MAD Architects has shared new images and project details of its upcoming multipurpose Aranya "Cloud Center" in the port city of Qinhuangdao, China. The firm says it is nearly complete with the construction phase that was begun in March 2021 in the coastal area roughly 160 miles... View full entry
The National Building Museum has announced the creation of a new discussion series called INTERSECTIONS: Where Diversity, Equity and Design Meet that will bring leading Black voices to the museum to talk about EDI topics through the lens of design.The program is a part of the museum’s special... View full entry
Workers at New York firm Bernheimer Architecture have formed the first functioning union at a private-sector architecture firm in the United States. The workers group, collectively known as BA Union, will join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), as first... View full entry
As private lodging, a maximum of seven individuals can stay per night, and they can use the kitchen to cook. [...]
Kurokawa used the building, called Capsule House K, as a villa residence. His son, Mikio, started offering it for private lodging in May.
“I hope visitors will spend a leisurely time here and enjoy being in one of the few existing Metabolism buildings,” said Mikio.
— The Asahi Shimbun
The "sister" of Tokyo's recently-demolished Nakagin Capsule Tower was finished the year after the erstwhile apartment building and is now maintained by architect Kisho Kurokawa's son Mikio and an outside company which manages the bookings. Pets are not allowed, but interested parties... View full entry
A new HKS-designed entertainment venue is rising in Inglewood's under-construction Hollywood Park mixed-use mega-development. The project is led by experiential media and immersive technology company Cosm and will reportedly be the first location to utilize their domed and compound curved LED... View full entry
ICYMI, back in July Alexander Walter featured sekou cooke STUDIO in a Studio Snapshot. When asked to describe his work/practice in three words Sekou answered "Build dope shit." News Eric Owen Moss shared photos of his self-designed private residence overlooking the coastline on a small 30’ by... View full entry
Montana has become the first state in the nation to adopt broad-ranging regulatory approval for the use of 3D printing in construction. The state’s building code regulators recently voted to approve local contractor Tim Stark’s request to 3D print walls as an equal replacement for either... View full entry
A traveling exhibition from Frankfurt’s German Architecture Museum (DAM) is coming to the Yale School of Architecture Gallery this fall with a selection from the first-ever global survey of Brutalist architecture between 1950 and 1979.Taken from the website sosbrutalism.com’s 2,180-entry... View full entry
Photos of the recently inaugurated award-winning new Museum of Ethnography in Budapest’s Városliget City Park by NAPUR Architect Ltd have been released. The museum is a part of the larger Liget Budapest development and marks the first time in the 150-year history of the... View full entry
Earlier this month, we used our Job Highlights series to ask the question: ‘What does a building scientist do, and how can architects become one?’ Our vehicle to answer this question was an open position at Boston-based Payette, whose search for a building scientist to join the practice... View full entry
NBBJ has been selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to lead the redevelopment of Paul Rudolph’s iconic Charles F. Hurley Building at the Boston Government Service Center. The move was announced last week after years of speculation as to the fate of Rudolph’s endangered Brutalist... View full entry
The School of Architecture at Georgia Tech University has announced the appointment of Ingeborg Rocker as its new Chair and William Harrison Professor of Architecture effective September 1st. Rocker joins Georgia Tech after working in the software industry and holding separate academic positions... View full entry
The top ten tall buildings in the world have been unveiled as part of the 22nd annual Emporis Skyscraper Award. This year, the number one spot goes to MVRDV’s Valley, a mixed-use building complex with three towers that reference mountainsides and valleys. The ensemble is located in Amsterdam and... View full entry
Toronto residents are expressing their concerns over the Diamond Schmitt-designed plan for a massive new aquatic theme park at Ontario Place they say is “tone-deaf” and exclusionary of their basic needs. Spurred on by the recent release of updated renderings and other details of Therme... View full entry
From Archinect's active community of job seekers, firms, and schools, we have selected five featured employers with recently listed jobs in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, Kansas City, Knoxville, and Cleveland. Take a look at the latest featured openings below, and visit Archinect Jobs for the... View full entry
