Six winners of the second phase of the Initiative 99 competition sponsored by ICON and juried by some of the industry’s biggest names were announced by the Texas-based 3D printing enterprise. Entrants vying for the combined $1 million Phase 1 and 2 purse were asked to create 3D... View full entry
Following our previous look at an opening for a Director of Architectural Design at Palisociety, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Design & Construction Manager at the Eames Institute. The role, based... View full entry
Landscape and planning studio SCAPE has announced the addition of architects BIG to a new adaptive reuse project in southern Fairfield County, Connecticut, called Manresa Island. The project, which is set to reimagine a decommissioned coal-fired power plant into a new 125-acre... View full entry
The split between the Centre Pompidou and State of New Jersey may soon be repaired after a new satellite venue was announced for Jersey City following the original plan’s mid-summer cancellation. The museum will be realized at 100,000 square feet. Jersey City's Mayor Steven Fulop says it will be... View full entry
The Prix Versailles selection of the 2024 World's Most Beautiful Campuses has been announced as a group of six new or renovated academic buildings that represent the very best in campus architecture and design for higher education.Each evinces a blend of creativity, ecological concern, and a... View full entry
The latest Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data on nonresidential construction spending has shown a slight 0.1% increase for the month of August. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.22 trillion. Private... View full entry
Kengo Kuma has just been named as the lead architect for the forthcoming Global War on Terrorism Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Stating that his passion for the work stems from the loss of a personal friend on September 11th, Kuma said: "This Memorial will help the entire world... View full entry
Look below for Archinect's latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs. This week's featured employer highlight includes openings in Chicago, New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Katonah, New York. For... View full entry
SCAPE has completed work on the $111 million Living Breakwater coastal resiliency project in Staten Island, New York three years after the start of construction in the borough's Tottenville neighborhood. Per SCAPE: "The project consists primarily of 2,400 linear feet of near-shore... View full entry
Retail giant Walmart is set to create one of the largest free-standing 3D-printed commercial concrete structures in the United States. Working with 3D printing company Alquist 3D, the chain will use the technology to create an addition to its existing store in Athens, TN. The extension, rising... View full entry
A new report from the National Association of Home Builders has shown the average length of time it takes to complete construction of a multifamily dwelling was 19.9 months in 2023. The NAHB findings draw from the 2023 Survey of Construction (SOC) from the U.S. Census Bureau, which also... View full entry
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in conjunction with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), has announced the signing of the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the revised Midtown Bus Terminal replacement plan from Foster + Partners and Epstein. The $10 billion... View full entry
Herzog & de Meuron (HdM) has updated their progress on the new 14.69-million-square-foot University Children's Hospital in Zurich after its ten-year journey to completion. The two-building program contains 2,300 rooms and roughly 48 different functional areas alternating between three and seven... View full entry
The Prix Versailles list of the World's Most Beautiful Airports for 2024 has been announced with six projects earning distinction for their aesthetic qualities and impact on the travel experience of users in five countries.Among the group was luis vidal + architects' vibrant Terminal E expansion... View full entry
Field Operations has announced they are working with Canadian partners Brook McIlroy on a new public realm rehabilitation project dubbed The Bentway Islands in Toronto. The plan calls for the redevelopment of three traffic islands into a new space that totals 125,000 square feet. Design... View full entry
