This post is brought to you by the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL) at the University of Calgary, an Archinect Partner School CBDX: BORDERLANDS brings political, geological, social and other boundaries into sharp focus. The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape... View full entry
On March 15th Archinect reported the announcement of the National Building Museum's new Executive Director, Aileen Fuchs. As Covid-19 safety protocols continue to evolve and vaccine distribution continues, museums and other public institutions prepare to reopen their doors in the coming... View full entry
Harvard Design Magazine 48: America seeks to reflect, breakdown, and redefine those established norms and conditions that define “America”. This is presented through the criticism of the physical manifestation of design, but also through the critique of the invisible hand of political and... View full entry
The Architecture Lobby, an organization familiar to most of our readers, dedicated to elevating the value of architecture and architectural work, has shared with us a letter they penned in support of the Future Architects Fronts’ open letter to RIBA. The Future Architects... View full entry
UNC Charlotte's School of Architecture welcomes Sekou Cooke to its faculty as the Director of the Master of Urban Design (MUD) program. Cooke is an acclaimed architect, educator, curator, and researcher whose work exemplifies a career in shaping design practice with social justice... View full entry
This week's featured virtual event happenings, from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide, include the second session of Exhibit Columbus' Design Presentations this Friday. Other events to tune into this week feature Raúl Cárdenas Osuna, Ana María León, Torsten Lange, Bryan Lee... View full entry
This week's featured virtual event happenings, from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide, are highlighted by Exhibit Columbus' Design Presentations kicking off this Friday. Other events to tune into address topics such as decolonization, surveillance, automation, public and domestic... View full entry
Cranbrook Academy of Art intends to pause admission to the Architecture program for Fall of 2021 as the institution embarks on “an ambitious plan to reimagine the Architecture department at the Academy”. In a letter to alumni (copied at the bottom of this article), Cranbrook Educational... View full entry
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) has dedicated its efforts towards architectural education and research by "empowering faculty and schools to educate increasingly diverse students, expand disciplinary impacts, and create knowledge for the advancement of... View full entry
This post is brought to you by SCI-Arc, an Archinect Partner School SCI-Arc is delighted to announce the return of its annual gala, Main Event 2021: Acts of Optimism on May 1, 2021. Inspired by Director and CEO Hernán Diaz Alonso’s affirmation that “architecture is an act of... View full entry
With information available at our fingertips, discovering resources like a list of female architects, for example, should be a breeze. However, like most professions, these texts and resources were often written and curated by male writers. In 2021, female writers and curators continue to reclaim... View full entry
The American Academy of Arts and Letters awards three architects and three landscape architects as new Academy members. Founded in 1898, each selected cohort becomes a part of an honors society comprised of architects, artists, composers, and writers. Once elected, they become members... View full entry
To kick off a multi-part exploration of Designers in Tech, Alessio Grancini (a prototype engineer at Magic Leap) sat down with Paul Petrunia to talk about the differences between AR, VR and XR, as well as Facebook’s plans for a "Real World Index" aka "worldwide digital twin...live-updated... View full entry
In July 2020, Will Hunter, founder of the London School of Architecture (LSA), announced his plans to step down from his chief executive position. Launched in 2015, the school aimed to provide "alternative routes to architecture." Hunter, the former Deputy Editor of The Architectural Review... View full entry
The 2021 edition of the annual QS World University Rankings by higher education analysis firm QS Quacquarelli Symonds has just been released. The research analyzed nearly 14,000 individual university programs from 1,440 universities across 85 locations around the world. Within the... View full entry
