Following last week’s look at an opening for an Architect/Designer at Build Block, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Landscape Designer at the Better Block Foundation. The role, based in Dallas, TX, “goes beyond the... View full entry
Büro Ole Scheeren has won a competition for the design of Tencent’s global headquarters in Shenzhen. Having been awarded the commission, Scheeren saw off competition from practices including Herzog & de Meuron, Heatherwick Studio, Bjarke Ingels Group, Snøhetta, OMA, Kengo Kuma, Zaha Hadid... View full entry
Zaha Hadid Architects has shared photos of its newly inaugurated Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre in southern China. The project integrates three separate facilities for art, scientific education, and culture into one coherent design with a 1,200-seat grand theater, 500-seat Black Box theater... View full entry
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) has just announced its acquisition of architect Toyo Ito’s early-career archive. The trove entails drawings, models, and sketches related to his practice Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects (founded as Urban Robot) from 1971 until 1989. The... View full entry
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced $6.1 billion in funding for two high-speed rail projects in Nevada and California that will make history upon their respective completions at the end of the decade. Both the $8 billion Brightline West plan connecting Southern California to Las... View full entry
The world-renowned artist David Hockney has lit up London’s iconic Battersea Power Station with a giant installation resembling two Christmas trees. Titled ‘Bigger Christmas Trees’ and set on the station’s two north-facing 328-foot-tall chimneys, the animation will be on display from... View full entry
A group of six houses and living spaces representing the best achievements in residential design globally have been announced by the Architectural Review as part of the 2023 AR House awards. Judges, including the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion designer Lina Ghotmeh, chose from a 15 project shortlist to... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects has published its latest quarterly report on residential design in the United States. The AIA Home Design Trends Survey for Q4 2023 focused on the theme ‘neighborhood and community design,’ and revealed a desire among clients for simpler detailing on home... View full entry
This year’s AIA|LA Design Awards winners have been announced via a special ceremony held last week at the landmark Los Angeles Theater downtown. Under the theme ‘RE,’ the chapter’s event provided a unique opportunity for attendees to “Reflect, Rewind, Reconsider, and Rejoice in the... View full entry
Final reviews for this semester are right around the corner. Are you a first-year undergraduate student embarking on your first presentation as an architecture student? Or are you a seasoned graduate student balancing school work, internships, and everything else in between? Regardless of where... View full entry
A winner has been announced in the competition to design an upgrade to I.M. Pei’s early-60s cluster of dormitory buildings at the New College of Florida’s Sarasota campus. Jointly with the college, Architecture Sarasota has selected a proposal from Sweet Sparkman Architecture & Interiors that... View full entry
Today, the Pratt Institute has announced the launch of a new cluster hire initiative aimed at recruiting diverse faculty to each of the five degree-granting schools on its Brooklyn, New York campus. Through “Diverse Voices Creating Just Futures,” Pratt believes it will create... View full entry
The Skyscraper Museum’s 2023 Making New York History Award was recently presented to David Levinson, CEO and Chairman of L&L Holding Company, in recognition of their effort to realize the Foster + Partners-designed 425 Park Avenue, the first new full-block office development in Midtown’s Park... View full entry
Look below for Archinect's latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs. This week's featured employer highlight includes openings in New York City/Brooklyn and Los Angeles. For even more opportunities, head over to the Archinect job board and... View full entry
The Spanish NGO Heritage for Peace has published a report on the impact of recent Israeli airstrikes on Gaza’s cultural heritage. The report, released on November 7th, claims that over 100 cultural heritage landmarks have been damaged or destroyed as of publishing. Reports of subsequent damage... View full entry
