The story of modern architecture in St. Louis is complex and often contradictory. Beginning in the 1930s, internationally known architects such as Eric Mendelsohn, Eero Saarinen and Minoru Yamasaki — alongside important regional and national figures like Harris Armstrong, Charles Fleming... View full entry
For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are highlighting four briefs seeking Warming Hut concepts to provide shelter and community this winter in Winnipeg, the year's most outstanding interior designs, academic fellowships to get involved at the... View full entry
Looking for new architecture career opportunities in Brooklyn? You're in luck! This week's curated employment highlight from Archinect Jobs features 13 exciting openings for architects, designers, project managers, and communications specialists in the borough. (Interested in the greater New York... View full entry
This year’s Legends 2024 dinner and fundraising gala at the Pratt Institute will feature architect Toshiko Mori, filmmaker Charles Burnett, and industrial designer Marc Rosen. The announcement was made Thursday ahead of the October 10th celebration, which raises scholarship funds for... View full entry
A groundbreaking transportation infrastructure project from ZGF, the new Portland International Airport (PDX) Main Terminal in Oregon, has just opened after a five-year and $2.15 billion renovation. Image courtesy Ema Peter Photography The design features a 9-acre (3.5 million board feet)... View full entry
This year’s RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship winner will travel to Africa for a documentation of off-grid living communities in the hopes of establishing a new model of self-sustaining food, water, and energy systems. Thomas Warren of London Metropolitan University won the £... View full entry
An exhibition spanning two continents will examine the influence of von Gerkan, Marg + Partners (gmp) over conversion projects at the Goethe-Institut in New York and at Architektur Galerie Berlin this fall. View full entry
Chicago’s most infamous vacant site of the 21st century is finally getting a tower. But will we be getting the architect’s best vision — or just half of a good design? A look at some recent history of large projects in the city offers some guidance, and reason for concern.
I have no reason to doubt Related’s stated intention to build both towers, but if history is a guide, it’s more likely than not that the single tower will never see its sibling.
— Chicago Tribune
The Windy City's newest architecture critic, Edward Keegan, explains 400 Lake Shore Drive (designed by SOM's Chicago office with David Childs) against five other similar projects that never saw the original vision of their architects fully realized. He says a potential void might become a... View full entry
The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize's latest MCHAP.emerge award program has selected four finalists ahead of next month's Conference on Critical Practice at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Each features a host of interesting design solutions while addressing the social needs of communities in... View full entry
Each year, the Graham Foundation’s coveted Carter Manny Awards honor the scholarship of doctoral candidates and their research projects which contribute new narratives to our contemporary understanding of architecture and its bearings on the arts, culture, and society. The Awards are bestowed in... View full entry
Nationwide, construction input prices increased by 0.4% in July, according to a new analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). Nonresidential construction input prices also increased 0.4% for the month. Overall, construction... View full entry
A delegation from Arkansas will be traveling to Italy to represent the United States in its official pavilion at next year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. The announcement was made Wednesday by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The group includes... View full entry
The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has shared first photos of its new Eames Institute Headquarters Workspace in Richmond, California. Following the opening of the Eames Archive, the organization's first public space, earlier this year, the new office provides learning opportunities with... View full entry
The Environmental Protection Agency has published details of a new label program aimed at increasing the amount and quality of more sustainable U.S.-made construction materials in the marketplace. It supports the agency’s new $160 million grant initiative to spearhead new Environmental Product... View full entry
The landscape for professional sports in Los Angeles has for generations been defined by icons such as Dodger Stadium, Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena), the Rose Bowl, and LA Coliseum. This week, AECOM’s new Intuit Dome debuts in Inglewood, adding to that tradition. The $1.8 billion... View full entry
