Earlier this week, engineering and construction giant Bechtel and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) announced a multiyear partnership dedicated to preventing construction worker suicides.  The partnership aims to reach 500,000 U.S. construction workers over five years... View full entry

The New York Times is reporting Autodesk founder John Walker to have died on February 2nd at the age of 74.  The technologist and Case Western Reserve University alumnus is credited with the development of AutoCAD, a software tool which revolutionized... View full entry

SO – IL’s plans for an extension of the Williams College Museum of Art in western Massachusetts have been made public as the institution prepares to house its important collection in a free-standing and purpose-built new home for the first time in its 100-year history. The project will enhance... View full entry

This edition of Bustler's curated picks of architecture and design competitions spotlights four briefs calling for revitalization concepts for Chicago's DuSable Park, exceptional residential architecture, urban design projects transforming public spaces in Europe, and research proposals relating... View full entry

Following last week’s look at an opening for a Japanese-speaking Retail Architect at O’Neil Langan Architects, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Staff Architect at Greater Indy Habitat... View full entry

The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning has announced Antje Steinmuller as the next chair of the college’s architecture program. Steinmuller is expected to begin her three-year appointment on July 15th and is described by the college as “the leader... View full entry

This week's edition of our curated jobs roundup features an assemblage of architecture and design career opportunities being offered by 20 women-led firms in Los Angeles, New York City/Brooklyn, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. To see and keep up with the range of roles at firms run by or... View full entry

Organizers of the W Awards have just announced their selection of this year's recipients of the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture and MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice via a special ceremony held today, March 7th, at the Canadian Centre for... View full entry

Buildner has shared the results of its Beyond Isolation: Senior Housing Competition. The design ideas challenge awards cash prizes for solutions to the growing societal issue of isolation and the need for better-designed spaces in which elderly citizens can age in place, a topic represented... View full entry

The latest Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) information for February has shown a slight decrease in economic activity, dropping 1.4% to a new score of 180.5 from January’s revised total of 183.0. Over the month, commercial planning fell 2.3% while institutional planning ticked up 0.1%. The drop in the... View full entry

The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, has shared photos of its recent expansion project that was completed by EskewDumezRipple in April of 2023 at a cost of $67 million. Drawing inspiration from coastal New England granite quarries, the project added a total of 42,000 square feet via the new... View full entry

California-based Samara has opened a factory in Mexicali, Mexico, to scale up manufacturing of their backyard ADU units. As we reported in late 2022, the startup is led by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia alongside former Flex chief executive Mike McNamara. Image credit: Samara The 150,000-square-foot... View full entry

London-based ecoLogicStudio has unveiled a collection of biophilic design products as part of their wider PhotoSynethetica research project.  The collection includes a desktop biotechnological air purifier, a compostable stool, and a 3D printed jewel made of re-metabolized pollution. Image... View full entry

The American Institute of Steel Construction has selected a shade structure concept situated in rural Arkansas as the grand prize winner of the $10,000 Forge Prize for 2024. Mile Zero, as the winning project is called, is designed to double as a hiking trail marker for the Razorback... View full entry

The Bjarke Ingels Group and HNTB-led stadium proposal for the Oakland Athletics in Las Vegas has been published for the first time since the Major League Baseball franchise formalized its intention to relocate from the Bay Area to Nevada in time for the start of the 2028 season. The first... View full entry