Led by Bence Turányi, T2a Architects have finally realized their adaptive-reuse housing block project, called Jazz Lofts. Back in 2005 father-and-son team Gabor and Bence Turányi were commissioned to restore an abandoned 19th-century mill, but after the economic crash in the... View full entry
Famed French architect Odile Decq reveals images of her first residential project in Barcelona. The studio is responsible for designing the interiors as well as the architecture for the luxury residential tower that is located along the Mediterranean Sea. According to Decq and her team each... View full entry
A few weeks after Renzo Piano completed the high-end 565 Broome SoHo, more photos of the Italian architect's first residential project in New York City have been revealed. The luxury condominium building was developed by real estate firms Bizzi & Partners Development, Aronov Development, and... View full entry
Antonio Pacheco, Managing Editor at Archinect, published a Studio Snapshot of Alloy Development a New York City-based architecture, development, and building management practice with over $1.6 billion in projects under its belt. archanonymous believed "The work is quite good, and it's an inspiring... View full entry
Archinect has received new photos of 611 West 56th Street, the first state-side building by Portuguese architect and 1992 Pritzker Prize winner, Álvaro Siza. Currently under construction in Manhattan, the 37-story luxury condo tower is being jointly developed by Sumaida + Khurana (the group... View full entry
President Donald Trump has nominated J. Brett Blanton as the next Architect of the Capitol. Blanton would follow two acting directors, Christine Merdon and Thomas Carroll. If confirmed by the United States Senate, Blanton will serve a 10-year term as the official in charge of maintaining the... View full entry
Back in 2012, the Taichung City Government and Feng Chia University invited WOHA to bring its "Breathing Architecture" exhibition to the city. Initially a part of the city government's Gateway Project Masterplan, the exhibition built on ideas focusing on the design principles of... View full entry
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer is opening another salvo in his administration's efforts to address the city's housing affordability crisis by proposing the so-called "Complete Communities Housing Solutions Initiative," a scheme that looks beyond simply building new housing to embrace holistic... View full entry
Garrett was born in Ashtead, England, in 1922. He studied architecture at Trinity College, although his academic pursuits were disrupted by the Second World War, in which he fought for the British Royal Navy. After the war, he completed his studies at Cambridge before opening a private architectural practice in London, where he was a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. — The Art Newspaper
Over a long and lustrous career, Stephen Garrett, played many roles and helped shape a series of architectural contributions in the museum sphere, including lending his expertise as a consulting architect for the Getty Villa project in Malibu, California. He ended up becoming the Getty's first... View full entry
New York City lawmakers are poised to adopt legislation requiring “bird-friendly” glass on all new construction in an effort to cut down on the tens of thousands of birds who die flying into the city's buildings every year.
New York will be the largest city in the nation to require glass that is visible to birds if the measure passes. Several California cities including San Francisco and Oakland have adopted similar rules
— ABC News
According to ABC News, the NYC Audubon estimates that 90,000 to 230,000 birds are killed annually from flying into buildings in New York City a number only a fraction of the 1 billion that die each year around the country. The cause of death comes from the reflective glass on taller... View full entry
Following a competitive expression of interest, the City of Sydney recently commissioned Adjaye Associates and renowned locally based Aboriginal artist Daniel Boyd to design the scheme for 180 George Street, which comprises a new public square, plaza building, and public artwork near... View full entry
And it's a wrap at the 2019 World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam. After three busy days of project presentations and jury deliberations, the annual global architecture industry event culminated in a glamorous gala dinner at the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam's former stock exchange building... View full entry
Described as a “laboratory for future living”, the JCA Living Lab by J.C. Architecture is a regenerated Japanese Colonial residential house in Taipei that preserves its past while accommodating the modern-living needs of its occupants. Today, the project was announced as the ... View full entry
With 16 architects announced as shortlist winners back in October, the Architectural Review has announced Comunal Taller de Arquitectura as the winner of Architectural Review's 2019 Emerging Architecture Award. The Mexico-based architecture firm was applauded for a project submission... View full entry
The single largest private investment undertaken by a First Nation in the world could take a step forward in Vancouver next week as members of the Squamish community meet to discuss the approval of a proposed 6,000-unit residential development designed by Revery Architecture. If approved... View full entry
