OMA has shared photos of the newly-reopened Buffalo AKG ARt Museum (formerly the Albright-Knox Gallery) following a special ribbon-cutting ceremony that was held on June 12 in Buffalo, New York. The culmination of more than three years of construction yielded the renovation of two... View full entry
Chingwen Cheng has been appointed as the new director of the Stuckeman School at Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture. Cheng is currently the program head and associate professor of landscape architecture, urban design, and environmental design at Arizona State University’s Design... View full entry
The Architekturmuseum der TUM (Pinakothek der Moderne) in Munich, Germany, is to launch an exhibition on hospital design. Titled Building to Heal: New Architecture for Hospitals, the show is intended as “an impulse and stimulus for this rethinking,” with three sections comprising the themes... 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 that recently found prominence with the unveiling of the new Apple Vision Pro device. "Spatial computing" represents a fusion of diverse... View full entry
Whether you're seeking your first job or looking to transfer your skillsets to another firm, Archinect has pulled together a list of opportunities from Archinect Jobs for architects and design professionals in the Philadelphia area. As a leader in all things architectural... View full entry
The newest addition to New York City’s High Line has opened to the public. Named the Moynihan Connector, and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with James Corner Field Operations, the timber bridges form a link between a series of civic spaces from Midtown West to the West Village. The... View full entry
Kanika and Jwalant Mahadevwala, architects and founding partners of andblack design studio, have created a multifunctional black box theater design that uses parametric models to "allow customization of several variables to achieve the specified volume." Their design prototype, Darwin Bucky, is a... View full entry
A one-time nightclub where the roots of house music spread from a group of Chicago DJs to worldwide prominence is now an official city landmark. [...]
“The Warehouse at 206 South Jefferson is where Black and Brown Chicagoans celebrated life and love and the birth of house music, a genre that has taken over the globe [...] The Warehouse is where Frankie Knuckles, a Grammy winner and proud openly gay Black man, created a safe space for everyone.”
— Block Club Chicago
The Chicago City Council approved a landmark designation on Wednesday, June 21st, for The Warehouse at 206 S. Jefferson Street in the city’s West Loop. The three-story structure, built in 1906, served as a dance club between 1977 and 1982. It was where world-renowned artist and House... View full entry
Sou Fujimoto Architects has shared photos of the firm’s recent Maruhon MakiArt Terrace design in Ishinomaki, Japan. The project sought to rebuild an important piece of the region’s cultural infrastructure that was destroyed by the devastating earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of... View full entry
Noted architect, landscape architect, and Syracuse University professor Julia Czerniak has been named dean of the University at Buffalo’s School of Architecture and Planning following a competitive search to find the next design education leader for the SUNY flagship campus. Czerniak will take... View full entry
De Zwarte Hond has designed a timber office building for Dutch energy company Alliander. Located on the Noordzeeweg in Amsterdam Westpoort, the new offices are described as circular and flexible, consisting of workshops, warehouses, test facilities, and educational and park buildings. Image... View full entry
Apple has officially opened the doors to its newest store in the UK, located at London’s iconic Battersea Power Station, which has undergone an extensive overhaul to convert the building from a former coal-fired power station to a high-end shopping, commercial and residential development. — The Apple Post
The Foster + Partners-designed storefront is located on the first floor of the Battersea Power Station, which opened last fall, and marks Apple’s 40th store in the United Kingdom. The Station is also the site of the tech company’s new UK headquarters, which will house 3,000 employees in... View full entry
Michael Graves Architecture has once again expanded its operation after announcing the acquisition of the Texas-based AEC technology consultants Parallax Team. The firm’s fifth such expansion in the past 15 months follows the acquisitions of PGN Architects, Walter Robbs Callahan &... View full entry
The latest billings data from the American Institute of Architects has found there to be a rebound in the demand for design services across May 2023. The index score in May was the highest it has been since September 2022, while inquiries into new projects and design contracts reached their... View full entry
The winner of the 2023 Davidson Prize has been announced during a special live event held last night in Shoreditch as part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture. A team led by Studio Mutt, Liverpool’s The Independence Initiative, and a development company Neighbourhood took home the... View full entry
