ICYMI, Sean Joyner visited with the founder and team behind Gallery 90220. He believes the gallery is part of a larger urban renaissance centered around the artistic expression of Black and Brown creatives, in Compton, South Los Angeles. Adam Paul Martinez commented "Fantastic. I wish... View full entry
Fall is upon us and as the school term is well underway architecture schools continue to roll out their Fall 2021 lecture series. Continuing with Archinect's coverage of lecture programs we feature presentations from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St... View full entry
Berkeley CED dean Vishaan Chakrabarti has announced he will be leaving his post at the university to return to New York over pressing family medical concerns. Chakrabarti ascended to the position in 2019 after a successful career in New York, where he quickly established his firm PAU as an... View full entry
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, in collaboration with cityLAB, has officially opened the BruinHub, a first-of-its-kind space serving UCLA students facing long commutes or housing insecurity. Located in the John Wooden Center, the BruinHub will be a 24/7 space with facilities for... View full entry
Architecture, master planning, and interior design firm, The Architectural Team (TAT), has announced a scholarship in partnership with Boston’s Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT). “The Architectural Team Endowed Scholarship” is a need-based scholarship for students pursuing degrees in... View full entry
The University of Arizona is launching a new interdisciplinary center that will partner with Native American nations to work on projects that address environmental issues. Called the Indigenous Resilience Center, the program will be a partnership between Native nations and the university’s... View full entry
This Fall, MIT Architecture's lecture series consists of a series of hybrid events that continues with their theme focusing on "where we are now." The school shares that this year's series will "confront visionary symbolism, extraordinary mechanics, decolonial maneuvers, new methods of... View full entry
Glenn Murcutt has been named the 2021 Praemium Imperiale laureate for architecture by the Japan Art Association, making him the first Australian to be awarded the honor. Announcing the achievement, the Japan Art Association described Murcutt as “an architect ahead of his time; an architect... View full entry
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning has announced the recipient of the 2021 Marcus Prize. Established in 2005 as a biennial, international architecture award, the Marcus Prize recognizes and honors architects for their work within the field in... View full entry
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) have released a report focused on disparities in architectural licensing examination. Titled Baseline on Belonging: Examination Report, the study seeks to explore factors... View full entry
On September 8, the University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape (SAPL) announced the three prize winners, honorable mentions, and finalists of its international design competition, CBDX: BORDERLANDS. The goal of the challenge was to develop proposals that "displayed a... View full entry
The University of New Mexico (UNM) has announced Chris Cornelius as their new Chair of the Department of Architecture. A prominent advocate for the awareness of architecture’s connection with culture, particularly American Indian culture, Cornelius is set to take up the role on November 1st... View full entry
As this year's Fall term begins, schools welcome back students and faculty as they continue with in-person and remote learning. In continuing to highlight public lecture programs from architecture schools, we continue our Fall 2021 Get Lectured series by featuring this year's lecture... View full entry
Not only is historic preservation critical in maintaining the integrity of our urban fabric, it also offers one of the most effective means of reducing the carbon footprint of the architecture industry. To learn more about the importance and role of preservation architects, Archinect... View full entry
A group of researchers from Northeastern University and Tufts University has called for funds from President Biden’s infrastructure bill to be diverted to dismantling “racist infrastructure” which is currently disproportionally impacting minority neighborhoods in the United States. The... View full entry
