Los Angeles-based critic and curator Mimi Zeiger has developed Feminisms: 1974 to Now, a curated video playlist of lectures that have taken place at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) over the decades highlighting "feminist thought and dialogue" at the... View full entry
This post is brought to you by the Van Alen Institute *Competition Update: New deadline extension - Sunday, April 19 by 11:59 pm ETThe Brooklyn Bridge is one of New York’s most recognizable landmarks, and holds a special place in our collective imagination. Since opening on May... View full entry
I remember in one of my earlier jobs after college, I had a supervisor who had a tendency to continuously check in with me after he had assigned me something to work on. On top of that, he wanted to control how I went about doing the work. It made me overwhelmingly stressed out, and my performance... View full entry
Artists Sam Lavigne and Tega Brain and the Whitney Museum of American Art have collaborated to produce New York Apartment 2020, a mesmerizing website experience that "advertises a fictitious New York City apartment for sale that covers more than 300 million square feet and spans the five... View full entry
ACSA President Rashida Ng announced Saturday that the 108th ACSA Annual Meeting will not place in San Diego this week. In the statement, she says: The Board of Directors reviewed public health data about the coronavirus and its impact on travel and our conference venues, and determined it would be... View full entry
Amazon [has opened] its first grocery store to pilot the use of the retailer’s cashierless “Just Walk Out” technology that has previously powered 25 Amazon Go convenience stores in a handful of major U.S. metros. Based in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, the new Amazon Go Grocery store allows customers to shop for everyday grocery items like fresh produce, meat, seafood, bakery items, household essentials, dairy, easy-to-make dinner options, beer, wine and spirits, and more. — TechCrunch
According to TechCrunch, the store is 7,700 square feet in the front of house and 10,400 square feet overall, making it the largest use of Amazon's Just Walk Out technology to date. With a similar model to the Amazon Go convenience stores, shoppers use the Amazon Go app to check themselves in... View full entry
To the delight of Instagram influencers everywhere, international architecture practice OMA has recently completed its first hotel in Bali, Indonesia, a 168-room facility known as Potato Head Studios. Pulling from the region's tropical landscape and with the help of marquee furniture designers... View full entry
Looking for a unique design-build experience this summer? Well, you're in luck because non-profit design laboratory Space Saloon has announced its third annual design-build festival, DeSaturated. Created in collaboration with design studio and campsite residency group Designers on Holiday and... View full entry
According to a statement released by SXSW today, the City of Austin has canceled the March dates for SXSW and SXSW EDU. Initially scheduled to occur from March 13 to March 22, this is the first time in 34 years that the conference has been called off. "We are devastated to share this news with... View full entry
Following the latest news that the Board of Directors of the School of Architecture at Taliesin (SoAT) has voted to reconsider a previous decision to close the school, Archinect reached out to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation for comment. Previously on Archinect: "BREAKING: Taliesin School... View full entry
We're just catching our breath after an amazing four days of skiing, drinking, eating, and hot tubbing in Utah's beautiful Snowbird/Alta ski resorts. Architects, designers, and artists came together from around the country, representing SHoP, Brininstool + Lynch, K&Co, Imbue Design, Artistic... View full entry
Lawmakers in California are working on a new measure that could grant churches, nursing homes, hospitals, and nonprofit entities the ability to build affordable housing on their properties without needing a change in zoning. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the measure, known as... 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. (Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles.)... View full entry
Bobby Berk from Netflix’s “Queer Eye” visited Mathis Brothers Furniture at Irvine’s The Market Place on Wednesday to promote his debut furniture collection, Bobby Berk for A.R.T. Furniture.
The collection, described as Midcentury styling with nods to Art Deco shapes and Parisian style, features dining room, living room and bedroom pieces.
— Los Angeles Times
According to A.R.T. Furniture, the collection boasts modular capabilities and captures Berk's "minimalist sensibility with a new mix of materials." As part of the Netflix show, Queer Eye, where each episode features the "Fab Five," a team of gay professionals with expertise in culture, food... View full entry
On this episode of Archinect Sessions Donna, Ken and I are joined by Paulette Singley. Paulette is a respected architectural historian, educator and author. Her writing and editing expands beyond the world of architecture, looking at connections within the culinary arts and film. In today's... View full entry
