Allied Works has shared a new fly-through animation of their Palmer Museum of Art project on the campus of Penn State University. The 71,254-square-foot museum offers a significant upgrade to the university’s previous 50-year-old facility. The animation showcases the site’s enhanced connection... View full entry
Furniture giant Herman Miller has announced that its entire portfolio of the iconic Eames Molded Plastic Chairs will now be made using 100% post-industrial recycled plastic. According to the company, this is the equivalent of about 122 tons of plastic per year and a 15% annual carbon reduction... View full entry
2021 saw a 67% annual increase in the number of all-electric buildings delivered in the United States by AIA 2030 Commitment signatories, according to new data from the American Institute of Architects. The findings are contained within the AIA 2030 Commitment By the Numbers report, which the... View full entry
The University of Colorado at Denver, College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) shares its Fall 2022 lecture and event programming with a lineup of speakers and exhibitions taking place from September thru December. After kickstarting their Fall lectures in September, the school welcomed... View full entry
Two PhD students from Imperial College London have won the 2022 OBEL AWARD for their proposal to eliminate the carbon footprint of concrete. Sam Draper and Barney Shanks collected the top prize for their technology named Seratech, which captures industrial CO2 emissions directly from flues to... View full entry
MASS Design Group President and co-founder Michael Murphy has announced he will be stepping down from his post after 15 years to pursue new academic and professional initiatives in a move announced on Friday. The announcement stated that MASS will continue under the leadership of Senior Principals... View full entry
Coinciding with World Architecture Day, held on October 3, Barcelona’s Fundació Mies van der Rohe has awarded the 3rd Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Architecture to M.ª Elia Gutiérrez Mozo, José Parra Martínez, Ana Gilsanz Díaz and Joaquín Arnau Amo for their research... View full entry
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has just announced the addition of six new strategic partners to the $50 million Empire Building Challenge in aims of enhancing the state’s stock of energy-efficient buildings. The newly-added partners will be tasked with developing "highly repeatable" solutions to... 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 board Interiors. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature... View full entry
The latest Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) report indicates a sizable increase of 5.7% to a total of 183.2 for September, up from the revised 173.4 figure that was recorded in August. The Dodge Construction Network notes that this total falls within 5% of the DMI’s all-time high and was... View full entry
A new exhibition at the National Building Museum (NBM) in Washington, D.C. will explore innovations in the design and delivery of affordable housing across the country.Opening on October 21st, A BETTER WAY HOME is an extension of the museum’s Equity in the Built Environment series and showcases... View full entry
Henning Larsen has announced their recent commission to design a new church in Copenhagen — the Danish capital’s first in over 30 years. Set amongst a clearing of trees in a forested area, the Ørestad Church is designed to be a communal gathering nexus that "offers solace" to parishioners... View full entry
Mecanoo is moving ahead with a 28-story tower in north Amsterdam. The mixed-use residential and commercial tower, whose inception we covered in 2020, has been formally approved by city officials and will now move forward to construction later this month. Completion is expected in 2025. Named the... View full entry
Three finalists have been announced for the 2022 Radical Innovation Awards, which seek "compelling innovations in travel, hospitality, and architecture." The 16th edition of the annual competition was open to professionals and students, asking participants to speculate on innovative ideas for the... View full entry
As we're entering the homestretch of 2022, it's a good moment to take a quick glance back at the highlights on Archinect's Instagram feed this past quarter. Perhaps you're already one of @archinect's nearly 90k followers or not (yet) — check out the most popular posts of the past three... View full entry
