What could be the world’s first 3D printed hotel development has just broken ground near art and design-rich Marfa, Texas. The vision of a Texas native, the noted Austin area hotelier Liz Lambert, will come together with design and logistical support from BIG and ICON. Both entities announced... View full entry
After a run of over 100 episodes, the Night White Skies podcast hosted by Sean Lally is finally coming to an end. Over eight years, the program sought to engage a diverse range of voices in the design field in order to ascertain a better picture of the scenarios currently unfolding within... View full entry
Gone are the days when the easiest way to make an architectural splash was with a shimmering and photogenic stand-alone building, fancy forms torquing this way and that. Along with exploring new takes on regional or vernacular design traditions, the field’s top talents are taking on projects that reimagine existing institutions or public spaces — or forge new links among them. — Christopher Hawthorne, The New York Times
In a new piece for The New York Times, Yale School of Architecture senior critic Christopher Hawthorne explores how architects are striving to rejuvenate downtown areas across the U.S., where hybrid work schedules and negative perceptions have led to reduced vibrancy. While converting commercial... View full entry
The official timeline of the planned $8.5 billion Chicago O’Hare Aiport expansion has been moved to 2034, according to Crain’s. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is working with Ross Barney Architects, Arup, and Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects (JGMA) to complete its first 19-gate Satellite... View full entry
The hard-fought efforts and dedication of preservationists across the country have been honored through the 2024 edition of Docomomo’s annual Modernism in America Awards. This year, a total of 16 projects were selected to earn Award of Excellence and Citation of Merit distinctions. Projects... View full entry
A new performing arts complex designed by Perkins&Will, in partnership with Schmidt Hammer Lassen, has opened in Beijing. Located in the city’s southeast district, Tongzhou, the Beijing Performing Arts Center sits along the banks of the Grand Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, anchoring a... View full entry
A 74-square-foot apartment design in Rotterdam, the Netherlands’ second-largest city, has captured attention for its innovative use of space, as featured on Archinect. Image: © Ossip van Duivenbode The Cabanon, as its architect-owners Beatriz Ramo and Bernd Upmeyer prefer to call it, takes... View full entry
The Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the departure of President and former CEO Antony Wood after 20 years. Wood, who led a tenfold increase in membership during his tenure, said he was lending to a "future generation of leaders" in stepping down... View full entry
The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) for August reports a 2.9% increase to a new score of 220.4 following July’s revised total of 214.2. Over the month, commercial planning expanded by 1.9%, and institutional planning was up another 5.7%. "Owners and developers continued to prime the... View full entry
Following our previous look at an opening for a Visualization Designer at Payette, we are using the latest edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Store Planning Designer at Kering Beauté. The role, based in New York with the possibility of a remote... View full entry
With Burning Man 2024 concluded, organizers have shared imagery depicting the building, use, and ultimate demise of the event’s main temple. Designed by Caroline “Glitter Kitty” Ghosn, the Temple of Together was inspired by Lebanese Khaizaran chairs and the artist’s own decades-long battle... View full entry
The winners of the 2025 Le Prix Charlotte Perriand Award have been announced as SANAA founders Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. The 2010 Pritzker Prize laureates are the fourth recipients of the award that’s included as part of the French Créateurs Design Awards. Past winners... View full entry
A new digital recreation of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine has been released in time for the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan. The creative team behind the new app's development, G&A, says they wanted to find a way for those... View full entry
Next Friday, September 20th, the Architectural League of New York is hosting its annual Beaux Arts Ball. This year’s event will be themed HEAT and examine the challenges that climate change imposes on the built environment as its subject, asking those in attendance to imagine a better... View full entry
Apple’s new The Observatory event space at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, has been unveiled by the tech giant as part of the launch event for the new iPhone 16. The design, which is in ways reminiscent of several of James Turrell’s skylit spaces, is marketed as a contemplative experience... View full entry