This post is brought to you by UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, an Archinect School Partner *Details of this event have been updated RUMBLE is UCLA Architecture and Urban Design’s end-of-year exhibition. It is an opportunity to showcase how the architectural and urban ideas that motivate us... View full entry
This year the Harvard University Graduate School of Design has awarded its coveted Wheelwright Prize to Daniel Fernández Pascual. The $100,000 fellowship funds travel-based research to support and investigate contemporary architecture and design. The Wheelwright Prize was... View full entry
Australia's Sunshine Coast Council has invested in its future by producing an inspiring design guide in the form of a visually stunning book. The book showcases how good design is vital to protecting what the community values most. The Sunshine Coast is coveted globally for its sub-tropical... View full entry
As part of an effort to help guide the transition to "new lifestyle norms" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published a collection of tools that spell out strategies for re-occupying and retrofitting existing spaces. The tools, an... View full entry
Over the weekend as courthouses, monuments, business districts, and public spaces around the country became backdrops to fierce protests seeking justice for the killings of Minneapolis resident George Floyd and other Black Americans at the hands of police, a collection of architecture, design, and... View full entry
The artist Christo, who with his late wife and partner Jeanne-Claude was known for his monumental, often whimsical interventions on architecture and landscape, has died, aged 84. The artist’s studio confirmed on Twitter that he died at his home in New York [...] — The Art Newspaper
Due to the scale and spatial nature of their art, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have made frequent appearances in the Archinect news over the years. Recently on Archinect: Christo comes to Paris in 2020 to wrap the Arc de Triomphe View full entry
“Usually we work, we draw, we look in each other’s eyes, we argue, we throw things around the room, we make models and break them apart, and somehow stuff gets made,” said Ms. Diller, who has been working from the couple’s weekend home in upstate New York. — The New York Times
Liz Diller, architect and co-founding partner at New York City-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro, gives an eye-opening look at the nature of her practice, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, in an interview with The New York Times. Regarding the change in work culture that... View full entry
A groundbreaking ceremony has just taken place for the Monument to Freedom and Unity, in central Berlin. The 50m-long (164ft) bowl will move gently up and down when enough people stand on it, and it should be completed by the end of next year.
In a guide to the design, architects Milla & Partner, who won a competition called "Citizens in Motion", say "freedom and unity aren't static conditions, they require participation and interaction".
— BBC
The monument, nicknamed "unity seesaw" by Berliners, is conceived as an enormous bowl-shaped kinetic platform that invites people to interact with each other. Image courtesy of Milla & Partner Stuttgart-based practice Milla & Partner in collaboration with choreographer Sasha Waltz created the... View full entry
After completing a required one-year post-occupancy review, the Silver Oaks Alexander Valley winery designed by Piechota Architecture, with engineering and sustainable design consultations from Thornton Tomasetti, has achieved Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification. The... View full entry
In response to the recent recommendations released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Matt Richtel with The New York Times has outlined some of the key takeaways of the guidelines, mainly that, for some employers, it may be easier to keep employees working at home... View full entry
A District of Columbia preservation panel told the National Geographic Society on Thursday to suspend its current campus redesign plan pending further review of the proposed removal of an acclaimed sculptural installation on the site. — The New York Times
A controversial plan to demolish an existing stone sculpture located at the National Geographic headquarters complex in Washington, D.C. has hit a road block as the city's preservation board has asked the project team to reconsider their designs in an effort to save or repurpose the artwork... View full entry
With the COVID-19 quarantine period entering its third month in the United States, Archinect is seeking input from the design community regarding how the crisis has impacted issues of mental health. Archinect has covered mental and workplace health issues extensively in the past and... View full entry
As everyone eases into the summer season, why not spend that free time challenging yourself by entering a design competition. Although COVID-19 and other economic issues have continued to make headlines, efforts to address sustainability have remained a priority amongst the architecture community... 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. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles!... View full entry
Around the world, private companies and public institutions alike are racing to present "first-of-its-kind" 3D-printed buildings, even entire villages. In the Czech Republic, a developing company in collaboration with sculptor Michal Trpak is preparing to build, what it calls, the country's first... View full entry
