In a press statement delivered this week by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the organization announced they are canceling the annual conference that was set to take place in early October. Originally scheduled to be an in-person event taking place in Miami Beach, growing... View full entry
A bill introduced on July 13th by Nevada Representative Dina Titus aims to write the General Services Administration's "Guiding Principles" for federal architecture into federal law. The bill, titled the "Democracy in Design Act," represents an effort to stop the implementation the... View full entry
With the launch of the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge competition earlier this year, the Van Alen Institute and New York City Council aimed to create an international open call for architects and designers to "rethink" how New York's iconic Brooklyn Bridge walkway could look in the future. The... View full entry
The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has unveiled designs for The Plus, a new furniture factory for Vestre, a Norwegian manufacturer of urban furniture. Located in the heart of the Norwegian forest, the 6,500-square-meter open production facility will double as a public 300-acre park for hiking and... View full entry
According to Urbanize LA, an entity associated with Chicago-based Cardiff Mason Development has selected Morphosis to design a new self-storage facility in Westchester. The project calls for the construction of an approximately 50,000-square-foot structure consisting of three... View full entry
This week's highlight of architectural employers includes five architecture and design firms with current job openings in New York, California, Washington, and Arizona. For even more opportunities, visit Archinect Jobs and browse Archinect's active community of architecture students and... View full entry
Climate-conscious architects in the United Kingdom are speaking out against British architect Norman Foster as efforts to have architects disengage from air transport projects intensify. Last week, Archinect reported news of a high profile airport commission taken on by Foster + Partners for a... View full entry
The Architectural Association (AA) in London has announced that it has terminated the employment of its Director Eva Franch i Gilabert due to Gilabert's "failure to develop and implement a strategy and maintain the confidence of the AA School Community which were specific failures of performance... View full entry
Designed by Seattle-based LMN Architects, the new 82,476-square-foot Plant Sciences Building at Washington State University brings previously separated fields of study into a single facility, inserting itself as the latest addition to the university's growing Research and Education Complex (REC)... View full entry
David Sharpe, an influential educator and architect, has passed away on June 20, 2020 at age 91. Born on September 4, 1928 in Decaturville, Tennessee, Sharpe was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Tuskegee Institute after displaying great skill in architecture and... View full entry
Anyone remember MVRDV's Dutch Pavilion at the 2000 World Expo in Hanover, Germany? With its six layers of distinct Dutch landscapes stacked into one compact tower, the highly conceptual attraction was an instant audience favorite and a seminal early project in the studio's history. Since then... View full entry
New York City-based Terreform and Chicago community development nonprofit Blacks in Green are planning to moving ahead with the BIG Green Homestead project, a development that will bring community-owned sustainable housing and commercial spaces to the city's South Side. The project... View full entry
Foster + Partners has been selected by AMAALA, the "ultra-luxury" destination located along Saudi Arabia's northwestern coast, to design a new international airport. Consisting of the terminal and control tower, the design concept builds on the idea of a mirage in the middle of the desert. It's... View full entry
A recently published interface pulls together data on what architecture firms received approval for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding from the United States Small Business Administration (SBA). The interface collects publicly available information published by SBA that has been sorted... View full entry
Adjaye Associates has designed a memorial in Windrush Square located at the center of Brixton, South London to honor Cherry Groce, who was shot in her home by the Metropolitan Police in front of her children on September 28, 1985. Becoming paralyzed from the incident, Groce passed away in... View full entry