The chance to design China’s new National Badminton Training Centre complex on the eastern edge of Shenzhen has been granted to MVRDV after winning an international competition in collaboration with Huayi Design. View full entry
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist for the second edition of the Reinvention Award. The award celebrates achievement in the creative reuse of buildings to improve their environmental, social, and economic sustainability. It aims to highlight the... View full entry
Promising what it called a "radical design gesture at the intersection of fashion and architecture," MAD Architects has unveiled their fashion collaboration with Fendi. The collection designed by founder Ma Yansong for the Italian luxury retailer was first seen during the brand’s... View full entry
If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Featured below are four briefs calling for design proposals for the relocation and construction of the National Folk Museum of Korea, a unique shade... View full entry
The personal vacation retreat that the late Myron Goldfinger designed for himself in New Mexico in 1996 is now for sale for $1.69 million from Sotheby’s International Realty near Santa Fe. The property sits on 29 acres in Santa Fe’s Los Caminitos subdivision with 2,100 square feet and a... View full entry
Skidmore, Owings & Merril (SOM) have broken ground on a new $336 million campus redevelopment at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in downtown Newark. The state’s largest city will receive a new 350-unit SOM-designed ArtSide apartment complex through the plan. Other key elements... View full entry
The AIA California Design Awards program just unveiled this year's winning projects. Five Honors recipients are joined by twenty-six Merit and Citation winners located across the Golden State as well as beyond California's boundaries. "This outstanding year of awarded projects delivers... View full entry
Student teams from China and Denmark scored big in this year's International VELUX Award edition. Hosted biennially with support from the International Union of Architects, the program tasks architecture students with exploring daylight in the two categories of Daylight in Buildings and Daylight... View full entry
As workplaces adapt to the rise of remote and hybrid work, Herman Miller has released the Bay Work Pod, designed to offer workers a quiet space for focused work and video conferencing in open office environments. The pod features noise-reducing materials and lighting optimized for video calls... View full entry
Four new UK residential developments have advanced to the 2024 Neave Brown Award for Housing shortlist. The RIBA unveiled the finalist projects today, stating that "this year’s shortlisted projects demonstrate social housing that blends quality design, community regeneration, and meaningful... View full entry
The Crystal Palace was not only a marvel of Victorian ingenuity but also a symbol of Britain’s embrace of industrial progress and modernity, reflecting the nation’s aspirations on the world stage — The Guardian
The Guardian reports that the mystery of how the Crystal Palace was built in just 190 days has been solved, crediting the success to a highly innovative building process. Joseph Paxton, the architect, employed a modular design using prefabricated iron and glass components, which were mass-produced... View full entry
Twenty-six CEOs from some of the world’s most influential landscape architecture firms have publicly committed to making their profession zero emissions by 2040, aligning with the goals set out in the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA Climate Action Plan). Collectively generating... View full entry
Inspired by the natural architecture of human bone, engineers at Princeton University have developed a new cement-based material that significantly enhances the toughness of traditional concrete. This innovative material resists cracking and sudden failure, making it a promising solution for more... View full entry
A team led by Liu Kecheng Design Studio and the People’s Architecture Office (PAO) has completed a regeneration and redesign of an old porcelain factory in the Imperial Kiln Historic District of Jingdezhen, China. Using what PAO calls a ‘Plugin Architecture’ approach, the project saw the... View full entry
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which kicked off on September 15th, this week's edition of our curated jobs roundup from Archinect Jobs highlights 10 exciting job opportunities at Latinx-owned firms across the country. To see and keep up with the range of roles at firms run by or... View full entry