Lawrence Chua, an assistant professor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture, has been awarded a 2020-21 Getty Scholar Grant from the Getty Research Institute (GRI) to study "transregional histories of utopia and the architecture and urban culture of southeast Asia." According to the... View full entry
Despite concerns that the upper 20 stories of the Elkus Manfredi Architects-designed 200 Amsterdam tower in New York City were inappropriately approved for construction, work on the 56-story luxury residential tower continues apace. Earlier this year, a New York State Supreme Court... View full entry
Stan Wischnowski, the top editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, resigned on Saturday, days after an article with the headline “Buildings Matter, Too,” on the effects of civil unrest on the city’s buildings, led to a walkout by dozens of staff members. — The Philadelphia Inquirer
The inappropriate and offensive headline, conceived for a column written by The Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron, drew widespread condemnation from the public and journalists at the newspaper alike, and resulted in the newspaper's editors issuing a public apology for writing... View full entry
Located on the outskirts of the University of Lausanne in Chavannes-près-Renens, Switzerland, the Vortex will house nearly 1,000 students and academic guests by the end of this summer. Designed by Swiss-based IttenBrechbühl, the building welcomed 1,800 athletes taking part in the Youth... View full entry
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) recently announced new measures they aim to achieve after the COVID-19 pandemic ceases. CLC has published its "Roadmap to Recovery" plan, which it intends to execute in three phases in order to help the construction industry "reinvent itself within... View full entry
Grimshaw, in collaboration with Little Diversified Architectural Consulting as architect of record has unveiled the initial designs of the new 21,000-square-foot arts complex for Santa Monica College (SMC) in Southern California. The building will replace an existing car park and serve as the... View full entry
In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles!... View full entry
A recently inaugurated 1 million-square-meter hospital complex designed by Arup, Perkins and Will, and Yazgan Design Architecture for Rönesans Holding and Sojitz Corporation in Istanbul, Turkey is a feat of engineering and design coordination. The building contains many interior... View full entry
Foster + Partners has just broken ground on ICÔNE, a new office complex in Belval Luxembourg. At 18,800 square meters, the building's program highlights many new features needed for safe working environments and embraces changes that will be crucial for workplaces of the future. In a statement... View full entry
An innovative multi-family residential development has been proposed for West Vancouver’s Ambleside area, just steps from the waterfront.
A preliminary development application submitted by Delta Land Development and designed by Perkins + Will Architects calls for the redevelopment of 2204 Bellevue Avenue [...].
— Urbanized Vancouver
The proposed eight-story mass timber tower was designed by Perkins and Will for Delta Land Development and aims for Passive House sustainability standards, reports Urbanized Vancouver. One year ago, P+W made headlines with another wooden tower design proposal: Canada Earth Tower could rise up to... View full entry
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian architects Quadrangle have been selected by Kroonenberg Groep and ProWinko to design a new mixed-use tower in Toronto. In the north-south orientation, the tower has a 3:1 ratio, creating a thin volume. A linear core at the western facade has been... View full entry
Bronx - Park Avenue Green is a 15-story Passive House certified housing complex designed by New York City-based Curtis + Ginsberg Architects. The 154-unit complex is considered the largest Passive House certified building in North America as well as the largest Passive House affordable housing... View full entry
A recently completed project by COOKFOX brings a 10-story office tower shaped by "biophilic design" principles to a site directly overlooking the High Line in New York City. The 160,000-square-foot building includes 15,000 square feet of outdoor terraces, with each level of the tower... View full entry
Does the destruction of buildings matter when black Americans are being brazenly murdered in cold blood by police and vigilantes?
That’s the question that has been raging on the streets of Philadelphia, and across my architecture-centric social media feeds, over the last two days as a dark cloud of smoke spiraled up from Center City.
— The Philadelphia Inquirer
Inga Saffron, architecture critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer, offers a nuanced look at the relationship between protest, property destruction, and economic development in under-invested areas in her latest column. The article comes as cities around the country grapple with fierce protests... View full entry
Located on the campus of China Resources University, a private educational institution in Shenzhen, the design of Studio Link-Arc's China Resources Archive Library is composed of a dual program. At 9,000 square meters, the building's function serves as an archive for the university and holds all... View full entry