This week's featured virtual event happenings, from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide, are highlighted by Exhibit Columbus' Design Presentations kicking off this Friday. Other events to tune into address topics such as decolonization, surveillance, automation, public and domestic... View full entry
Cranbrook Academy of Art intends to pause admission to the Architecture program for Fall of 2021 as the institution embarks on “an ambitious plan to reimagine the Architecture department at the Academy”. In a letter to alumni (copied at the bottom of this article), Cranbrook Educational... View full entry
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden announced today the completion of a sixth public consultation meeting for the revitalization of the Sculpture Garden by artist/architect Hiroshi Sugimoto. The public forum, held March 10 via Zoom, presented the goals of the project, the programmatic rationale and revised designs for the reflecting pool. — Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden revitalization saga is entering a new chapter: while the museum recently released revised designs for the reflecting pool, the centerpiece of the sunken sculpture garden completed in 1974 by Gordon Bunshaft, during a March 10 Section 106 online meeting, the Cultural... View full entry
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) has dedicated its efforts towards architectural education and research by "empowering faculty and schools to educate increasingly diverse students, expand disciplinary impacts, and create knowledge for the advancement of... View full entry
"A better way to LGA" is further crystalizing with a nod from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Yesterday, the FAA released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a document supporting the AirTrain LGA, a $2 billion, 1.5-mile transit link that would connect LaGuardia Airport with public transit." — Urbanize NYC
The FAA should release a “Record of Decision” later this spring, at which point construction on the AirTrain can begin. The initial stages of construction, including on-airport utility work and foundations for the AirTrain guideway and station, are slated to start in June 2021. View full entry
This post is brought to you by SCI-Arc, an Archinect Partner School SCI-Arc is delighted to announce the return of its annual gala, Main Event 2021: Acts of Optimism on May 1, 2021. Inspired by Director and CEO Hernán Diaz Alonso’s affirmation that “architecture is an act of... View full entry
Our original designs for the biomes – hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal cells supported by geodesic tubular steel – looked more like Waterloo, but we used ETFE foil, or ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, which was more transparent than glass but extremely lightweight. It uses 1% of the energy and carbon of glass. The difficulty was creating biomes that would interlock across a constantly shifting landscape. — The Guardian
The Eden Project with its famed geodesic biomes opened twenty years ago on March 17th, 2001 in Cornwall, England. Inside the tropical biome of the Eden Project. Photo: Hchc2009/Wikimedia Commons. View full entry
French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal of Lacaton & Vassal have been awarded the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize, widely considered one of the industry's highest honors. Transformation of G, H, I Buildings, Grand Parc, 530 Units, Social Housing (with Frédéric Druot and... View full entry
After three years of quiet, a proposal to redevelop the former headquarters of the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) with a trio of high-rise buildings has taken a key step forward: the release of the project's draft environmental impact report. — Urbanize Los Angeles
The project previously on Archinect: Kengo Kuma to design boutique hotel for downtown L.A.'s 1111 Sunset Boulevard development. Rendering: Kilograph, courtesy of SOM/Palisades. View full entry
2021 has mobilized several institutions to reflect on its leadership, core programming, and service towards the community. As museums continue to adjust and adapt to a post-Covid-19 world, many have made changes that fit to improve overall programming and internal management and... View full entry
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron in partnership with TFP Farrells and Arup, the new M+ building has recently wrapped up construction and is set to open to the public later this year. This permanent home for the museum of contemporary visual culture is prominently located in Hong Kong’s West... View full entry
In January 2021, we previously reported Desert X's plans to postpone the third edition of the Coachella Valley's highly anticipated international art exhibition due to increasing Covid-19 cases. However, last Friday, the Coachella Valley "opened" their desert exhibitions to the public. From March... View full entry
Ready to take the next step forward in your design career? For this week's highlight of featured employers, we have selected five firms with current job openings in New York, Boston, Vancouver, Miami, the Hamptons, and Saint Petersburg, Florida. For even more opportunities, visit the Archinect job... View full entry
The problem we have across the United States is we’ve been given a false choice for the future of our cities. We’ve been told that our cities are one of two things: the failing bankrupt, crime-ridden cities of the 1970s, or the bourgeois, gentrified cities of more recent history. And that’s our choice. If we want a tax base, then we need chain stores and gentrification. Otherwise, we have no tax base and cities become a horror story. — WHYY
On March 11, architect Vishaan Chakrabarti presented a virtual panel for the Industry Intersections: Art, Design + Development, hosted by the Arts + Business Council in Philadelphia. Along with guest panelists, Lindsey Scannapieco (co-founder of Scout), Sven Schroeter (Director of... View full entry
Frank Gehry's team is wrapping up another high-profile project this year: after the $1-billion mixed-use development The Grand topped out in Downtown Los Angeles this week (aiming for completion in late 2021), the LUMA Arles art complex in the south of France just announced its intention to open... View full entry