The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report published for the month of April by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) shows that a historic contraction within the architecture industry has intensified as the COVID-19 crisis continues in the United States. April ABI highlights... View full entry
Rising 85 meters high and 10 meters wide, the new climbing wall at the BIG-designed CopenHill is due to open this year and brings the residents of Copenhagen a climbing experience they'd never have otherwise. While designed as a traditional climbing wall, the routes get more difficult the higher... View full entry
Featured virtual event happenings today through Friday, from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide, are hosted by UCLA, the Chicago Architecture Center, ADFF, CCA, and RISD. Are you hosting a virtual lecture? Presentation? Tour? Interview? Happy Hour? Submit it for consideration by... View full entry
Their design featured two double cabins, bunk beds for guests, a sitting area, chart table, kitchen, composting toilet and a shower. A wood-burning stove would provide some Scandinavian hygge on those chilly arctic nights...Small wind turbines were fitted and the roof was covered with solar panels...The original tarpaulin was replaced with curved windows while the rear superstructure of the boat was cut away, making way for a new plywood and fibreglass cockpit. — BBC Scotland News
Calum Watson profiles two young architects who bought a retired Scottish lifeboat, converted it and set off on a 5,000km (3,100 miles) journey to Norway and beyond. Clansman Lifeboat No.1 after conversion and upgrade | photo by DavidSchnabel h/t @ c.c. o'hanlon View full entry
Little over a year ago the world nearly lost one of its most recognizable examples of Gothic architecture, as the spire and a sizeable part of the roof of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris burned to ashes. Now the debate carries on about what to do with the damaged building. [...] What does it mean to be "Gothic" anyway? If something is Gothic can it also be contemporary? For such questions we need a little background. — CNN
Highlighting the one year anniversary of the disastrous fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, architect Mark Foster Gage takes us on a quick history of Gothic architecture in order to tease out the lessons this historical style can lend to contemporary architectural design. View full entry
Since the sudden transition to working from home and remote learning/teaching earlier this year, online gatherings via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet have become standard business routine for most of us. But what about some privacy? Not having to share the interior of your own residence... View full entry
With the renovation and expansion of the Rothko Chapel campus in Houston nearing completion, project organizers have announced that the sacred art space will reopen to the public in September. The renovation is being designed by New York City-based Architecture Research Office and includes a... View full entry
San Francisco-based practice David Baker Architects has been recognized with the 2020 AIA California Firm Award. The award is presented to an architecture firm each year, according to the American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIA CA), that has "consistently produced... View full entry
Created by Russian agency Instinct, a new campaign launched by IKEA Russia offers parents instructions on how to make indoor forts and tents made from common household items such as chairs, couches, blankets, pillows and much more. View full entry
UK architect Peter Besley, a co-founder of Assemblage Studio who now runs his own eponymous architecture practice, has recently completed work on the Couldrey House in Brisbane, Australia. The 3,400-square-foot, two-and-a-half level home is built out of brick and deploys a selection of... View full entry
Designed by Bernard Tschumi, the Acropolis Museum building was completed back in 2009. Housing numerous structures from Greek antiquity, the museum is located at the foot of Acropolis of Athens, an archeological site that still contains many ancient buildings, including the Parthenon... View full entry
Today, the art museum provides several functions. Wealthy collectors lend works they own for exhibitions, increasing the value of their holdings while allowing them to avoid taxes. Museums are also semi-public repositories for objects of cultural value and education initiatives. Nothing that costs $25 to enter can really be considered public. — SSENSE
Dana Kopel, archive editor at the New Museum in New York City, ruminates on the significance of museums in contemporary society as sites of labor and work, conditions that have been deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kopel writes, "The museum is a place: a situated and permanent space... View full entry
Global architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has broken ground on Platform 16, a new 1.2 million-square-foot office and commercial complex slated for a site next door to Google's forthcoming Transit-oriented village in Downtown San Jose, California. According to a press release published... View full entry
For our latest highlight of architectural employers, we have tapped into Archinect's active community of architecture students and professionals, firms, and schools and selected five architecture and design practices with current job opportunities. Check out these profiles and visit Archinect... View full entry
Longtime architect, advocate, and mentor Robert Traynham Coles has passed away at age 90 in Buffalo. Coles, who in 1994 became the first African American Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), was celebrated for the quality and beauty of his architectural designs. His... View full entry
