Minneapolis-based practice Snow Kreilich Architects has today been selected as recipient of the AIA's coveted Architecture Firm Award. Bestowed annually as the Institute's highest accolade given to an architecture firm, the award distinguishes a practice for consistently... View full entry
The AIA bestowed its honorable 2018 Gold Medal today to architect James Stewart Polshek, partner emeritus of Ennead Architects. The award distinguishes an individual architect or pair of architects for their lasting influence and significant contributions to the field. Last... View full entry
Housed under one checkered roofscape, the upcoming East Austin District by BIG is a new sports and entertainment hub for the evolving city of Austin, Texas. BIG recently unveiled their scheme for the massive 1.3 million square-foot campus, which will bring about the city's first professional... View full entry
A renowned architect and longtime Albuquerque dweller, Predock recently donated the Downtown property where he once lived and practiced to UNM – the school that helped turn the once-budding engineer into an artist.
In the more than 60 years since he matriculated at UNM, Predock has designed projects all over the world [...].
But he has maintained ties to UNM, even designing the building that houses its School of Architecture and Planning.
— Albuquerque Journal
How do you raise the standard of living in the poorest neighborhoods in the country?
That’s what community developers, typically nonprofits that build and finance affordable housing, have tried to do over the last few decades. And yet [...] many of these communities remain stuck in poverty. [...]
This problem has stumped community developers for decades. But two local nonprofits think they’ve hit on something: They’ve created a private equity fund.
— marketplace.org
A new wildfire closed part of Interstate 405 early Wednesday near Los Angeles' posh Bel Air area and prompted evacuations [...]
The closure of I-405 -- a significant north-south artery in the country's second-largest city -- came after flames swept down the foothills toward the highway near Sepulveda Pass and the Getty Center arts complex as stunned motorists drove by shortly before 6 a.m.
— CNN
The Richard Meier-designed Getty Center — scheduled to celebrate its 20th anniversary on December 16 — woke up to a terrifying scene before sunrise this morning with the neighboring hillscape ablaze... View full entry
Do you know all of your coworkers? If you are looking for closer contact, growth and responsibility, or more influence in the workplace, a small firm may be the right fit for you. A tighter circle in the office increases your exposure to the whole firm giving you a fuller grasp in the workplace... View full entry
The Vessel, a 150-foot-tall climbable sculpture made of bronzed steel and concrete, topped out Wednesday, serving as the public centerpiece of Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, the $150 million interactive landmark includes 154 interconnecting flights of... View full entry
London-based architect Miguel Bolivar recently released his side project Archisutra, an architecture and design take on the Kama Sutra. This manual gives you all the data with annotated scale drawings and informative descriptions including categorizations of 'Typical Location' and... View full entry
Established in 1836, the RIBA President's Medals recognize outstanding architectural research and study around the world. Along with the announcement of the Research winners and Research Medalist, the student winners were revealed today. Out of 373 architecture schools that RIBA invited... View full entry
Starting with 51 submissions from 11 countries, the winners of the 2017 RIBA President's Awards for Research have been announced! The competition distinguishes top-notch architectural research projects by students, academics, and practitioners... View full entry
This fall Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner 2049 was released as the long awaited sequel to the original 1982 film, and has since sparked much conversation around the film's architecture. There is no denying that Blade Runner 2049's construction was considerably influenced by Brutalist forms, but is... View full entry
Last month, London mayor Sadiq Khan, joined by a trio of Google executives, broke ground on the site of Google’s new campus in the city’s King’s Cross district. [...]
The property has been dubbed a “landscraper,” a building as long and as horizontal as skyscrapers are tall and vertical, and it could represent a shift in the very shape of the places where people work.
Google’s London flagship will be 1,082 feet long, which is 66 feet longer than The Shard, London’s tallest building, is high.
— Quartz at Work
Quartz' article features input from American futurist, Amy Webb, who predicts a bright future for landscrapers — not only in London. Image courtesy of Google.More about the new Heatherwick Studio + BIG-designed Google London HQ here. View full entry
The Community Resilience Panel for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems was created by the Obama administration in 2015 within the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. Its chairman, Jesse Keenan, told members at a meeting Monday that its charter was being dissolved and that meeting would be its last. — Bloomberg
The Trump administration is pulling the plug on the Community Resilience Panel for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems—a group created in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy that helped local officials prepare for extreme weather and other natural disasters. The multi-agency organization... View full entry
Yesterday morning construction topped off at the Statue of Liberty Museum, a brand new $70 million building on Liberty Island designed by FXFOWLE and ESI Design, marking a milestone before the 2019 opening. Diane von Furstenberg, who is still working to raise money for the museum, and Stephen Briganti, president of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, signed their names on the beam symbolically hoisted to the top of the structure. — 6sqft
Rendering via FXFOWLEPhoto from topping off ceremony by Emily Nonko for 6sqftPhoto from topping off ceremony by Emily Nonko for 6sqft View full entry
