Steven Holl Architects, in collaboration with Newil&Bau, has opened a new multifamily development in Finland's capital called Meander Housing. The September 12th inauguration marks the end of a journey that first began in 2006 and underwent a period of dormancy before being constructed in just... View full entry
The newest AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index reporting has shown a continued stasis of weak conditions for firms nationally. The August ABI is now 45.7, down from the 48.2 figure that was recorded for July (any score below 50.0 indicates a decline). This is now the nineteenth... View full entry
The Prix Versailles has revealed its list for the 2024 edition of the World's Most Beautiful Emporiums List. Each is said to exhibit a number of sustainable credentials and will next compete against other category winners for one of three 2024 World Titles – Prix Versailles, Interior and... View full entry
This post is brought to you by Harvard GSD Executive Education Every building tells a story. These stories are grounded in our emotional connection to architecture. Our built environment protects us, surrounds us, defines us, and gives us a place to live our lives. The better you understand a... View full entry
Following our previous look at an opening for a Store Planning Designer at Kering Beauté, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Transportation Project Manager at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The role, based in New York... View full entry
Here’s a reminder not to miss the upcoming opening kick-off for the Storefront for Art and Architecture’s Gala Porras-Kim exhibition The motion of an alluvial record on Thursday, September 19th in New York City. You can get a first look at Porras-Kim's atmospheric installation, which... View full entry
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)’s Taikang Financial Centre is off and running in Wuhan, China. The construction update posted this past week to the firm’s Instagram shows progress on three ultimately glass-enclosed cores separated by a lush "urban canyon" that envelopes skybridge-connected towers... View full entry
Frank Lloyd Wright’s first independent commission in River Forest, Illinois has hit the local real estate market for just under $2 million. The historic 1894 Winslow House was the young architect’s first after leaving Adler & Sullivan’s Chicago office, reports Blair Kamin. Christie’s... View full entry
Jean Nouvel has put forth a new plan for the Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain in Paris. The adaptive reuse project, which was announced Tuesday by the 40-year-old private foundation, will take shape within an existing Haussmann-era building on the Place du Palais-Royal across from... View full entry
Colin Fournier, the British architect and planner who helped form Archigram with Sir Peter Cook and others in the early 1960s, has passed away at age 79. He was best known for the firm’s 2003 Kunsthaus Graz and work with Bernard Tschumi on the design of Parc de la Villette in Paris. A... View full entry
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In this week's curated employer highlight from Archinect Jobs, we are featuring five architecture and design firms with current openings in Westchester, New York, Somerville, Massachusetts, Dallas, Mill Valley, California, and Los Angeles. For even more... View full entry
The design for the Fallen Journalists Memorial has been unveiled in Washington DC. Located near the National Mall, the scheme is being designed by Chicago-based John Ronan Architects. View full entry
In an Archinect feature article published last month, we unpacked the residual impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on office design. As our recent business survey found, a decline in demand for new office space post-pandemic is one of several factors currently feeding a turbulent economic landscape... View full entry
The large-scale modernization of CBS Television City in Fairfax, Los Angeles led by Foster + Partners is moving forward with an endorsement from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission. The revised version of the $1 billion project, which preserves existing William Pereira-designed heritage... View full entry