Full-time creative positions, like architects and sound engineers, come with considerable salaries and benefits. “We have 20-year-olds making $50,000 a year with us,” remarks Everett. — Artsy.net
Meow Wolf may have put the starving artist trope to rest in the form of a magnificent new business/installation model. Photo by Kate Russell. Courtesy of Meow Wolf.As this article explains: Since the Santa Fe-based art collective Meow Wolf opened its permanent installation, the House of Eternal... View full entry
In announcing the stamps, Royal Mail said that they celebrate excellence in contemporary architecture and engineering in the United Kingdom and “the renaissance in architecture of the past two decades in Britain.” — Linn's Stamp
One strip of five pictures includes Zaha Hadid's London Aquatics Center, the Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo, Glasgow's SEEC Amadillio by Foster + Partners, Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh designed by EMBT and RMJM, and the Giant’s Causeway Visitor Center in Northern Ireland by Heneghang... View full entry
The new operations headquarters of Reale Group, designed by Iotti + Pavarani Architetti, was recently opened in Turin, Italy. Located on the southwestern border of the city’s Roman castrum it replaced a building from the seventies, redefining and modernizing the entire block. Covering a... View full entry
It's easy to miss the Whole House, whose unassuming exterior blends in perfectly with its well-bricked surroundings in south London. But the house's interior is a different story. Thanks to some clever planning by Hayhurst and Co., this charming 92 m2 abode... View full entry
There's a reason why plywood, as ordinary and unexciting as it sounds these days, is a nearly ubiquitous building material. It's strong, light, affordable, and versatile, making it a choice material that architects, engineers, and makers reach out for over and... View full entry
John Wardle Architects (JWA) design has been selected as the winner of the Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens visitor center competition. Meant to showcase native or endemic to Australia species, the center will be located in the regional NSW town of Bowral and constructed out... View full entry
Best known for designing vertical urban-forest towers, Stefano Boeri Architetti had the winning design to create another one in the Jaarbeursboulevard area of Utrecht. The Hawthorn Tower project will comprise two high-rise buildings, with one tower designed Stefano Boeri Architetti and the other... View full entry
The World Design Organization today announced that Lille, France and Sydney, Australia have made the shortlist to become World Design Capital 2020, for their effective use of design to drive economic, social, cultural, and environmental development in their cities. City visits will be conducted... View full entry
Da Nang sits along the central coast of Vietnam and is the country's fourth largest city. For decades it had a reputation as a provincial backwater, but today, it is one of Vietnam's fastest growing cities. Modern hotels, apartments and restaurants are emerging... View full entry
Based in Madrid and operating globally, The Norman Foster Foundation is a non-profit promoting holistic education and interdisciplinary thinking and research. Followed from the Future is Now forum held in Madrid's Royal Theater on the 1st of June, Mayor of Madrid and Lord Foster brought... View full entry
Rotterdam is adding a new high-rise development to its Wilhelminapier waterfront, and it's twins (sort of): MVRDV's competition-winning The Sax proposal, a mixed-used project comprised of the two interconnected residential towers Philadelphia & Havana, certainly stands out with its... View full entry
Legend has it that the Italian capital, Rome, was established along the banks of the Tiber river. In Roman mythology, the city's mythical founders, Romulus and Remus were sentenced to death by the King as children by way of being thrown into the river; however, a pitying servant... View full entry
The wait is over! The Design Trust for Public Space revealed the winners of their citywide competition “Public for All: Rethinking Shared Space in NYC”. The initiative invited everyone living in NYC's five boroughs to send research, design, and planning proposals that would... View full entry
The viability of building a major new concert hall in London has been widely debated, and the future of the Center was thrown into doubt last November, when the British government withdrew its commitment to contribute 5 million pounds (about $6.4 million) to pay for a business plan. The City of London Corporation stepped in with 2.5 million pounds (about $3.2 million) to allow project to go ahead. — NY Times
The shortlist for the future home for the London Symphony Orchestra and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama was announced on Monday and consists of AL_A, Foster + Partners, Renzo Piano, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Gehry Partners, Snohetta, all of which have extensive experience working on... View full entry
In his latest design investigation, Joseph Choma, the founder of Design Topology Lab and an architecture professor at Clemson University, is helping shape up a future for fiberglass being used as a primary building material. Choma has been developing a fabrication technique that allows him to... View full entry
