A team at the University of British Columbia has developed “smart construction robots” for performing basic tasks on construction sites, such as lifting and moving objects. The team, led by Dr. Tony Yang from the University’s Smart Structures Lab, recently demonstrated the concept at a... View full entry

ETH Zurich has published details of new research into lightweight building components produced using 3D printing. Led by doctoral architecture researcher Patrick Bedarf, the Airlements project centers on cement-free mineral foams derived from recycled industrial waste. Working within the... View full entry

Concluding the 2023 World Architecture Festival in Singapore is the announcement of the prestigious World Building of the Year award, which went to Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio and Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group.Designed as an "efficiency-first" campus... View full entry

As the year draws to a close, the architecture and design community shows no signs of slowing down — offering exciting gatherings and thoughtful exhibits to be explored throughout December and well into 2024.From the long roster of current and upcoming events listed on Bustler, here are a... View full entry

Following yesterday's announcement of Day One winners, we continue with our World Architecture Festival coverage by sharing the next round of award winners for the Completed Buildings, Future Projects, and INSIDE categories from Day Two. Explore the Festival's latest batch of award-winning... View full entry

Brussels-based urban design firm Dogma has been announced as the winners of the 2023 Charles Jencks Award by The Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The award has been given out annually since 1993 in honor of practices or individuals whose... View full entry

The state’s building code update puts them in league with California, Maryland, and major cities New York, Los Angeles, and Boston to have adopted similar policies.  The new amendments offer a “watered-down” alternative to a proposed electric heat pump mandate that was abandoned in the... View full entry

Diamond Schmitt Architects has designed a new campus expansion plan for McGill University in unison with LemayMichaud that will help advance the study of earth systems and environmental health while restoring several historic buildings and the university’s connection to Mount Royal Park. One of... View full entry

Safdie Architects and PWP Landscape Architecture have unveiled their design for a master-planned residential development in Killington, Vermont. Developed by Great Gulf, the “mountain village community” will include the largest ski beach in the Eastern United States. Image credit: Great Gulf... View full entry

A team comprising Foster + Partners, CannonDesign, and Gilbane Building Company has designed a major healthcare addition to Mayo Clinic’s campus in Rochester, Minnesota. The project, titled 'Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Rochester' features two new high-rise clinical buildings at the center of the... View full entry

Charles Munger, the billionaire investor whose proposed design for a monolithic, partly windowless dormitory at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was the subject of a public controversy that drew critical ire and the eyes of outside media, passed away yesterday at his home in... View full entry

Late SCI-Arc founding director Ray Kappe’s final residential design has hit the market in Venice Beach, California, for a listed price of $4.2 million. The 2,482-square-foot home has three bedrooms and was originally built in 1947. Kappe began the commission in 2019 (the same year he passed... View full entry

Heatherwick Studio has released a new batch of project images along with an announcement of the long-awaited completion of their Azabudai Hills mixed-use district in Tokyo. The multi-billion dollar project for Mori Building Co. Ltd. culminates a 30-year regeneration process in the heart of the... View full entry

One of the industry's most anticipated international events has kicked off this year in Singapore with the 2023 edition of the World Architecture Festival and its sister event, INSIDE World Festival of Interiors. From November 29 through December 1, the Festival welcomes and... View full entry

Following last week’s look at an opening for an Emerging Scholar in Design at the University of Texas at Austin, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for an Architect/Designer at Build Block. The role, based in Los Angeles... View full entry