The American Institute of Steel Construction has selected a shade structure concept situated in rural Arkansas as the grand prize winner of the $10,000 Forge Prize for 2024. Mile Zero, as the winning project is called, is designed to double as a hiking trail marker for the Razorback... View full entry
The Bjarke Ingels Group and HNTB-led stadium proposal for the Oakland Athletics in Las Vegas has been published for the first time since the Major League Baseball franchise formalized its intention to relocate from the Bay Area to Nevada in time for the start of the 2028 season. The first... View full entry
Construction is progressing at Denver’s One River North, designed by MAD Architects. The sixteen-story tower broke ground in late 2021 and represents MAD’s first residential rental building in the United States, expected to contain 187 units. View this post on Instagram A post shared by... View full entry
For this year's International Women’s Day on March 8, NPR is airing a special one-hour documentary produced with help from the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF). The piece aims to shed light on the overlooked contributions of women in architecture to an American mass audience for the... View full entry
Iris Apfel, an iconoclast interior designer who drew praise for her style and fashion collection, passed away last week at the age of 102. The New York Times is reporting on her influence in the design world this week following her death on March 1st. Through the work of her label Old World... View full entry
OMA has completed the AIR CIrcular Campus and Cooking Club in Dempsey Hill, Singapore. The scheme saw the overhaul of an existing modernist building and surrounding green space into what the team calls “a place for novel dining experiences, inviting broader thinking and discussions about food... View full entry
Architect and OMA Partner Shohei Shigematsu has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Mainichi Design Award by the Japanese Mainichi Shimbun newspaper for his outstanding career-long contributions to different fields included under the broad-reaching umbrella of design. Shigematsu was particularly... View full entry
This morning’s announcement of Riken Yamamoto as the 53rd official laureate of the Pritzker Prize has come with praise for the Beijing-born Japanese designer whose community-minded approach to architecture has impacted countless lives. Many outside of Asia were surprised by his selection, which... View full entry
The much-publicized void left behind in the wake of Santiago Calatrava’s failed Chicago Spire proposal is finally being attended to, as now the Chicago Sun-Times and other outlets are reporting on developer Related Midwest’s start of construction for the SOM-designed replacement at 400 Lake... View full entry
In this week's curated employer highlight from Archinect Jobs, we are featuring five architecture and design firms with current openings in New York City, Los Angeles/Culver City, and Berkeley. For even more opportunities, head to the Archinect job board and explore our active community of job... View full entry
The Albuquerque Journal is reporting Antoine Predock to have passed away on March 2nd at the age of 87. The architect and long-tenured University of New Mexico faculty member left a mark on the state he called his “spiritual home” over a four-decade career that culminated in the 2006 AIA... View full entry
Olson Kundig has completed a series of custom single-family homes in West Hollywood. Collectively named ‘The Houses at 8899 Beverly’ the eight homes seek to be “harmoniously linked yet individual” with architectural forms “combining natural materials such as wood, steel, glass, concrete... View full entry
Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been awarded the 2024 Pritzker Prize. Born in 1945, the architect and social advocate has built a career that establishes kinship between public and private realms, in pursuit of harmonious societies that overcome diverse identities, economies, politics... View full entry
Today is World Engineering Day, and to celebrate it, Archinect has curated a few outstanding bridge projects we’ve included in our recent news coverage to highlight critical pieces of infrastructure at an important time for civil and structural engineering in the Americas and abroad. The six... View full entry
The new Amsterdam Avenue face of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will be designed by a team that includes Weiss/Manfredi, Hood Design Studio, and Moody Nolan, the beloved New York City cultural institution announced Monday. The revitalization plan entails first a radical overhaul of... View full entry
