Dutch-studio MVRDV has won the competition to develop the Dawn Bridge, a multi-use pathway in the ancient water town of Zhujiajiao, China. Located on the outskirts of Shanghai, the ancient district was established over 1,700 years ago and is peppered with historical rice shops, banks, spice stores... View full entry
David Chipperfield Architects Berlin has been chosen to design Hamburg's future tallest building, the Elbtower. At 230 meters, the structure will become a recognizable accent on the city's skyline and is expected to act as a counterpoint to the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Elbphilharmonie on the... View full entry
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada recently named four international Honorary Fellows for 2018: Diébédo Francis Kéré, Odile Decq, William J. Stanley III, and John Sorrenti. The Fellows were selected for their significant contributions to both the profession and society.“We are... View full entry
Construction of the world's tallest skyscraper in Jeddah is going ahead, the head of the consortium behind the $1.5 billion project said, despite the detention of some businessmen backing the plan in Saudi Arabia's crackdown on corruption. [...]
Construction has reached the 63rd floor and the superstructure - the concrete shell and the cladding - is to be completed next year, Jomah said, adding that delays in some areas were inevitable because of technical challenges.
— Arabian Business
Progress on the soon-to-be tallest structure on earth has been troubled for a while, with the main contractor (and partial owner) Saudi Binladin Group going through a financial rough patch and, more recently, several project officials and royal family members being targeted by the country's... View full entry
The 2018 RIBA Norman Foster Traveling Scholarship, supported by the Norman Foster Foundation, is now open and accepting applications from enrolled architecture students globally. One winner will be awarded a £7,000 grant by a panel of judges, which will include Lord Foster and RIBA President Ben... View full entry
Sprayed with Vantablack Vbx2, a pavilion at the Winter Olympics in South Korea absorbs 99% of light. [...]
Lurking between the competition venues like an angular black hole, it looks like a portal to a parallel universe, waiting to suck unsuspecting ski fans into its vortex.
— The Guardian
Photo: Luke Hayes/HyundaiSports fans around the world can't wait for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to officially open tomorrow, but there's more to the spectacle than just athletic competitions on snow and ice: London-based architect & designer Asif Khan has created the "darkest... View full entry
Two researchers recently suggested that autism and post-traumatic stress disorder led to the minimalist stylings of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Their questions and tools are useful, but there’s danger in mistaking one piece of a puzzle for its entirety.
The places we inhabit influence the way we see the world [...] Equally and inevitably, psychology has shaped architecture.
— citylab.com
Darran Anderson responds to the piece “The Mental Disorders that Gave Us Modern Architecture” by Ann Sussman and Katie Chen, arguing against their totalizing narrative of two influential figures and modernism as a whole. Sussman and Chen suggest modernist architecture originated from... View full entry
Since establishing the practice in 2010, Family New York has accrued an impressive array of projects to their name, as well as fans of their work. Over the course of only eight years, founders Oana Stanescu and Dong-Ping Wong have had the opportunity to collaborate with everyone from the New... View full entry
Today, the Serpentine Galleries in London announced Mexican architect Frida Escobedo as the designer of the 2018 Serpentine Pavilion, one of the year's most anticipated architectural exhibitions. Born in Mexico City in 1979, Escobedo is the youngest architect by far to design the outdoor... View full entry
MONU magazine's current issue #27 on "Small Urbanism" shows how small things can have a great impact on city life and planning, exploring themes such as micro-occupations as political protest, urban furniture to recover public spaces and fight criminality, acupunctural interventions for refugee settlements or tiny models used for military strategies. — MONU
There are architectural spaces that capture you through their smallest details. Almost five years ago, I visited the Crematorium building by Asplund in the Woodland Cemetery, in Stockholm. After crossing the artificial landscape along a seemingly introverted building, I remember entering a... View full entry
CIM Group and Macklowe Properties announced on Wednesday that the world’s tallest residential building just broke another record: the single best-selling building in New York City. According to the developers, they have sold $2 billion in luxury condominiums at 432 Park Avenue, a 1,396-foot tower designed by renowned architect Rafael Viñoly. The building’s most significant closings include 48 residences selling for more than $20 million each. — 6sqft
Pioneering African-American architect Georgia Louise Harris Brown had a knack for seeking out the most fertile architecture scenes in the world during her long career. She practiced in Chicago during Mies van der Rohe’s prime and, from there, moved to Brazil, where a singular modernist language was being created for Brasilia, the most ambitious planned capital of the 20th century. — autodesk.com
Georgia Louise Harris Brown has been featured as part of Redshift's Respect series, focusing on architect visionaries. Brown was the first African-American women to graduate with an architecture degree, and the second professionally licensed African-American female architect in the... View full entry
Anthony Morey, who many here on Archinect will recognize as Archinect's editor-at-large, starting editorial columns such as Cross-Talk, Fellow Fellows and From the Ground Up, has been just announced as the a+d museum's new Executive Director and Curator. Prior to this announcement, Anthony... View full entry
If you've already liked or used Morpholio's popular Trace app on the iPad Pro, you can now also get excited to put it to work on your small screen: TracePro just launched for iPhone and presents a powerful architectural application of Apple's ARKit augmented reality framework in a pocket-friendly... View full entry
At a recent public ceremony in Berlin, Rolex announced the 2018-19 mentors and their selected protégés for the prestigious Rolex Arts Initiative, which pairs talented artists early in their careers with recognized leaders in their respective fields for a year or more of open-ended creative... View full entry
