A list of architecture firms involved in the design of Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project has come to light along with a preview exhibition on view now in Riyadh at the Diriyah Biennale Foundation for Contemporary Art that features proposals from unspecified designers. Peter Cook, Adjaye... View full entry
The annual temple design to feature in this year’s Burning Man festival has been announced: The "Temple of the Heart" concept is designed by Polish-born, San Francisco-based entrepreneur Ela Madej with the help of her co-lead Reed Finlay and will be the festival’s first physical temple since... View full entry
Toronto-based Montgomery Sisam Architects has unveiled their design for the overhaul of the University of Toronto’s Koffler Scientific Reserve. Situated in a rural site in King Township north of the city, the new campus is intended to accommodate research students and faculty for extended... View full entry
OMA has taken a step closer to the completion of its first tower in Tokyo, following the announcement that the Toranomon Hills Station Tower will open in the Fall of 2023. Part of the wider Toranomon Hills development, the mixed-use tower will reach 873 feet in height, and will hold offices... View full entry
LA's Destination Crenshaw initiative has revealed an updated opening day for its largest component along with news of $3.4 million in federal grant contribution that will help further shepherd the project towards its eventual completion later this year. The development’s Sankofa Park... View full entry
Former Columbia GSAPP dean James Stewart Polshek has been posthumously honored with a new endowed scholarship in recognition of the commitment to design excellence and social causes he embodied while helming the school for fifteen years. The Ennead founder passed away in September and was... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects has unveiled the winners of the Regional & Urban Design category of the 2023 AIA Awards. Recognizing the best in urban design, community development, and regional and city planning, the awards seek to elevate an approach to urbanism that “accounts for the... View full entry
USC School of Architecture’s annual Design Charrette concluded recently with five unique design-builds being awarded across three categories of the contest, which is now in its twelfth edition. Tasked with creating a Media Incubator Center for Creative Content, students from the 4th-year... View full entry
Following last week’s look at an opening for a Senior Designer at Extell Development Company, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open position on Archinect Jobs for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Architectural Design at the University of Hong... View full entry
Included in our latest weekly employer highlights are five architecture and development firms with current job openings in Brooklyn/New York City, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Costa Mesa, California. For even more opportunities, visit the Archinect job board and browse our active community of job... View full entry
Amsterdam’s Kossmanndejong (KDJ) has been announced by the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County as the lead exhibition designer for the La Brea Tar Pits overhaul following a competitive international search process. In tandem with WEISS/MANFREDI and Los Angeles-based Gruen Associates... View full entry
Michael Graves Architecture is once again expanding in the Mid-Atlantic market with the newly-announced acquisition of the well-known North Carolina-based firm Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects. The move comes after successive acquisitions of Maryland's Waldon Studio Architects and... View full entry
The new semester is upon us, and Archinect is continuing with our Get Lectured series with a look at the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture’s public programs for the Spring of 2023. The school shares that this term’s theme revolves around an examination of “extractivism” and the role... View full entry
The International Garden Festival has unveiled the five projects selected for its 24th edition. Under the theme “Roots,” designers were tasked with imagining a present and a future that is ecologically, economically, and culturally responsible by drawing on the teachings of previous... View full entry
The 2022 winners of the Art of Building photography contest have been named by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Each year, two winners are selected from an international field of entries to match criteria set forth by the organization's directive. As the CIOB says, "We stand for... View full entry
