The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report published for the month of April by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) shows that a historic contraction within the architecture industry has intensified as the COVID-19 crisis continues in the United States. April ABI highlights... View full entry
Rising 85 meters high and 10 meters wide, the new climbing wall at the BIG-designed CopenHill is due to open this year and brings the residents of Copenhagen a climbing experience they'd never have otherwise. While designed as a traditional climbing wall, the routes get more difficult the higher... View full entry
Little over a year ago the world nearly lost one of its most recognizable examples of Gothic architecture, as the spire and a sizeable part of the roof of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris burned to ashes. Now the debate carries on about what to do with the damaged building. [...] What does it mean to be "Gothic" anyway? If something is Gothic can it also be contemporary? For such questions we need a little background. — CNN
Highlighting the one year anniversary of the disastrous fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, architect Mark Foster Gage takes us on a quick history of Gothic architecture in order to tease out the lessons this historical style can lend to contemporary architectural design. View full entry
With the renovation and expansion of the Rothko Chapel campus in Houston nearing completion, project organizers have announced that the sacred art space will reopen to the public in September. The renovation is being designed by New York City-based Architecture Research Office and includes a... View full entry
San Francisco-based practice David Baker Architects has been recognized with the 2020 AIA California Firm Award. The award is presented to an architecture firm each year, according to the American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIA CA), that has "consistently produced... View full entry
UK architect Peter Besley, a co-founder of Assemblage Studio who now runs his own eponymous architecture practice, has recently completed work on the Couldrey House in Brisbane, Australia. The 3,400-square-foot, two-and-a-half level home is built out of brick and deploys a selection of... View full entry
Designed by Bernard Tschumi, the Acropolis Museum building was completed back in 2009. Housing numerous structures from Greek antiquity, the museum is located at the foot of Acropolis of Athens, an archeological site that still contains many ancient buildings, including the Parthenon... View full entry
Global architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has broken ground on Platform 16, a new 1.2 million-square-foot office and commercial complex slated for a site next door to Google's forthcoming Transit-oriented village in Downtown San Jose, California. According to a press release published... View full entry
Zuecca Projects and architecture firm Coldefy have presented the exhibition entitled DOMUS - Architecture, Materials, Innovative Systems as a "Collateral Event" of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale due to be held in Venice from August 29th to November... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published new and updated AIA contract documents that are designed to "support businesses with reaching their sustainability goals and programming." The latest set of documents focuses on AIA's renewed efforts to center environmental design... View full entry
A much-anticipated lecture delivered by Bjarke Ingels at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) is now available for online viewing. In the wide-ranging, nearly two-hour presentation, Ingels, founding partner at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)... View full entry
Construction workers across America have suffered staggering job losses in recent weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted, and in many cases shut down, construction sites around the US. A recent report from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nearly one million... View full entry
“Our entire profession is geared toward the values and demands and needs of human beings,” [...] “But all over the world, these huge mechanical entities are now appearing. They are typically enormous, typically rectangular, typically hermetic.” [...] “We need to conceive of architecture that accommodates machines and robots, maybe as a priority,” Koolhaas says. “And that then investigates how robots and human rights might coexist in a single building.” — Time
Rem Koolhaas his thoughts on how architecture as a discipline might change in the post-COVID-19 era, as social distancing, automation, and anti-urban attitudes begin to take hold. Koolhaas tells TIME's Belinda Luscombe, “It would be opportunistic if I said either, I told you so, or... View full entry
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessarily prompted a rethinking of many of the most fundamental aspects of daily life around the world, as people, businesses, and governments seek to retrofit the built environment in order to minimize the potential for future exposure. Everything from HVAC... 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
