The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has provided an outline to overhaul its 66 Portland Place London headquarters into a “once-in-a-generation” home of the new House of Architecture initiative. For a reported cost of £85 million ($107.4 million USD), the project from... View full entry
The completed construction of the Sagrada Família is now expected for 2026, multiple international outlets are reporting. The announcement made recently by the group responsible for managing its construction ends years of speculation as to the exact opening date for Antoni Gaudí’s monumental... View full entry
Following our previous visit to Philadelphia-based KieranTimberlake, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to California this week to explore the work of Richard Beard Architects. Led by Richard Beard, and based in San Francisco, Richard Beard Architects focuses on the design of private... View full entry
The new AIA President and Principal in HOK’s Chicago office, Kimberly Dowdell, talked with Crain’s recently, stating diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts must be sustained in the face of the latest anti-DEI pushback parroted by Elon Musk and other business leaders that contributed to the... View full entry
Zaha Hadid Architects director Melodie Leung has collaborated with Scottish whisky distillery Dalmore to create a “dramatic glass sculpture” housing two rare Highland Single Malt whiskies. The sculpture is the second chapter of ‘The Dalmore Luminary Series,’ a collaboration between the... View full entry
The contested plan to build an aerial gondola tram line from downtown LA to Dodger Stadium has been placed on hold after city council members voted last week to halt the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit (LA ART) for the time being. Local outlet ABC 7 was first to report on the council’s decision... View full entry
New York City’s first dedicated soccer stadium is becoming closer to a reality. As reported by Gothamist, the City Council is expected to approve the final phase of an ambitious project to revitalize the long-neglected Willets Point neighborhood in Queens through a mixed-use redevelopment. ... View full entry
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Mithun have announced they are collaborating on a new student housing project for the University of California, Santa Barbara (USCB). The two-phase project will deliver accommodations for 4,000 students by 2029, led by the new 2,140-bed San Benito complex... View full entry
The next satellite development of NEOM has been announced as a new lagoon straddling resort called Treyam. News of its announcement follows last week’s update from NEOM detailing the golf course and resort concept Gidori from Aedas architects Ignacio Gomez and Lama Al-Kharboush in the Saudi Gulf... View full entry
AIA California has announced architects Thom Mayne, Angela Brooks & Lawrence Scarpa, the practice Frederick Fisher and Partners, and the activist group Immigrant Architects Coalition as its slate of winners for the 2024 California Awards.The annual program honors both firms and... View full entry
This edition of Bustler's curated picks of noteworthy architecture and design competitions features four calls seeking applicants for a travel and research fellowship for graduate students, artists to create murals themed around art and play for Miami's 10-mile-long The Underline park, innovative... View full entry
New York's Jeffrey Beers International (JBI) has shared news that its founder Jeffrey Beers passed away from a battle with cancer on Monday, March 18th, at the age of 67. A prominent figure in hospitality design and planning schemes, Beers began his career as an architect in I.M. Pei's New... View full entry
The total value of construction starts for February fell by 8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.07 trillion, according to the latest data from Dodge Construction Network. For the month, nonresidential building starts dropped 16%, while nonbuilding starts were down 3%, and... View full entry
Henning Larsen has unveiled a new tool for designers that allows them access to a database of biogenic materials examples taken from around the world. The firm debuted its new Open Detail resource at the AEC Hackathon in Copenhagen. Together with collaborators Copenhagen School of Design and... View full entry
Heatherwick Studio has made public details of a new project in Bogotá, Colombia, for a client in the higher education industry. The studio’s first South American design will be realized as a seven-story academic building and makerspace with a uniquely colorful facade composed of setbacks, free... View full entry
