The Harvard GSD has announced the French Grand Paris Express transit project as the winner of the 14th biennial Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design. The $50,000 reward was given to Société du Grand Paris, the government agency overseeing the project, which is the largest of its kind... View full entry

Foster + Partners has shared photos of its just-finished MOL Group corporate headquarters campus in Budapest after a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was held last week in the Hungarian capital. At 143 meters (469 feet), the design is a collaboration with Finta Studio and now the city’s tallest... View full entry

AIA Brooklyn has announced the winners of their 2022 Brooklyn Design Awards (BKDA). Held each year, the awards celebrate projects based in Brooklyn or completed by Brooklyn-based architects/designers. The nine selected projects, ranging from small-scale architectural activations to large-scale... View full entry

Did you know that the London planetree is the most common species of tree in New York City? The fun fact is one of many which can be gleaned from a new interactive map launched by the City of New York, allowing users to explore the city’s tree population. The NYC Tree Map replaces NYC Park’s... View full entry

A six month construction season is set to begin at the United Kingdom’s largest Antarctic research and operations hub. Called the Rothera Research Station, it supports leading researchers in frontier science in the region.  This marks the start of the next phase of the British Antarctic... View full entry

Diller Scofidio + Renfro has shared new project details and a flythrough animation for their planned revitalization of the 63-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas. The project’s scope revolves around a “faithful reinterpretation of Wright’s original design... View full entry

Following last week’s visit to Boston-based Peter Rose + Partners, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Los Angeles this week, where we find Walker Workshop. Founded in 2010, the firm has grown a rich portfolio of residential homes which the team describes as "warmly minimal with... View full entry

New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his administration’s three-pronged plan to “Get Stuff Built” this month as a possible answer to skeptics who had previously doubted his ability to tackle what is becoming its largest existential challenge.  True to its moniker, the plan calls for... View full entry

An exhibition highlighting twenty years of UK architecture studio Piercy&Co’s experimentations in the design of sensory experiences was recently on view inside London’s Regent Quarter estate that used eight moving and animated models in order to “reconnect digital and physical worlds through... View full entry

According to a recently released analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), construction input prices have fallen 0.9% in November from October readings. Additionally, nonresidential construction input prices fell 0.8% in... View full entry

The NEOM megadevelopment in Saudi Arabia is moving forward with an attention-grabbing feature after the American engineering firm Bechtel announced its retention as project managers for a new manmade ski resort project called Trojena.  According to NEOM’s website, the resort will be spread... View full entry

The American Institute of Architects has welcomed a move by the Biden Administration to introduce the first-ever Federal Building Performance Standard. Under the plans, buildings owned by the Federal government will cut energy use and electrify equipment across 30% of their building space by... View full entry

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) program defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. While October's reading is promising, given a looming recession and labor shortages, 4.6% of all construction... View full entry

This post is brought to you by Ceramics of Italy What began as a joint venture between Confindustria Ceramica and the Italian Trade Agency in 1994 to celebrate the work of North American architects and designers using Italian ceramic tile has evolved into a 30-year survey of the built... View full entry

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has officially inaugurated Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, as its 99th president. She recently joined Perkins&Will’s Boston studio as a senior project manager and associate.  Grandstaff-Rice comes with a breadth of leadership experience under her belt... View full entry