The Graham Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2021 Grants to Individuals, awarding $585,000 to people exploring innovative design ideas that expand our contemporary understanding of architecture. The 71 grants were awarded to individuals around the world, selected from nearly... View full entry
The four new appointees will replace four commissioners who were installed by former President Donald Trump, who helped craft the controversial “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture” executive order, which decried modern architecture and sought to make neoclassical architecture the... View full entry
A new study out of Aalto University in Finland shows that building with wood can be economically feasible. The research team analyzed statistical data from real estate sales in the Finnish capital of Helsinki and two suburbs between the years of 1999 and 2018. Of these, timber-built homes... View full entry
The company proposing to build a gondola from Union Station to Dodger Stadium announced Thursday that it has settled on a route that would take the aerial tramway generally above Alameda Street through Chinatown and include a station at the foot of Los Angeles State Historic Park. — Los Angeles Daily News
Three years after first appearing in the Archinect news, Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit has revealed a more detailed outline for its proposed gondola system that could shuttle thousands of baseball fans from Los Angeles Union Station to Dodger Stadium on game days. Image: Los Angeles Aerial... View full entry
Buyer Demand is outstripping the availability of homes as many ponder a solution to the newest driver in the housing crisis. A Commerce Department report detailing the continued decline in the market for single-family dwellings again in April, a product of overall increase in demand and lack of... View full entry
Juan Ramon Cantu draws on a number of emerging practices, competitions, and academics to argue an evolution is underway for Post-Digital Drawing / Post-Digital Rendering. He notes "Ironically, this evolution of the Post-Digital aesthetic seems to be going in the opposite direction to its original... View full entry
Rising from the Hudson River, Little Island preens atop a bouquet of tulip-shaped columns, begging to be posted on Instagram. Outside, it’s eye candy. Inside, a charmer, with killer views. — The New York Times
NYT critic Michael Kimmelman reviews the anticipated elevated river park Little Island (formerly known as Pier 55) which opens on Manhattan's Hudson River bank this week. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick and Signe Nielsen of NY-based landscape architecture firm MNLA, the $260 million parcel resting... View full entry
MIT has announced a goal of achieving net-zero emissions from their campus by 2026, and eliminating direct emissions by 2050. The goal is one of a number of initiatives announced under the institution’s new plan titled “Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade,” aimed at... View full entry
This year’s Shortlist for the 2021 edition of the Turner Prize has been announced, featuring a diverse array of artists from around the UK that includes former Wheelwright winner Daniel Fernández Pascual. Pascual, who together with Alon Schwabe forms the collective Cooking Sections, was... View full entry
The Netherlands’ Schiphol Airport is to send grass cut on its approximately one thousand hectares to panel maker Ecor to make ceiling panels, partition walls, furniture and flooring for use at the airport and elsewhere. — Global Construction Review
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport estimates that its annual amount of grass clippings will be enough raw material for partnering manufacturer ECOR to produce 100,000 square meters (1.8 million square feet) of panels. "Before starting large-scale production, the panels were extensively tested for... View full entry
Five projects have been named as winners of the AIA/ALA’s 2021 Library Building Awards, the organizations announced jointly on Wednesday. Led by the new Valente Library in Cambridge, the quintet of honorees highlights a mix of both new building and renovation characterized by an incorporation of... View full entry
The Architectural League of New York this morning unveiled the winners of its annual portfolio competition, the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers. Established in 1981, and now celebrating its 40th cycle, the program aims to promote excellence among early-career architects... View full entry
The National Building Museum announced today that it will present its 2021 Honor Award to global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). For the first time in 36 years, and inspired by this year’s honoree, the Museum will transform the annual Honor Award into a Climate Change Call to Action, including weeks of provocative, expert-led online programming open to the public. — National Building Museum
On June 17, the National Building Museum will present the award to SOM at a dynamic virtual event. The firm will be celebrated for its leadership and commitment to combating the climate crisis by advocating for a seismic shift in the way we design, build, and do business. Starting on May 19th, the... View full entry
An Arts District cold-storage plant dating to the 1890s would be replaced with housing, offices, a hotel and shops in a proposal unveiled Thursday by Denver developers. With a price tag between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, the complex would rank among the largest L.A. commercial real estate developments in recent memory. — Los Angeles Times
Image: Studio One Eleven/Adjaye Associates According to the Los Angeles Times, the proposed Fourth & Central mixed-use mega-development in Downtown LA's rapidly transforming Arts District would consist of 10 buildings. While local firm Studio One Eleven is in charge of the master plan and building... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of this year’s Upjohn Research Initiative, providing up to $30,000 to four research projects advancing sustainable architecture and design. The four projects demonstrate a variety of approaches to tackling climate change, from... View full entry
