Happy beginning of fall, Archinectors! With October officially kicked off, the Fed cutting interest rates, and workload for the architecture industry expected to pick up again (fingers crossed), let's take a look at what the Archinect community is talking about at the moment. When to hire more... View full entry
A new tri-national Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) has been signed by the three largest North American groups representing professional architects in their respective countries. The updated agreement between the Regulatory Organizations of Architecture in Canada (ROAC), Mexico’s Comité... View full entry
The Prix Versailles has presented its lists for World’s Most Beautiful Sports Venues and Passenger Stations, celebrating the most outstanding new designs in either sector globally as part of the UNESCO-sponsored prize's 2024 edition.Leading the group was the new Aquatics Center design... View full entry
The 2024 Soane Medal has been awarded to Hanif Kara, the British structural engineer and founder of the London-based firm AKT II.Kara’s role in the development of several RIBA Stirling Prize winners – including Peckham Library, London (2000), the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge (2012)... View full entry
Architect Santiago Calatrava has collaborated with Swiss jewelry company Gübelin to develop a limited edition watch. Named the Ipsomatic, the piece is the first watch to be designed by Calatrava and is listed by Gübelin at 34,900 CHF (over 40,000 US Dollars). Image credit: Gübelin “I... 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 Haven, New York City, Seattle, San Jose, Austin, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. For even more opportunities, visit the Archinect job board and... View full entry
This must do something to the city—like the Pan Am Building in New York—but somehow today the courage is lost. It must mean something to the city that there is a shape that is hard to understand crossing the road. The owner’s representative in charge of our project recently said to me, “Peter, I’ve now started to understand what this building is doing on all sides.” — The Brooklyn Rail
LACMA recently pushed back the opening of Zumthor's David Geffen Galleries to 2026 as Christopher Knight quoted an unnamed museum source in the LA Times as saying the project's budget (which had been an initial hurdle to clear) is now in excess of $835 million. "In about a year, one end will... View full entry
JKMM Architects' Tammela Stadium has been announced as the winner of this year’s Finlandia Prize for Architecture by the journalist Antti Kuronen and Association of Finnish Architects (SAFA). View full entry
Seattle’s Waterfront Park transformation took another step closer to completion last week with the opening of Overlook Walk, a new elevated park for the waterfront designed by Field Operations. The new walkway creates a “new pedestrian destination and journey between the city and... View full entry
ICYMI Niall Patrick Walsh started the State of AEC intended to "guide you through the latest analyses, indexes, and trends on how the architecture and construction industries are performing economically." In reporting on the September U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut he pointed out "the Fed’s... View full entry
The latest Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) figures for September have shown decreases equal to a 4% drop to a new sore of 208.6 after a revised August reading of 217.7. For the month, commercial planning contracted by 7.8% and institutional planning improved by 5.2%. The new DMI was 21% higher than in... View full entry
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has selected Singapore’s Pan Pacific Orchard as the Best Tall Building Worldwide for 2024. The new 23-story title holder was completed last year as the city’s 124th tallest building. WOHA Architects was responsible for its design, a 350-key hotel... View full entry
Get Lectured continues with a look at what’s in store this semester at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) in Los Angeles. Guest speakers for the Fall academic term will include Jorge Gracia (October 23); Linda Taalman (November 6); Jimenez Lai (November 20). Each is free and open to the public... View full entry
One of New York's top tourist draws, Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock experiential space, has opened a brand new attraction called Skylift. Standing 30 feet above the roof deck on the 70th floor, the platform offers panoramic views of the city from 900 feet and is illuminated by... View full entry
Recipients of the J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize and University Design Research Fellows (UDRF) have been announced for the fifth cycle of Exhibit Columbus ahead of next year’s event in Columbus, Indiana. Each will produce installations responding to the previously announced theme 'Yes, And'... View full entry
