The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has designated degrees in landscape architecture as a science, technology, engineering, mathematics (or STEM) discipline upon the advice of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), announced by the organization today (July 12). The designation... View full entry
The AIA San Francisco has announced the overall Honor Award champion, Merit, and Citation Award winners for its Housing+ San Francisco 2050 Design Competition. This year's top prize goes to 13-year-old Portland-based studio West of West. Described by designers as a “vertical... View full entry
A new Whole Life Carbon Accounting service from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was unveiled last month in an effort to help building owners and developers make accurate decisions about building performance at all stages of the design phase while pushing the industry further toward a much-needed... View full entry
The competition to design a new overhaul of the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA)’s aging main building has issued an update featuring details on each proposal from teams led by David Chipperfield Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Michael Maltzan Architecture, Johnston Marklee, Nieto Sobejano... View full entry
Take a look at our latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs: This week's featured employer highlight includes job openings in Los Angeles, Detroit, New York City, and Berkeley. For even more opportunities, visit Archinect Jobs and... View full entry
The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) continued its decline in June with a 2.5% decrease resulting in a reading of 197.3 from a revised May reading of 202.4. Over the course of last month, the commercial component rose 3.1%, while the institutional component dipped 10.5%. According to the Dodge... View full entry
Actually, the reason we curate the shows ourselves is not because we want to control how people think, but quite the opposite. I don’t want to be too defensive. I’m not a moralist. If I would to try to control everything, I would have chosen the wrong job. — The New York Times
Back in May, Hawthorne met with Jacques Herzog at the opening of the Venice Biennale to discuss the upcoming exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London as well as several prevailing industry trends that have impacted his firm’s size and projects in the United States and... View full entry
Archinect is pleased to reveal the winners of the Generative Futures: AI + Architecture Storytelling Challenge! The competition invited participants to develop creative and original submissions, welcoming various storytelling formats and genres, such as allegories, love stories, horror... View full entry
Ignorance to navigate the maelstrom by Mel Lewis The Earth is a theme park, fully subdued to oblige us… and well our literate animal friends. Its visual primal beauty, reconstructed from the archeological suggestions of three hundred million years ago, fed into the computer to... View full entry
Blueprints of Belonging: Architecture in the Age of AI by Kyle Branchesi Welcome to the journey of Maria, a young architect, and her AI muse, Calida. Together, they navigate the complex urban landscape of Los Angeles, grappling with a mission far beyond merely building structures. Their quest... View full entry
The Last Flesh and Blood Architect by Juan Manuel Prieto Human-designed and built architecture was dying out. Hans knew this well, for he had followed it all his days, and he clung to it with a love greater than his need. Many times, he had been urged to give up his old-fashioned ways and... View full entry
Dystopian Dreams and Gigabyte Gleams by Mason Miles Forming a representation of a nature-infused city of the future, hybridizing optimism and entropy, the project lends a satirical outlook on the AI city. The images are each accompanied by a correlating haiku, prodding at what the future may hold... View full entry
Maurice's Last Shift by Tim Papienski Just after dawn, as light rain pattered down on the tarps of the construction site, Maurice stepped gently, trying not to land in the mud. As he passed through the guarded entrance, the banner above proudly proclaimed “847 days without a workplace... View full entry
The Architectural Review has honored six adaptive reuse projects at their AR New into Old Awards 2023. Launched in 2017, the awards “celebrate the creative ways buildings are adapted and remodeled to welcome new contemporary uses.” The six finalists were chosen from a shortlist of 15, with the... View full entry
The Design Museum in London has opened a new display that investigates construction in the age of climate breakdown. Titled How to Build a Low-Carbon Home, and open until March 2024, the display showcases low-carbon approaches to housing construction that use wood, stone, and straw. View full entry