A new collaborative project between the Catholic University of America and the National Museum of American History will offer architecture students the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to repair and reconstruct one of Buckminster Fuller’s famed geodesic domes in the hopes of presenting... View full entry
The U.S. Navy just unveiled five concept proposals for a planned new Naval museum in the nation’s capital. Designs from BIG, Gehry Partners, DLR Group, Perkins&Will, and Quinn Evans will compete for the chance to deliver the official National Museum of the U.S. Navy at Washington, D.C.’s Naval... View full entry
Japanese fashion designer Takahiro Miyashita, through his eponymous label TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist., has unveiled a Hi-Fi speaker in the form of New York City’s Flatiron Building. The piece stands 43 inches tall and depicts the iconic structure like a sculpture in the process of being... View full entry
A new report from the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has shown an alarming increase in construction worker fatalities in the city for 2022. A total of 11 deaths were recorded for the year, up from 9 the previous year and the 8 that were recorded in 2020. A total of 9 fatal accidents... View full entry
This post is brought to you by SCI-Arc, an Archinect Partner School SCI-Arc is proud to announce the return of its annual student exhibition, Spring Show, curated by faculty member Soomeen Hahm. This year's event, “SCI-Arc Night Live: Premiere Night,” will take place on Saturday, April... View full entry
This spring’s commencement ceremony at the Rhode Island School of Design will feature a pair of luminaries as last year’s Pritzker Prize winner Francis Kéré will join Walter Hood for the event, which is to be held at Amica Mutual Pavilion on June 3rd. Both designers will receive honorary... View full entry
For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are highlighting four calls inviting outstanding examples of architectural delineation, redevelopment ideas for a long-abandoned mall in Baltimore, conceptual designs for the Experimental Puppetry Arts... View full entry
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has shared news of the passing of Wright’s grandson Eric Lloyd Wright last month at the age of 93. Wright, who was the only child of Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., designed homes and religious projects in California, Pennsylvania, the American Midwest and... View full entry
Nearly one year after breaking ground in Pasadena, construction is in full swing for the Resnick Sustainability Center on the Caltech campus. [...]
When completed, the new complex will serve as the physical hub of the Resnick Sustainability Institute, which has existing at Caltech since 2009.
— Urbanize Los Angeles
Following a $750 million donation from The Wonderful Company owners Lynda and Stewart Resnick in 2019 to Caltech, plans to construct a new 80,000-square-foot research facility were put in motion. Designed by Yazdani Studio, the Resnick Sustainability Resource Center broke ground in May 2022 and is... View full entry
With the summer season approaching, firms have begun their search for candidates to participate in their summer internships. For our latest curated jobs roundup, we've curated a list of paid architecture internship opportunities listed on the Archinect Job Board. Be sure to read up on issues of... View full entry
Montana State University has announced Dean Adams as the institution’s next dean of the College of Arts and Architecture. Adams will take up the new position on July 1st, where he will oversee 1,100 students across schools of architecture, art, music, film, and photography. Adams was chosen for... View full entry
Historically, landscape architecture was concerned with the composition of private gardens, but Kate Orff is a landscape architect who’s never been hemmed in by garden walls—seeking instead to liberate landscape to do nothing less than repair our warming planet through design. — TIME
The SCAPE founder and Columbia GSAPP Urban Design Program Director joins an exclusive club of TIME Magazine’s ‘100 Influential People’ that includes David Adjaye, Bjarke Ingels, Wang Shu, Jeanne Gang, and Kengo Kuma. (HOK was also cited last year for the Terminal B project at LaGuardia... View full entry
The AIA California has just announced its annual slate of winners as part of this year’s California Awards. The chapter says the awards are meant to honor “firms and individuals that have produced meaningful work and influenced the field over an extensive period of time.” The program also... View full entry
The architecture faculty of the Rhode Island School of Design has expressed its “unequivocal support” for striking workers on the campus. The strike, now approaching two weeks in duration, is being carried out by 60 movers, custodians, and ground service staff, represented by the Teamsters... View full entry
The University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design has announced its appointment of Neri&Hu Design and Research Office co-founder Rossana Hu as the next chair of its Department of Architecture. Hu, who is currently on the faculty of the College of Architecture & Urban Planning at... View full entry