New findings published in the journal Construction and Building Materials from a team of materials researchers working at the University of British Columbia Okanagan's School of Engineering have demonstrated the sustainable qualities of using wood fly ash by-products as alternatives to traditional... View full entry
We’re not there yet. In an industry where the gender pay gap has widened in recent years, where all-male panels at conferences are not unusual, and where macho culture still prevails on building sites, a book like this, sadly, still has a place. — The Guardian
Writing for The Guardian, critic Oliver Wainwright says he hopes RIBA’s new publication 100 Women: Architects in Practice, which we previewed in December, will encourage competition judges, academic panels, awards juries, exhibitions organizers, and rebuke “the headhunters who claim women... View full entry
The votes are in for Archinect's popularity contest of the 32 architecture school lecture posters we featured during the Fall '23 academic term in our Get Lectured series. Out of 641 responses in our online reader poll, the David R. Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte poster design raked... View full entry
Following last week’s look at an opening for a Physical Design + Fabrication Internship at VolvoxLabs, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Design Research and Teaching Fellowship at Northeastern University. The... View full entry
Architects Orange have developed a proposal for Oklahoma City featuring what could become the "the tallest building in the United States and currently fifth tallest in the world." thom.Bohlen@pima.gov agrees "with the previous negative design comments, and would add that the 1,750 ft tower element... View full entry
Texas Tech University’s Huckabee College of Architecture has shared lecture details for the Spring term related to its 2023–24 Publicness programming for our Get Lectured preview of different events in store this semester. The school shares: “Publicness refers to the power of architecture... View full entry
It's not too late yet to cast a vote for your favorite Fall '23 architecture school lecture poster! The reader poll to select the most popular design of the 32 posters we presented for that academic term in our ongoing Get Lectured series opened earlier this month and still runs until Tuesday... View full entry
The University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning has announced its Winter 2024 public speakers series as part of our Get Lectured rundown for the new academic term. The first event in the school’s Building Culture series will take place today, February 16, with the... View full entry
Production has begun on a 3D printed tower in Switzerland, which is expected to be the tallest structure of its kind in the world. Named the ‘Tor Alva’ or ‘White Tower,’ the project is currently being fabricated at ETH Zurich, where the first eight columns of the tower’s lower floor... View full entry
Students at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) recently collaborated with the state’s local AARP on a design-research project that was meant to demonstrate the potential of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to lawmakers currently looking at alternatives to boost housing production and care... View full entry
This post is brought to you by Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education While many fields have acclimatized to hybrid ways of working, architecture and design firms have encountered persistent challenges in making this transition. Harvard GSD’s online course Designing the Creative &... View full entry
The Syracuse University School of Architecture has shared its public speaking information as part of our Get Lectured look at different events in store on campus for the Spring semester. Oberlander Prize winner Julie Bargmann will visit campus on February 13 as part of the Syracuse Symposium... View full entry
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have published their study into how materials made from nanocellulose and algae can be used as sustainable architectural materials. The research, conducted in collaboration with the Wallenberg Wood Science Center, “shows how the abundant... View full entry
With our Get Lectured series, showcasing upcoming public lectures at architecture schools, well into the current Spring academic term, it's a great opportunity to take a look back and let the Archinect audience be the judge of the graphic prowess the 32 poster designs we presented during the Fall... View full entry
The Pratt Institute School of Architecture has shared its public lecture series details as part of our Get Lectured look at the different events taking place on campus this Spring term. The semester continues with the previous term’s theme of "cohabitations." The school shares: "Cohabitations is... View full entry
