In May, the grim certainty grew that this sudden global pandemic was going to stick around for a while, and Archinect's news and editorial reflected that: more coverage of PPE efforts, discussions about remote working and learning, issues of mental health, and conversations with architects... View full entry
With only 29 days of his White House mandate remaining, President Trump revisited a topic that had previously stoked sharp criticism from the architecture community and signed an executive order today that makes classical architecture the preferred style for federal buildings. The order opens with... View full entry
they believe that most major architecture in certain styles. was, at least, heavily influence by Tarter culture, or, more often, built by Tartars (often in, like, America) and that the records of this have been erased...anyway go check out r/tartaria, r/tartarianarchitecture and r/culturallayer, it is a TRIP. i have only scratched the surface here — Ben aka @cinemashoebox
A deep dive on Twitter into some particularly bizarre architectural content. View full entry
For a designer who’s developing office space around the world, Thomas Heatherwick doesn’t seem too fazed by how the pandemic might affect the future of the workplace.
[...] Mr. Heatherwick said the shift to working from home was well under way even before coronavirus hit.
— The Wall Street Journal
Heatherwick Studio has recently been collaborating on major office and mixed-use developments in Silicon Valley, including the Google Charleston East HQ with BIG and the Downtown West San Jose plan with KPF, Grimshaw, SHoP, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and SITELAB urban studio. For a tour of Thomas... View full entry
The onset of COVID-19 hit hard in March. We began to see the death of many people across the globe. This included some of architecture's very own, with the passings of Vittorio Gregotti, John LaPlante, Michael Sorkin, Michael McKinnell, all occurring in March this year. Schools transitioned... View full entry
Archinect's editorial and news in February was dominated by the attempt, and subsequent rebuke, of an authoritarian power grab through architectural design, the continued plea against the sudden closure of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin school, and the impending advent of a global pandemic. The... View full entry
...architects have been working with the International WELL Building Institute, an organization that’s developing standards for healthy buildings and is now run by Hodgdon. Since the pandemic, the Institute has been registering more than a million square feet of real estate a day in its certification program, putting buildings on the path to wellness. — WIRED
A new article by WIRED's Sonner Kehrt explores the long term effects of 'healthy' design. "Over the past several months, the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a surge of interest in the role that indoor environments—where we spend 90 percent of our time, even in a normal... View full entry
Results from a fourth-quarter Home Design Trends Survey from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) showed a decline in homeowner demand for infill and higher-density development with increased demand for multi-generational housing accommodations. "The uneven impact of the pandemic on specific... View full entry
The latest economic report from the American Institute of Architects shows a continued decline of architecture firm billing activity. The Architecture Billings Index for the month of November fell below October's, now posting a score of 46.3. The Institute also registered a slowing pace of... View full entry
In light of the entire year, January seems an odd month. Begun, like every new year, with ambitions and optimism, no one could have known what the world would bring a few months later. Nevertheless, January brought us the closure of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin, an... View full entry
Moody Nolan CEO Jonathan Moody, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, delivered a hopeful TED Talk at a TEDxKingLincolnBronzeville event back in October. Moody begins the talk with a confession — that designers have failed citizens in the community and that designers have been complicit in allowing... View full entry
A new study tracking the results of more than 730,000 COVID-19 tests found that construction workers had the highest positivity rates for asymptomatic cases of any occupation, including healthcare staff, first responders, correctional personnel, elderly care workers, grocery store workers and food service employees. — Construction Dive
Access the complete study High Frequency and Prevalence of Community-Based Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection here. View full entry
Despite widespread opposition, the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has begun a £2bn overhaul of Delhi's grand complex of government buildings in a bid to sever the nation from its colonial past.
At a ceremony held last week, Modi laid the foundation stone for a new building to replace Parliament House, designed by English architects Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker, which upon its completion in 1927 became the seat of power for British-ruled India.
— The Art Newspaper
The ambitious plan by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to overhaul the sprawling complex of historic, colonial-era government buildings in Delhi is off to a rocky start: despite ceremonially laying the foundation stone for a new parliament building on December 10, further spending on the... View full entry
At the city’s first tiny home village, scheduled to open in January, each of the 39 closet-sized homes is costing $130,000, about 10 times what some other cities are spending. Five more villages are planned to open later. — Los Angeles Times
LA Times Senior Writer Doug Smith reports on the progress, and higher-than-usual costs, of erecting tiny home villages in a City of Los Angeles effort to take on its ballooning homelessness crisis. "Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the program in March," writes Smith, "signaling that the concept of... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors last week adopted new rules in its Code of Ethics regarding the design of justice facilities. "We are committed to promoting the design of a more equitable and just built world that dismantles racial injustice and upholds human rights,"... View full entry
