While still fresh in our minds, architecture in 2013 had as much to do with culture and technology as it did design. We saw technology’s influence expand enormously -- through design, production, clients and criticism -- simultaneously enriching and conflicting our relationship to the built... View full entry
The prevailing issues up for discussion this year ran the gambit from the precisely technical to the dizzyingly ontological -- in short, questions that will always be up for debate. Below are the 13 most visited Discussion threads during 2013. These do not represent the most commented threads... View full entry
Below are Archinect's 13 predictions for 2014. For a full list of all of our top 13 lists for 2013, click here. .... Click here for Archinect's full 13 Top 13 for '13 list! View full entry
An international scope, the inevitable big names, and the undeniable driving force of tech-giant clients: hard to see this trend shifting anytime soon. Below are the 13 most visited Firm Profiles during 2013. For a full list of all of our top 13 lists for 2013, click here. 1. Skidmore, Owings... View full entry
Architecture critic, historian, and professor Kenneth Frampton was named as the 2013 laureate for the Lisbon Triennale Lifetime Achievement Award on Dec. 15. The award recognizes a person or practice whose work and ideas have had a lasting influence on architectural theory and practice today... View full entry
Them-'s fightin' words: parametricism, Pritzker, fascism, Zaha (in no particular order). Below are the 13 most debated News posts during 2013. For a full list of all of our top 13 lists for 2013, click here. 1. Parametric smackdown: Patrik Schumacher and Reinhold Martin debate at... View full entry
Straight from the heart, this year's bloggers saw us through intellectual property debates, employment strategies and Yeezus' studio-crashing. Below are the 13 most visited Blog posts during 2013. For a full list of all of our top 13 lists for 2013, click here. 1. VIDEO - Kanye stops by studio to... View full entry
We base so much of ourselves in technology, and architecture follows suite. This year's longer-reads showed how architecture will adapt for a future of insistently pervasive tech. Below are the 13 most visited Feature articles during 2013. For a full list of all of our top 13 lists for... View full entry
It's not just starchitects and big competitions making headlines this year -- 2013 showed that architecture news can arise from anywhere, from erotic comparisons to toy companies to public protests. Below are the 13 most visited News posts during 2013. For a full list of all of our top 13 lists... View full entry
Responding to some critical commentators Donna Sink pointed out "you realize she was one of the first architects to use reinforced concrete, right? The first woman admitted to the Ecole? Working in one of the most revered styles in our history when it was brand new?".
Fifty-six years after her death, the Board of Directors of the AIA voted today to honor the AIA Gold Medal to Julia Morgan, FAIA (1872-1957) — the first woman to ever receive the award. Morgan will be honored at the AIA 2014 National Convention and Design Exposition in Chicago. Steven... View full entry
“I always remember the Calder show at the Guggenheim in New York,” Gehry told LA Confidential, “and how the work responded to the curves of the museum. It was spectacular. LACMA didn’t have such a space for the show, so we designed one. I hope to at least give the art its individual space and let the architecture help reveal the dynamism of each piece.” — phaidon.com
Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA, executive director of the Virginia Center for Architecture, was inaugurated as the 90th president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) during ceremonies held on December 12th at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. She succeeds Mickey Jacob, FAIA, in representing nearly 83,000 AIA members. — aia.org
“During my term as president, I want to look towards the future of our profession and society in general. We need to stimulate research to benefit the design and construction industry, emphasize a culture in firms that nurtures emerging professionals and promotes diversity and inclusiveness for... View full entry
Following on from the completion of a number of architecturally significant projects, directors Sean Griffiths, Charles Holland and Sam Jacob believe that, with the conclusion of these final projects, FAT will have achieved all it set out to do when the practice first emerged in the 1990's. FAT was always conceived as a project in itself, a vehicle for critically opening up the culture of architecture rather than purely a conventional architectural practice. — fashionarchitecturetaste.com
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple was selected by the AIA Board of Directors to receive the 2014 AIA Architecture Firm Award. The AIA gives the award every year to a firm that has consistently created distinguished architecture for at least 10 years. Founded less than 25 years ago by Allen Eskew, FAIA, Steven... View full entry
Fifty-six years after her death, the Board of Directors of the AIA voted today to honor the AIA Gold Medal to Julia Morgan, FAIA (1872-1957) — the first woman to ever receive the award. Morgan will be honored at the AIA 2014 National Convention and Design Exposition in Chicago. Considered... View full entry
