The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has announced additional measures to aid prospective Architect Registration Examination (ARE) candidates. Access to ARE examination sites has been spotty, if not outright unavailable, throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic... View full entry

As many Americans have taken to working, learning, and sheltering at home in the months since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, existing residential spaces have had to play double and triple duty, functionally speaking.  Amid these shifts in use, Americans have begun to undertake home... View full entry

ICYMI, Sean Joyner connected with Wandile Mthiyane, for an in-depth discussion about the work he’s been doing with Ubuntu Design Group and how he is fighting to undo the architectural effects of systemic racism in South Africa.  papd encouraged Wandile to "Keep up the good work!". Further... View full entry

The Museum had previously canceled this year's display due to coronavirus concerns for the workers paid to install the 88 light bulbs that make up the installation. After New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and other stepped into insure safety for these workers, however, memorial officials changed... View full entry

The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has issued a public statement highlighting the school's efforts to begin to address structural and racial inequalities within the field of architecture.  Highlighting the growing civil rights movement in support of Black lives and... View full entry

Noteworthy Japanese architects, and even some Pritzker Prize laureates, are among the creators of 17 innovative public restroom designs throughout the bustling Shibuya area of Tokyo. Launched by the non-profit The Nippon Foundation, THE TOKYO TOILET project hopes to create save, clean, and... View full entry

The number of vacant apartment buildings in Manhattan continues to grow as the effects of a recent construction boom and the COVID-19 crisis converge within the city's real estate market.  CNBC reports that the number of apartments for rent, or listing inventory "more than doubled... View full entry

Tuskegee University's Department of Architecture has received a gift of $100,000 from the Cooper Carry Charitable Foundation, Inc. to increase access to the architecture profession for African American students. The foundation is the charitable arm of the Cooper Carry architectural firm. According... View full entry

While much attention has been paid this summer to the removal of racist monuments to the confederacy, America's legacy of historic plantations continues on as a lucrative, popular, and deeply controversial industry.  A transformation has been taking place within some of the organizations and... View full entry

Lehrer Architects' latest project, the Aetna Bridge Home was opened this week by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as part of the city's A Bridge Home initiative. The design team converted an under-utilized quarter-acre parking lot into a vibrant 70+ bed facility for homeless Angelenos. With a... View full entry

American engineering firm Bechtel has inked a contract with Neom, a forthcoming $500 billion "smart city-region" that is slated for what is currently mostly open mountain and desert landscape along Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast.  According to a press release issued by Bechtel, the firm was... View full entry

The Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California has launched a new master’s program in Advanced Design and Construction Technology (ADCT). The program, according to a school website, will explore an "integrative approach to design, engineering and... View full entry

Inga Saffron, architecture critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer, offers a survey of several planned developments taking shape along the Delaware River in Philadelphia as a special tax holiday for residential development in these areas is set to expire on December 31, 2020. Saffron... View full entry

In the months since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived across the world, much attention has been placed on how easy it is for the virus to spread in indoor spaces that lack proper ventilation.  Writing in the academic journal The Conversation, Shelly Miller, professor of mechanical... View full entry

Jean-Marc Bonfils, a noted French-Lebanese architect who helped lead the reconstruction of Beirut's war-torn downtown after the country's civil war, died August 4th, 2020 following the massive ammonium nitrate-fueled explosion that rocked the city and caused widespread damage. ... View full entry