A research team in Oregon has unveiled a mass timber prototype home that seeks to showcase a sustainable, energy-efficient alternative to traditional home construction. Designed by the TallWood Design Institute, a collaboration between the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, the... View full entry
Victor Lundy, the renowned modernist architect whose work leaned on fine art and espoused a more humane form of architecture for the masses, has died in Texas at the age of 101, the Sarasota Observer is reporting. A true man of his times, Lundy served in the U.S. Army’s 26th Infantry Division... View full entry
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA), and the New Zealand Registered Architects Board (NZRAB) have implemented a new Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA). It replaces the previous MRA between the countries... View full entry
The renovation of Helmut Jahn’s fought-over Thompson Center building in Chicago for Google has provided an updated pair of renderings for the $280 million project. The update follows last December’s release of the initial images for the reimagining. Google is pledging to deliver a... View full entry
Three finalists for the 2024 RIBA International Prize have emerged in the competition to be crowned as the next title-holder of the "world’s most transformative building."The fourth edition of the prize, which was first established in 2015, includes a juried selection taken from the slate of... View full entry
With the upcoming 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on the horizon for 2025, the new interior renovations by Trahan Architects to one of its tragic epicenters—the historic Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana—is an important project to highlight following the completion of... View full entry
The results are coming in from Singapore as part of the winner's announcements for the 2024 edition of the World Architecture Festival and its sister event, the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors. Held once again inside the Marina Bay Sands complex, the winners were judged live by a... View full entry
Following our previous look at an opening for fellowships at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore open roles on Archinect Jobs for Healthcare Planners at Flad Architects, who are currently... View full entry
Henning Larsen has expanded its Unboxing Carbon initiative with the release of two open-source catalogs detailing the carbon emissions of building materials for architects and designers. Originally launched in 2021 as a carbon literacy course, “Unboxing Carbon” aims to address the construction... View full entry
French designer Marc Fornes and his Brooklyn studio THEVERYMANY have shared with Archinect images from a recent collaboration with Porsche on a pavilion design that was created for the automaker as part of Singapore Art Week. Image: © DoubleSpace, courtesy of Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY... View full entry
SO – IL’s Anima pavilion design for Art Omi Pavilions at Chatham, Art Omi's brand new satellite pavilions offshoot in New York’s Hudson Valley, has been released ahead of its anticipated 2026 debut. Image courtesy SO – IL Forming as a "shifting presence" on the undulating meadows... View full entry
MVRDV has completed the restoration of Aldo Van Eyck’s Tripolis Park office complex in Amsterdam. The project, which founder Winy Maas says was deeply personal to him as a fan of the eccentric late Structuralist master, re-establishes two buildings within the monumental original design to... View full entry
In this week's curated employer highlight from Archinect Jobs, we are featuring five architecture and design firms with current openings in New York City/Brooklyn, Norwalk, Connecticut, and Culver City. For even more opportunities, visit the Archinect job board and explore... View full entry
As part of the Archinect In-Depth: Licensure series, Niall Patrick Walsh gathered perspectives from Mike Armstrong, CEO of NCARB, Pascale Sablan, President of NOMA, architect and author Melvin L. Mitchell, writer and editor John Parman, architect and Professor Emeritus at George B. Johnston and... View full entry
Critics are coming out in favor of a distinctive new residential apartment tower from Jahn after the building opened at the south end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago in June. The 1000M project is a new high-rise accommodation meant to anchor the historic thoroughfare with 73 total stories and... View full entry
