Famous historic sites, low-income apartments and Twitter's headquarters all appear on a previously unpublished draft list of 3,407 concrete buildings in San Francisco that may be at high risk of collapse in a major earthquake, according to a copy of a city government document obtained by NBC News through a public records request. — NBC News
The city says the list is still a “preliminary draft inventory” of at-risk concrete structures, some of which were built after 2000, according to NBC. Who will actually pay for the mass retrofits still hasn’t been hammered out yet, leaving many to speculate as to its near-term feasibility... View full entry
David Chipperfield Architects Berlin with Ester Bruzkus Architekten have unveiled their competition-winning design for NOBU, a hotel and restaurant development in Hamburg's HafenCity district. The interior design project will take place within the new 61-story Elbtower, which Chipperfield also... View full entry
The results of this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition were just announced by New London Architecture (NLA) this morning. Nic Howett Architect’s Southwark renovation project titled The Secret Garden Flat emerged as the overall Home of the Year winner, followed by seven other... View full entry
The Cosanti Foundation has awarded Diébédo Francis Kéré with their inaugural Cosanti Medal. The Arizona-based nonprofit, which since its founding in 1965 has sought to "influence the way the built environment is created with little negative effect to the surrounding natural environment,"... View full entry
A recently completed project from three alumni Snøhetta staffers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art has delivered an artistic intervention they say stands as a new gateway between the 51,000-student campus and its host city. Principal and co-founder Craig Dykers... View full entry
Ready for the next step in your architectural career? Check out our latest weekly highlight of featured employers with current openings in Brooklyn/New York, Los Angeles, and Scottsdale. For even more opportunities, visit Archinect Jobs and browse our active community of job seekers, firms, and... View full entry
New York City’s Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz is set to leave her post in the Adams administration by early July, she told Gothamist, leaving open a critical role tasked with overseeing the city’s response to its growing housing and homelessness crises. — Gothamist
Katz told Gothamist the job was both “frustrating” and a “real sprint.” She is credited with overseeing the beginnings of New York Mayor Eric Adams’ first housing plan as well as streamlining several key projects involving supportive and transitional housing during her... View full entry
With disgraced former Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton now facing punishment for his misuse of office, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced their involvement in the Congressional search process to find a new permanent head for the over 2,000-person office. The... View full entry
Winners of the 2023 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge and Build Challenge, organized by the U.S. Department of Energy, feature a series of student projects that address renewable energy building methods.After celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2022, the Solar Decathlon has hosted over... View full entry
In a colossal real estate move, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have purchased an extravagant vacation home in Malibu for a record-breaking $200 million, as reported by Dirt. The sale price ranks as the most ever paid for a California home and the second-most paid for a U.S. residence, behind the... View full entry
A new, timely exhibition at the MAK Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna is taking a closer look at the technological developments pushing architecture and design into new territory in the past decade using a variety of different relevant media. From May 10–September 10, 2023, visitors can... View full entry
Following last week’s look at an opening for a Manager of Climate Action & Design Excellence at the American Institute of Architects, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Staff Architect - Wastewater Division at Parsons... View full entry
New statistics from the American Institute of Architects' latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) show a modest decrease for April, following the gains shown by the ABI in March for the first time since September. The billings score for April dropped to 48.5, down from the March total of... View full entry
The notable Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture exhibition, curated by architect, curator, and Director of the Master of Urban Design program at UNC Charlotte, Sekou Cooke, will travel to Los Angeles this summer with help from the Southern California Chapter of... View full entry
SWA has unveiled the design, undertaken with HKS, for a major urban infrastructure project which seeks to reconnect a historically Black neighborhood in South Dallas. The Southern Gateway Public Green comprises a five-acre park in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, built to reconnect a... View full entry
