graves Architecture has announced that the firm is expanding once again with the acquisition of Studio Four Design, a successful 17-person operation working with over twenty years of experience on various project types in the Knoxville, Tennessee, market. The... View full entry
Buildner just shared the results of its popular The Architect’s Chair contest. The competition challenged architects and designers to “distill their design approach into its core components and represent their unique style in a single piece of furniture — the architect's... View full entry
Following last week’s visit to New York-based Bates Masi + Architects, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Philadelphia this week to explore the work of KieranTimberlake. Founded in 1984, the firm describes its approach to architecture as an “alchemy of art, science, analysis... View full entry
Germany’s Vitra Design Museum is to open an exhibition on the architectural evolution of the energy sector. Titled Transform! Designing the Future of Energy and open from March 23rd through September 1st, the exhibition will explore design across a range of scales, from everyday products... View full entry
The Moody Nolan-designed Obama Presidential Center Programs & Athletics Center project in Chicago’s Jackson Park has been scheduled to break ground later this month. Project updates were reported late last week by the Chicago Sun-Times on the occasion of former President Obama's visit to... View full entry
“It really pisses me off,” Clark said while standing in the plaza in front of the Flatiron Building on Fifth Avenue, a few blocks south of the dueling skyscrapers. “The whole New York skyline has been destroyed. When I moved here I was thrilled with it, and now it’s just getting disgusting. These new buildings have no identity, no design to them. We’ve lost the character of New York, and it breaks my heart.” — The Guardian
The Guardian goes inside some locals' struggle against the new 262 Fifth Avenue condo tower by Meganom and SLCE Architects. The East Siders protesting their obstructed view sheds are also not in favor of its appearance or the design for 432 Park Avenue, including several inspired teen critics on... View full entry
The New York Times has entered the debate surrounding LA's troubled Oceanwide Plaza development this week after social media and the outside press tied its celebrity status to the neglect of downtowns, housing rights issues, and their relationship to developer capitalism. The Times piece... View full entry
