NOMA's commitment to supporting and mentoring architects continues as new leadership transitions for 2021. Jason Pugh will begin his new position in the organization as he follows former President Kimberly Dowdell's work and energy. Pugh will be supported by Pascale Sablan, who was... View full entry

Mark Ericson, Associate Professor and Chair of the Applied Computer Science - Media Arts program at Woodbury School of Architecture, explores the evolution of orthographic projection in his new book Animating Guarini: An Orthographic Project. In the book, Mark looks at "the instrumental... View full entry

The binational Teeter-Totter Wall intervention, connecting children on both sides of a U.S.-Mexico border fortification through three bright pink see-saws for a brief, viral moment in 2019, has been named the Beazley Design of the Year 2020. "It is great to see a project that is seriously... View full entry

Materials & Applications (M&A) has announced Kate Yeh Chiu as its new Executive Director, effective January 1, 2021. Kate is a designer, editor, and arts organizer, joining M&A from the Canadian Centre for Architecture, where she holds the position of Digital Editor through March 2021. Kate has... View full entry

Our latest highlight of featured employers includes five firms with newly listed job openings in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, East Hampton, NY, and Portland, ME. For even more opportunities, visit the Archinect job board and browse our active community of architecture students and... View full entry

MVRDV has completed its second facade at a flagship store for Italian jewelry brand Bvlgari in Bangkok. Located in the IconSiam department store, one of the largest malls in Asia, the project follows MVRDV's first facade design at a store in Kuala Lumpur that opened in 2018. "With this design, we... View full entry

Herman Miller has partnered with Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford, to host Conversations for Change, a platform for discussions about racial inequity, social justice, and hope.  Ford has produced his first piece of furniture with Herman Miller, a modified version of the Eames Lounge Chair... View full entry

2020 was an unforgettable year. While schools adjusted to hosting online events and lectures, people worldwide could tune in and listen to thought-provoking discussions and presentations from leaders in architecture, design, and other complementary disciplines.  As we look back at last year's... View full entry

Boston Architectural College (BAC) announces its Spring 2021 Student Lecture series. Their Spring theme "Just Space" welcomes five speakers whose work in architecture, design advocacy, and urbanism highlights the important conversations relating to social and racial justice needed in academia and... View full entry

Sitting across the street from New York's City Hall Park in the Financial District, the first residential building in NYC designed by Richard Rogers and Graham Stirk of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, No. 33 Park Row, is nearing completion. First renderings of the building appeared on Archinect... View full entry

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has published its latest annual web report, Tall Buildings in 2020, with plenty of facts and figures on the state of the skyscraper construction industry during a year full of pandemic-related uncertainty. With 106 completions of buildings... View full entry

Architect, educator, and researcher Mariana Ibañez joins as the new chair and associate professor at UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design. She is taking over from Heather Roberge who has served as chair of the department since July 2017. She is a graduate of the... View full entry

For their virtual lecture series, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln has focused their Spring semester lectures on "Building Justice- Design and Planning for a Just Society."  Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured compilation features each school's lecture series and their... 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 student projects on various Archinect People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Student Work. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW... View full entry

View of the Mari and James A. Michener Gallery Building, featuring the Moody Patio, Carmen Herrera mural, and inverted vault at the gallery entrance. Image courtesy of Blanton Museum of Art. A virtual groundbreaking celebration will take place on February 18 with completion of the $35 million... View full entry