ICYMI, for the latest entry in the Dean's List series Katherine Guimapang interviewed Cal Poly Pomona's new dean of the College of Environmental Design, Mary Anne Alabanza Akers. News The International Code Council is revising their code development process with changes starting in 2024. Both... View full entry
A proposed new high-rise development in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset district is standing out over its disputed manipulation of statewide density laws. The LA Times is reporting on CH Planning‘s unlikely new proposal, which could add a Solomon Cordwell Buenz-designed 50-story... View full entry
Details of the new Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development in Monrovia, Liberia have been revealed this week by atelier masōmī, the lead designers of an all-female project that will include exhibition designs from Counterspace’s Sumayya Vally and input from local... View full entry
Weeks after the announcement that David Adjaye and Mariam Kamara would be leaving the project, National Museums Liverpool (NML) has unveiled its revised vision for the redevelopment of the city’s waterfront area co-authored by Asif Khan and Theaster Gates respectively. Under their direction, a... View full entry
Following last week’s look at an opening for the Executive Director of The Architectural League of New York, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open position on Archinect Jobs for an Associate Director of Cultural Planning, Design & Placemaking at DVDL... View full entry
New data from the American Institute of Architects' latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) shows an increase for the month of March, ending a five-month streak of declines in spite of a slight decrease in the overall number of new contracts during the same 30-day period. The billings score for... View full entry
Each home was considered to be built to shelter-in-place standards, with ignition-resistant construction and materials—a cutting-edge approach for the time, though the standards have since been adopted into state and local codes. They are little fortresses of tile roofs, stucco walls, hardscape patios, and covered eaves. [The] heavy fortification gives the communities—both the structures and the people who shelter in them—an extra chance to survive. — MIT Technology Review
The state is in a bind caused by its dire need to quickly enact affordable housing and the movement of populations into liminal wildland-urban interface zones, both of which are placing more people in the fight or flight predicament that’s leading to more innovations in residential design... View full entry
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has debuted four anchoring art installations as part of its 2023 program. According to the organizers, the newly-commissioned sculptures by Kumkum Fernando, Vincent Leroy, Güvenç Özel, and Maggie West seek to bring “color, light, and alternate... View full entry
Manchester City Football Club has just released renderings for a proposed expansion of their 24-year-old Etihad Stadium led by Populous. The submission to the Manchester City Council calls for a “best-in-class” fan experience and year-round live entertainment venue to be integrated into the... View full entry
From Archinect's active community of job seekers, firms, and schools, we have selected five featured architectural employers with current openings in Brooklyn/New York, Los Angeles, and Oxford, Mississippi. Check out these positions below, and visit Archinect Jobs for the complete list of... View full entry
Archinect’s Get Lectured series continues today with a look at the late semester goings-on happening this spring at East Los Angeles College's (ELAC) Department of Architecture in Monterey Park. Events continue on April 28 with a visit from Universidad Iberoamericana professor Denise Luna. She... View full entry
Autodesk has shared a video of an extended reality (XR) walkthrough animation to coincide with their recent groundbreaking ceremony for the new Autodesk Technology Engagement Center at California State University, Northridge. The 32,000-square-foot facility will support research labs and other... View full entry
Apple’s first flagship store in India, designed by Foster + Partners, is now open. It is located in the Bandra Kurla Complex, a business and residential district in Mumbai. Employing many design elements synonymous with Apple stores around the world, Apple BKC attempts to blur the boundaries... View full entry
A comprehensive overhaul of Montreal’s Esplanade Place Ville Marie by Sid Lee Architecture and Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes (MSDL) is now complete, marking the end of a $200 million revitalization project that’s brought much-needed civic life back to a busy section of the... View full entry
Deborah Berke Partners has relaunched as TenBerke in a move that the firm says “re-articulates our ethics-based vision for our practice.” The new name, which still retains the surname of founder Deborah Berke, seeks to evoke ideas of multiples and multiplicity, reflecting how the firm sees the... View full entry
