Ten Montreal-based projects have been announced as the individual winners of the 2023 Prix d’excellence by the Ordre des Architectes du Québec. Now in its 41st year, the prize celebrates designs from around the province that stands out for their creativity and commitment to the community. This... View full entry
UN rights experts have denounced the pending execution of three members of a Saudi tribe, reportedly in connection with their opposition to a planned Red Sea megacity. [...]
The three men – Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti – were reportedly sentenced to death on 5 August last year and their sentences were upheld on appeal on 23 January, the statement said.
— The Guardian
The men were originally charged under a 2017 anti-terrorism law. The Saudi government has also reportedly plagued their tribal group with drone surveillance, bribery, and even threats of violence since the announcement of the project the same year. Other opponents inside the development’s... View full entry
Kennesaw State University has announced the appointment of Hazem Rashed-Ali as the dean of the College of Architecture and Construction Management. Rashed-Ali currently works as associate dean of research and innovation in the Huckabee College of Architecture at Texas Tech University. His... View full entry
The competition to design a monument to victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre in Los Angeles has selected a winner three months after publishing a six-finalist shortlist to envision what is by rights one of the most significant public memorials in the United States in recent memory. Artist Sze... View full entry
3XN is celebrating the topping out of Cobot Hub, a timber office park that will serve as the new joining home of robotics companies Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots A/S (MiR) in Odense, Denmark. Photo by Rasmus Hjortshøj The approximately 215,000-square-foot campus was... View full entry
For more than 50 years, the Landscape Architecture Foundation has invested in research, leadership initiatives, and scholarship opportunities for current and future designers in the landscape architecture profession. For 2023, over 16 scholarships were awarded to 27 students from over 15 academic... View full entry
A team comprising SCAPE, Architecture Research Office (ARO), and Colloqate has unveiled a vision for a high school campus in Brooklyn with anti-racism, climate action, sustainable food systems, environmental justice, and experimental learning at the heart of its curriculum. The Launch School at... View full entry
Brooklyn-based SO – IL has announced that it has attained B Corp certification. SO – IL is one of 69 B Corporation architecture firms certified across the U.S., and 167 worldwide, recognizing businesses that balance financial success with positive social and environmental impact. “We are... View full entry
New data from the latest Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) has shown a decline of 5.1% to 180.9 for April, continuing a downward trend in the wake of March’s revised total of 190.6 that has been led largely by economic turmoil in the commercial planning sector. The data showed an 8.0% decline in the... View full entry
Archinect is calling for submissions to a new competition launched this week: Generative Futures: An AI + Architecture Storytelling Challenge invites architects, designers, students, and storytellers to imagine the future of architecture and the built environment through the lens of artificial... View full entry
Now called Willis Tower, the building has been a trendsetter since its debut. After starting life as a headquarters for Sears, Roebuck & Co., the building saw its namesake tenant relocate to the suburbs. Along with the rest of downtown, it suffered other blows, including fears raised by the terrorist attacks of 2001 and the Great Recession. It’s always bounced back.
But the tower now faces what might be its biggest test.
— The Chicago Tribune
SOM won the commission from the Sears corporation in 1970 at a time when office parks and the desire to project a stronger image of America against the backdrop of the Vietnam War were separately prevailing forces in the AEC industry. Sears eventually sold the 110-story building, which was the... View full entry
The number of open jobs in construction dropped by 73,000 to 341,000 in March, the second lowest since mid-2021, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of new Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The openings represent jobs for which employers are actively recruiting. — Construction Dive
This figure reflects a 17% decrease in job openings from March 2022. The quantity of open jobs has been volatile so far this year as January saw a 50% dip followed by a sharp rebound in February. According to the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), 3.7% of construction workers were laid off... View full entry
RIBA’s well-publicized overhaul of its longtime 66 Portland Place headquarters building has been put off for at least a year, according to a report published today in the Architects’ Journal. London-based Benedetti Architects has been in charge of the £20 million ($25 million) renewal... View full entry
Another international head of state will follow last year’s A’22 keynote speaker Barack Obama in headlining the upcoming AIA Conference on Architecture in San Francisco after the Institute announced that former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern will be in attendance at the event... View full entry
Toronto builders have a challenging task ahead of them, and with a rapidly approaching deadline: constructing all new buildings with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. — Storeys
This goal falls under Toronto’s TransformTO Net Zero Strategy initiative, which aims to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions in the city to net zero by 2040. The building mandate targets the sizable portion of carbon emissions that buildings account for. As reported by Storeys, data... View full entry
