The 2020 International Housing Design student competition has announced its winning entries.  The HERE+NOW: A House for the 21st Century: 2020 Student Design Competition, led by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) in collaboration with Custom Residential Architects... View full entry

Mobilizing the architecture industry to provide opportunities for women, specifically for Black and minority women, has been an ongoing effort in recent years. Not only that, but the discussions over the state of racial and social injustice in field, the continued mistreatment of Black communities... View full entry

Boston Architectural College (BAC) has launched a new online access portal called BAC Cloud Canopy for its remote learning community.  The online platform is designed, according to an announcement, to provide "virtual touch points" for "the disenfranchised, the marginalized, the... View full entry

The inaugural Material Lab Prize is an initiative that aims to foster the study of materials and material reuse. A $1k grant is given to the student that best exemplifies innovative ways to reuse and redesign waste. According to Pratt, "the prize seeks to celebrate and exhibit student work... View full entry

Best Architecture Masters Ranking (BAM) has released their list of top programs. Coming in at the top for the third year in a row is Harvard GSD's Master's degree in Architecture II program.  According to BAM, the top 29 postgraduate programs have been selected and evaluated using their... View full entry

Architect and educator Bradford C. Grant has been named as the inaugural Instagram artist-in-residence by Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Grant, who is a professor in the Department of Architecture at the Howard University College of Engineering... View full entry

ICYMI, Sean Joyner connected with Wandile Mthiyane, for an in-depth discussion about the work he’s been doing with Ubuntu Design Group and how he is fighting to undo the architectural effects of systemic racism in South Africa.  papd encouraged Wandile to "Keep up the good work!". Further... View full entry

The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has issued a public statement highlighting the school's efforts to begin to address structural and racial inequalities within the field of architecture.  Highlighting the growing civil rights movement in support of Black lives and... View full entry

Tuskegee University's Department of Architecture has received a gift of $100,000 from the Cooper Carry Charitable Foundation, Inc. to increase access to the architecture profession for African American students. The foundation is the charitable arm of the Cooper Carry architectural firm. According... View full entry

Imagine plugging in to your brick house. Red bricks — some of the world’s cheapest and most familiar building materials — can be converted into energy storage units that can be charged to hold electricity, like a battery, according to new research from Washington University in St... View full entry

The Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California has launched a new master’s program in Advanced Design and Construction Technology (ADCT). The program, according to a school website, will explore an "integrative approach to design, engineering and... View full entry

The job market may be tricky to navigate as a recent graduate, however, firms across the nation are in search of talented applicants that are looking to gain experience and grow.  Recently Archinect has focused on highlighting the projects of recent graduates as they work through the results... View full entry

Pratt Institute School of Architecture announced in late July the launch of the Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault Scholarship, an initiative started by Pratt Board of Trustee member Kathryn Chenault and her husband Kenneth to "support diversity in the School of Architecture."  The school has... View full entry

Nearly 15 years after earning an M.Arch degree from the University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design, architect, educator, and author Vishaan Chakrabarti has taken the reins of the college as its new Dean.  In a welcome note published to the school's website, Chakrabarti... View full entry

Florida International University (FIU) has launched a new Doctor of Design (DDes) degree program that aims to "prepare architects for global leadership careers in design investigation, industry, applied research and related emerging technology fields." The program is set to begin during... View full entry