First renderings were unveiled today of Dajiang Innovation HQ, the slick new Shenzhen headquarters of drone maker and robotics company DJI.Designed by Foster + Partners, the ensemble of two mirrored towers connected via a not so undramatic sky bridge is currently under construction. Foster +... View full entry
Over the weekend, the famous tourist town of Bruges—known for its enchanting canals, Belgian chocolate, and starring role in the movie In Bruges—kicked off the second edition of its Contemporary Art and Architecture Triennial. Themed Liquid City | Vloeibare stad, the event has returned with... View full entry
Giuseppe Gallo, a PhD candidate in Architecture at the University of Palermo, has created a series of posters inspired by 9 Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) projects. Gallo is the creative director of Mirabilia, a communication design studio based in Palermo, with a background in graphic design. ... View full entry
The international architectural competition for a new Danube bridge in Budapest has selected the joint design proposal by UNStudio with Buro Happold Engineering as the winning entry. Plans for a new bridge over the Danube in this southern area of Budapest have existed for decades, but lack of... View full entry
The traditionally opulent aesthetics of the Catholic Church take a stylish, glamorous turn in the “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute in New York. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the exhibition brings... View full entry
What if buying a house were more like buying a car? Could the process of choosing between a Ford, Volkswagen or Nissan ever translate into picking between an Adjaye, Rogers or Assemble? Beyond the dream of ever being able to buy a house, the prospect of commissioning an architect-designed home is an impossibly remote prospect for most of us, a luxury confined to the glossy pages of Sunday supplements and Grand Designs. — The Guardian
The founders of Cube Haus have commissioned well known architects such as Adjaye Associates, Skene Catling de la Peña, and Carl Turner Architects to design modular homes at affordable prices. Targeting infill and backland sites in the London area, Cube Haus is looking to fill a small housing... View full entry
Architecture studio KieranTimberlake used passive strategies to cool their new Philadelphia office building and installed 300 sensors to record data on how it was performing. Along with their network of sensors, the firm also developed an app called Roast for their employees to rate how they... View full entry
The 16,000 people who work in and visit Willis Tower each day could soon be spending less time on their elevator rides in Chicago's tallest building.
A five-year project to upgrade the tower's 83 elevator shafts -- and replace 97 passenger cabs, as some shafts have two-level elevators -- will start in June, according to the building's owner, Blackstone Group's Equity Office, and elevator firm Otis.
— Chicago Tribune
This major upgrade is expected to significantly reduce trip times as well as energy consumption (by as much as 30-35%), according to Equity Office and Otis. The 110-story Willis Tower—once ranked as the world's tallest building for nearly 25 years—hasn't undergone such an enormous overhaul... View full entry
Through a plethora of over-designed shelters, interventions, and temporary housing prototypes, professional architecture has attempted to pick up on issues of global mass displacement. Despite the endless stream of projects of this nature, little has changed and cots in gymnasiums remain the... View full entry
It's that time of year again when the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum announces the winners of their honorable National Design Awards. First launched in 2000 as a project of The White House Millennium Council, the National Design Awards recognize designers, patrons, and companies for... View full entry
The State of Illinois is celebrating its 200th birthday this year, and architects from all corners of the Windy State have contributed noteworthy examples of the built environment in honor of the Bicentennial. An AIA Illinois selection committee picked the final list of 200 Great Places, all of... View full entry
![Adam Neumann and Bjarke Ingels. [Photo: Alexei Hay/courtesy WeWork]](https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/lw/lw39764empipikq3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514 "Adam Neumann and Bjarke Ingels. [Photo: Alexei Hay/courtesy WeWork]")
Neumann says that in 2018, that will mean WeWork will build more buildings, some that reimagine what’s already there, like the Lord & Taylor project, and others that WeWork and Ingels will design in their entirety. Then, in 2019, the company plans to start creating “campuses”–essentially, WeWork on a neighborhood scale. That could look like a several-block radius where there’s a coworking space, coliving residence, and a school all clustered together, all operating under the WeWork umbrella. — FastCo
BIG has shared with Archinect the following press release: WeWork announces Bjarke Ingels as Chief Architect to advise and develop the firm’s design vision and language for buildings, campuses and neighborhoods globally. Bjarke will maintain his role as Founding Partner and Creative Director at... View full entry
After the long weekend, whether you are focusing on home improvements or thinking about how city living itself can be improved, there's plenty for you to get involved with around London this week. Check back regularly to keep up to date with London's latest happenings and our weekly... View full entry
Whether to keep Confederate statues in public spaces is an ongoing debate in cities across the U.S. Richmond, Virginia takes the hot seat in the Monument Avenue: General Demotion/General Devotion competition, which Storefront for Community Design and mObstudiO at Virginia Commonwealth... View full entry
Despite limited physical space in Singapore's dense urban landscape — with a population of 5.6 million squeezed into about 278 square-miles of land, the country's architects and urban planners are coming up with unique solutions to create delightful spaces that help enhance everyday life. So is... View full entry
