In this week's curated employer highlight from Archinect Jobs, we are featuring five architecture and design firms with current openings in New Haven, New York City, Seattle, San Jose, Austin, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. For even more opportunities, visit the Archinect job board and... View full entry
This must do something to the city—like the Pan Am Building in New York—but somehow today the courage is lost. It must mean something to the city that there is a shape that is hard to understand crossing the road. The owner’s representative in charge of our project recently said to me, “Peter, I’ve now started to understand what this building is doing on all sides.” — The Brooklyn Rail
LACMA recently pushed back the opening of Zumthor's David Geffen Galleries to 2026 as Christopher Knight quoted an unnamed museum source in the LA Times as saying the project's budget (which had been an initial hurdle to clear) is now in excess of $835 million. "In about a year, one end will... View full entry
JKMM Architects' Tammela Stadium has been announced as the winner of this year’s Finlandia Prize for Architecture by the journalist Antti Kuronen and Association of Finnish Architects (SAFA). View full entry
Seattle’s Waterfront Park transformation took another step closer to completion last week with the opening of Overlook Walk, a new elevated park for the waterfront designed by Field Operations. The new walkway creates a “new pedestrian destination and journey between the city and... View full entry
ICYMI Niall Patrick Walsh started the State of AEC intended to "guide you through the latest analyses, indexes, and trends on how the architecture and construction industries are performing economically." In reporting on the September U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut he pointed out "the Fed’s... View full entry
The latest Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) figures for September have shown decreases equal to a 4% drop to a new sore of 208.6 after a revised August reading of 217.7. For the month, commercial planning contracted by 7.8% and institutional planning improved by 5.2%. The new DMI was 21% higher than in... View full entry
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has selected Singapore’s Pan Pacific Orchard as the Best Tall Building Worldwide for 2024. The new 23-story title holder was completed last year as the city’s 124th tallest building. WOHA Architects was responsible for its design, a 350-key hotel... View full entry
Get Lectured continues with a look at what’s in store this semester at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) in Los Angeles. Guest speakers for the Fall academic term will include Jorge Gracia (October 23); Linda Taalman (November 6); Jimenez Lai (November 20). Each is free and open to the public... View full entry
One of New York's top tourist draws, Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock experiential space, has opened a brand new attraction called Skylift. Standing 30 feet above the roof deck on the 70th floor, the platform offers panoramic views of the city from 900 feet and is illuminated by... View full entry
Recipients of the J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize and University Design Research Fellows (UDRF) have been announced for the fifth cycle of Exhibit Columbus ahead of next year’s event in Columbus, Indiana. Each will produce installations responding to the previously announced theme 'Yes, And'... View full entry
The latest addition to Hollywood’s famous Sheats-Goldstein Residence and Estate has been completed by Los Angeles-based firm Conner + Perry Architects. Named Club James, the new annex was originally envisioned by mid-century architect John Lautner and estate owner James Goldstein. Image credit... View full entry
Following our previous visit to Dattner Architects, we are keeping our Meet Your Next Employer series in New York City this week to explore the work of Mapos Architects. Founded in 2008 by Colin Brice and Caleb Mulvena, the firm houses an “integrated team of architects... View full entry
The UW–Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning has shared its Fall speakers and lecture poster, designed by Milo Bonacci, to go along with our Get Lectured roundup for the new semester. The upcoming lecturers for the term include Danny Martin and Jamie Timoteo (October 16)... View full entry
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... View full entry
A team of researchers led by Achim Menges of the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and Jan Knippers of the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart has unveiled a new pavilion made using a novel combination of... View full entry
