“Without opportunities for social interaction, places are more insecure, divided and isolated [...] How can you provide value to a landscape that is neglected? How do you provide an opportunity to see your town in a new way?” — The New York Times
Against a national backdrop poisoned by femicides, border politics, and the equally toxic influence of cartels, Fernanda Canales is making democratic life in underserved Mexican communities more feasible through her highly user-sensitive and socializing designs. The Mexico City-based... View full entry
The presentation of the 2023 Tiny Home Awards winners has been made from TinyHouse.com, featuring some of the best new mini residential designs to hit the market in North America.The group was led by Canada-based Fritz Tiny Homes’ Halcyon 02 design, which won in the overall Tiny House of the... View full entry
CannonDesign has completed a new student center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Replacing the university’s Bernhard Center, the new three-level building contains gathering and lounge spaces, dining, a bookstore, a future on-campus brewpub, and retail, designed as a “beacon of... View full entry
The UK’s Architect's Journal has reported that Foster + Partners is working on the design of a 2-kilometer-high (1.2-mile-high) skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. If delivered, the scheme would be the tallest building in the world, double the height of the Burj Khalifa, which currently holds... View full entry
As the architecture community anticipates the official Pritzker Prize announcement this Tuesday, our team at Archinect has been fully immersed in the whirlwind of predictions and speculations. A few days ago we published a roundup of forecasts from the Archinect community, highlighting potential... View full entry
Portland-based interdisciplinary design studio Skylab Architecture has announced its partnership with woman-owned kit home manufacturer Steel Hut to design forward-thinking, affordable dwellings that boast increased fire resistance and durability for harsh climates. The prefabricated homes... View full entry
New findings published in the journal Construction and Building Materials from a team of materials researchers working at the University of British Columbia Okanagan's School of Engineering have demonstrated the sustainable qualities of using wood fly ash by-products as alternatives to traditional... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects has selected 96 member architects and 2 non-member architects to the AIA College of Fellows. A jury of seven-member fellows led by Chair Lisa Lamkin of Brown Reynolds Watford Architects was responsible for the selection process, which vets architects up for... View full entry
The month of March spoils the architecture and design community with another plethora of exciting events: No matter if you're drawn to festivals, new exhibitions, trade shows, symposia, or academic conferences — we've got you covered.From the roster of ongoing and upcoming events listed on... View full entry
Weiss/Manfredi has been named as the winner of the 37th Louis I. Kahn Award. The New York-based studio was formed by husband and wife duo Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi in 1989 and has since impacted the profession through an award-winning portfolio of cultural, higher-ed, urban design, and... View full entry
Our annual Archinect readers’ predictions for this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize have once again spurred a lively discussion forum thread full of guesses as to which architect will become the 53rd official laureate when the prize is announced on Tuesday, March 5. Last year, our social... View full entry
If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Highlighted below are four calls seeking RFQs for the redesign of Columbus, Indiana's Downtown Entrance Plaza, large-scale art installations to be... View full entry
The White House has announced a series of moves to increase the production of manufactured housing in the United States. The initiatives are intended to both preserve and rehabilitate existing manufactured home communities and ease barriers to the construction of new units. The moves include a... View full entry
The Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture is to present an exhibition centered on the design of architectural poster art. Titled Designing Decades: Architectural Poster Art (1972–1982) and organized in collaboration with SPACED Gallery of Architecture, the pieces on display are curated... View full entry
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has shared an update to its official ARE guidelines effective this week (February 27). The updated ARE 5.0 Guidelines include changes to exam security policies and the ARE 5.0 Reference Guide. The revision also covers new building... View full entry
