In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Outdoors. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature... View full entry
A new civic landmark in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District is being celebrated after Rocco Design Architects Associates (RDA)’s Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) officially opened its doors to the public. The 30,000-square-meter (323,000-square-foot) museum’s design pays homage to the... View full entry
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has announced updated plans for a Studio-MLA and Frederick Fisher and Partners-led expansion that is now taking shape for the year 2024. New renderings of the 60,000-square-foot project appear to add interior details to the previous announcement... View full entry
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), in collaboration with the Jencks Foundation, have jointly announced activist studio Forensic Architecture as the winner of this year’s RIBA Charles Jencks Award in recognition of their contributions to both the theory and practice of... View full entry
Japanese philosopher and architectural theorist Kojin Karatani has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture by the eponymous Institute for his six-decade body of work that has “provided wisdom and self-understanding in a rapidly changing world,”... View full entry
Several chapters of the AIA in California, including AIA California and AIA Los Angeles, have published an open letter to the California Architects Board (CAB) in opposition to proposed changes in how licensed architects in the state must advertise their license number. California Code of... View full entry
Last month, it was announced that the City of Cleveland selected James Corner Field Operations to design a master plan for the city’s downtown lakefront. The firm was chosen out of 18 design teams that responded to a request for proposals issued in September. It was reported that following this... View full entry
The 2022 MPavilion has officially opened in Melbourne, Australia. Designed by Thailand-based practice all(zone), the scheme is defined by an “ingenious canopy” comprising three fabric, tensile layers. The outermost layer of the pavilion’s canopy is built from fishing nets, creating what the... View full entry
Saad Rajan penned an editorial about The Revival of Human-Centered Architecture. In it he praises the works of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) "hidden gems…from unexpected places" which have "had a transformational impact on how we reward, understand, analyze, appreciate, and... View full entry
The selected winners of three of the AIA’s highest-profile awards were named today in separate announcements by the organization that saw the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion, and Edward C. Kemper Award crowned, respectively. The winner of the 2023 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion... View full entry
The Bay Area may be home to Silicon Valley, notable sports teams, and the Golden Gate Bridge, but it's also home to amazing architecture firms. Whether you're looking to live within San Francisco's bustling downtown scene or be a part of Oakland's developmental... View full entry
Heatherwick Studio has shared construction photos of its soon-to-complete Toranomon-Azabudai redevelopment project underway in Tokyo. The firm’s first Japanese project is set to bring a new school, temple, shopping areas, and a 64,583-square-foot central garden to a previously underutilized... View full entry
Continuing its annual tradition of honoring America’s top practitioners, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named Mithun the AIA Architecture Firm Award winner for the year 2023. Mithun was joined by Gold Medal winner Carol Ross Barney in the awards announcement, which... View full entry
A new project from New York-based duo New Affiliates is making headlines in the Queens neighborhood of Edgemere, where architects Ivi Diamantopoulou and Jaffer Kolb have invented a radical new way of reusing one of the design processes’ most wasteful customs – discarded architectural mock-ups... View full entry
Construction has been completed on OMA’s Eagle + West towers along the Brooklyn waterfront. Designed in collaboration with Beyer Blinder Belle, the towers represent OMA’s first high-rise scheme in New York. The 600,000-square-foot development comprises two towers and a seven-story building... View full entry
