Following last week’s visit to New York-based 1100 Architect, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Phoenix, AZ this week to explore the work of Richärd Kennedy Architects. Founded in 1996, the firm has amassed a portfolio “predicated on the idea that sustainable design... View full entry
The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture has announced Dora Epstein Jones will be joining its faculty in the fall as one of five new appointments. Previously, Jones served as former faculty at Texas Tech University at Huckabee College of Architecture in Lubbock and will be... View full entry
Aaron Neubert Architects has completed the ‘t House,’ a residence for a young family located in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills, overlooking the San Fernando Valley and Griffith Park. Described by the design team as an “innovative model for Southern California hillside developments,” the... View full entry
In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding student projects on various Archinect People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Student Work. Tip: Use the handy FOLLOW... View full entry
A Bangkok landmark known as the “robot building” has been stripped of its identity, heritage campaigners have said, as they called for the city’s distinctive architecture to preserved. [...]
Campaigners have urged the bank to find a way to improve energy efficiency while maintaining the facade’s unique design. They say the lack of legal protection for the building underlines the broader need for changes to how sites of special importance are identified and preserved.
— The Guardian
The Guardian tells the story of the Sumet Jumsai-designed near-iconic "Robot Building" at the heart of Bangok’s bustling commercial district. The 37-year-old structure has been undergoing renovations at the hands of Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB), irking fans and preservationists who... View full entry
The second and final update to architecturally-inspired filmmaker Kevin Siyuan’s documentation of Singapore has been released, offering his follow-up to a popular 2021 video that compared many of the city’s iconic landmarks to structures and interiors included in the cinema of fellow design... View full entry
The North American Copper in Architecture Awards announces this year's winning projects in three categories: New Construction, Restoration, and Custom Fabrication. Now in its 16th edition, the Copper Development Association (CDA) recognizes 19 projects across the U.S. and Canada that have... View full entry
A new exhibition featuring the globe-spanning designs of Es Devlin will be on display at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York this fall along with a series of talks and other public programming focused on the constantly shifting perspectives that have defined her work over the... View full entry
This year’s Weitzman Awards at the University of Pennsylvania will honor Koning Eizenberg and James Corner Field Operations with two of their top honors during a public forum celebrating the most exceptional achievements in public design.A class of 1986 alum, James Corner’s firm was... View full entry
AIA Chicago has announced that Cynthia Weese, FAIA, principal of Weese Langley Weese Architects, will receive the 2023 AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award. The ceremony will take place at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago’s Millennium Park on September 28, 2023. Throughout her... View full entry
Archinect's Lexicon focuses on newly invented or adopted vocabulary within the architectural community. For this installment, we're featuring a term relevant to the both recent wave of generative AI tools released for public use in the AEC sector and beyond, and the software tools... View full entry
Are you an experienced project architect or project manager looking to explore new job opportunities in New York? For our latest jobs highlight, explore 12 open positions currently featured on the Archinect Job Board. If you're looking for jobs on the West Coast, be sure to check out Archinect's... View full entry
New economic reporting compiled by Yardi Matrix suggests that apartment conversions will yield 122,000 or more new units in the United States in the coming years despite a recent turndown that’s been recorded in the market since January 1st. RentCafe has the latest data analysis to highlight a... View full entry
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation has just announced the third cycle of its Frankenthaler Climate Initiative (FCI), representing a total of $2.7 million in funding to 48 different visual arts organizations across the country for 2023. Along with the announcement of this year’s awardees, the FCI... View full entry
A new project focused on landform development in the Maldives from the Self-Assembly Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Invena is now on view at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. The Growing Islands initiative is a design proposal that considers the impacts of rising... View full entry
