For this week's highlight of featured architectural employers, we have selected five practices with current job openings in NYC/Brooklyn and the greater Los Angeles area. For even more opportunities, visit the Archinect job board and browse our active community of architecture students and... View full entry
In 2001, Grimshaw Architects completed the Enneüs Heerma Bridge that connected the neighborhood of IJburg to Amsterdam. Twenty years later, the man-made archipelago of IJburg is about to receive two more bridges from the practice that will serve as a connection to Strandeiland, a future... View full entry
Museums have lain dormant while pandemic restrictions aimed to keep the spread of COVID-19 low. However, with vaccine rollouts and cities entering new tier levels, museums are preparing to welcome back visitors in-person. On March 10th, the completion of Renzo Piano's long-awaited Academy Museum... View full entry
Foster + Partners recently cut the ribbon for the House of Wisdom in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The project is a modern library concept designed as a transparent, rectangular volume with a floating, cantilevered roof. A new cultural district has been developed in this emirate of... View full entry
After breaking ground in late 2018 and topping out nearly one year later, the OMA/Shohei Shigematsu-designed Audrey Irmas Pavilion at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles is increasingly taking shape. The $75 million expansion — OMA's first building in the city — will house a... View full entry
"Between the ongoing struggles in the racial and political movements in the United States and the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be difficult to find the time and space to breathe deeply and rest well. I held my breath for most of last year..." — these are the words of Ekene Ijeoma, artist... 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 Kids Spaces. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW... View full entry
Waterfront Toronto, established by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the City of Toronto, launched a competition last week to select a development partner for the Quayside lands. The announcement comes close to a year after Sidewalk Labs announced it would drop its smart city plans for the area, citing "unprecedented economic uncertainty." — Smart Cities Dive
Sidewalk Labs presented an ambitious plan to transform Quayside into a "smart city." Yet, during our reporting of the project's cancelation last year in May, the reason for the project being called off was tied to the pandemic according to a report from the Toronto Star. However, Waterfront... View full entry
Designed by Kossmanndejong and Loerakker Olsson Architects, Beth Haim—Hebrew for ‘House of Life’—is one of the oldest Sephardic cemeteries in the world. The cemetery serves as a testament to the Portuguese and Jewish community of Amsterdam, displaying graves from the 17th century... View full entry
If you missed our recent highlight of female-led architecture firms currently hiring in smaller towns and rural areas, go and take a look — most of these open positions are still active and listed on Archinect Jobs. For today's curated job picks, we have selected six exciting remote (or... View full entry
In celebration of its 100th anniversary, German consumer products company, Braun, has teamed up with Chief Creative Officer and founder of Off-White and artistic director of Louis Vuitton Menswear, Virgil Abloh, to reimagine one of the brand’s most iconic products. Dieter Rams' classic... View full entry
Cars are crafted to take us on a journey to different places; to travel, to discover, and to explore an exciting adventure. However, automotive exhibitions for far too long have been dwelling cars on the inside within confined and enclosed walls reflecting otherwise. Re-imagining this traditional... View full entry
For our latest weekly curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we have selected four challenges calling for student ideas as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, designs that can foster engagement and community connection, new dynamics of living and community... View full entry
The mystery of something hidden always brings curiosity to us. In the movies, we can surely reminisce about hidden rooms and passageways behind bookshelf walls or behind a classic Impressionist masterpiece. During the 16th century in England, Roman Catholic priests were feared of persecution due... View full entry
It was with this in mind that T asked three architects — Vincent Van Duysen in Antwerp, Belgium, Toshiko Mori in New York and Massimiliano Locatelli of Locatelli Partners in Milan — to each design a paper house that could speak to their vision for a post-pandemic domestic architecture. Their models explore basic questions of how we might make homes for a world irrevocably changed. — The New York Times Style Magazine
Plans for the miniature post-pandemic paper houses designed by architects Toshiko Mori, Vincent Van Duysen, and Massimiliano Locatelli can be downloaded here. View full entry