After much anticipation, the winners of the Van Alen Institute Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge competition have been announced. Thanks to the competition's design jury and a public vote held during the competition's Virtual Design Show, the winning designs are "Brooklyn Bridge Forest"... View full entry
In November 2017, four years after her father’s death, Soleri’s youngest daughter, Daniela, published an essay on medium.com, claiming that her father had sexually abused her and attempted to rape her as a teenager. She had told some of Soleri’s inner circle decades earlier, she wrote, and they had done nothing. — The Guardian
Steve Rose of The Guardian explores the legacy of architect Paolo Soleri, both sordid and visionary. The in-depth article delves both into the history of Arcosanti and Soleri's heroic status while also highlighting the architect's toxic relationships with various women, including his... View full entry
Craving more inspiring books about architectural film studies? Eager to learn more about the ever-intriguing relationship between architecture and film? Don't miss out on “The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces”, the latest volume by Mehruss Jon Ahi and Armen Karaoghlanian, the editors of online... 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
A $1 billion museum complex situated on the Giza plain overlooking the Great Pyramids is nearing completion in Egypt after a nearly decade-long delay. The massive structure, initially planned by Irish firm Heneghan Peng Architects, is being completed now, The Art Newspaper reports, under the... View full entry
The last remaining Blockbuster video rental store in the world is now available for sleepovers. Hosted by Airbnb, residents of Deschutes County can book one of the three available nights at the storesleep over. According to The Oregonian, a household of up to four people will have free rein... View full entry
While much attention has been paid this summer to the removal of racist monuments to the confederacy, America's legacy of historic plantations continues on as a lucrative, popular, and deeply controversial industry. A transformation has been taking place within some of the organizations and... View full entry
Peopling Studio offers a 3D library of diverse characters in a variety of scenes to use and customize in your digital renders. The project appears to be voluntarily founded and run, offering free downloads. Their "disclaimer" describes the motives and inspiration behind the project... View full entry
City Dreamers is a Canadian documentary directed by Joseph Hillel that looks at the lives of Phyllis Lambert, Denise Scott Brown, Cornelia Oberlander, and Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, all notable powerhouses in architecture and design who were among some of the first women to rise to prominence... View full entry
The Denver Architecture Foundation (DAF) has launched two free audio tours featuring 24 locations of notable structures across Denver. The tours highlight over a century of architectural history throughout the region through dynamic storytelling and presentation. "DAF values historic preservation... View full entry
In Brazilian photographer Cássio Vasconcellos' series entitled Collectives, the artist "instigates a visual debate on the urban chaos of modern civilization by exploring jam-packed situations typical of our society," writes Art Historian and Critic Cynthia Garcia. Some of those scenarios... View full entry
This post is brought to you by the L.A. Forum The summer exhibition “Every. Thing. Changes.” by the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design presents 20 new works documenting the collective view of life in Los Angeles in its new decade. The newly commissioned... View full entry
A new report from global architecture firm HOK highlights a growing awareness regarding "neurodiversity" in the workforce and offers design strategies for creating workplaces that cater to and facilitate the spatial needs of neurodiverse individuals. According to the report... 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
Melbourne-based McIldowie Partners has released plans for the Jewish Arts Quarter, a cultural hub that will include the Jewish Museum of Australia: Gandel Centre of Judaica, the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre, Sholem Aleichem College, the Jewish Holocaust Centre, Classic Cinemas, and more... View full entry
