In 2021, 12.1 per 100,000 construction workers in New York state died on the job, a 9% increase from 11.1 the year before, according to a new report from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health.
The total number of workers who died in the state increased to 61 in 2021, up from 41 in 2020, reported NYCOSH, a membership organization that represents workers, unions and health and safety professionals.
— Construction Dive
The Committee also found that one-quarter of all workplace fatalities across New York state took place on construction sites, a repeat of the figure contained in the Deadly Skyline Report for 2020. Latino workers accounted for 25.5% of the deaths recorded, keeping pace with a larger grisly... View full entry
The shortlisted candidates for this year’s MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice and Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture have been announced along with the winner of the brand new Prize for Research in Gender and Architecture, which is part of the W Awards for the first time this... View full entry
The option (or necessity) of remote work is still a reality as we enter 2023. Firms have become more well-versed in providing remote working opportunities for team members as the industry continues to rebound and pivot since 2020. Recently we made some updates to Archinect Jobs including the... View full entry
Adjaye Associates has completed their Abrahamic Family House project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The development is comprised of three religious spaces: a mosque, a synagogue, and a church, all of which sit upon a secular visitor pavilion, with a mission of “nurturing the values of peaceful co-existence... View full entry
Swedish nonprofit Better Shelter has announced the provision of 5,000 emergency shelters in Turkey following the major earthquake that has so far killed over 47,000 people across the country and neighboring Syria. The shelters were made possible through a EUR 10 million (approximately USD... View full entry
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has just announced a milestone change to the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) process that will affect the ARE 5.0 and any subsequent versions to follow. The organization says it will now do away with its... View full entry
Amazon in January signed a $35 billion contract to build new data centers across Virginia, a deal so sizable a detractor disappointed at the incentives being thrown at the tech giant said, “We might as well start calling it the Commonwealth of Amazon.” — Commerical Observer
The state’s “Data Center Alley,” Loudoun County, is still cutting $1- to $3 million-per-acre deals with tech companies that rely on hyperscale data centers designed to provide massive, scalable data storage and computing resources for cloud computing and big data processing. The currently... View full entry
The chamber of architects has issued guidelines for its members working on projects close to Megalithic temples. “As professionals in the field of architecture and engineering, it is imperative that we approach the design and planning of development projects within the buffer zones of UNESCO World Heritage Sites with the utmost care and sensitivity,” the chamber said. — maltatoday
This is the first time Malta’s chamber of architects and civil engineers, Kamra tal-Periti (KTP) has introduced these types of rules for UNESCO buffer zones, areas around sites with legal and customary restrictions on their use and development to protect them. KTP’s directive lays out the... View full entry
Though there was indeed a key shift in the meaning of “design” between 1300 and 1500, it had less to do with language and more with a fundamental shift in the making of things themselves. The relationship between drawing and design did not give rise to a word—or even expand its meaning. Rather, it diminished the word as it had previously been used, and in a way that may now be important to reverse. — MIT Technology Review
What’s the difference between modern and historic conceptions of the industry’s most misused word? MIT Head of Architecture Nicholas de Monchaux says it was the “literal mechanization of production that firmly separated the work of designing from making — with profound... View full entry
Total construction starts took a turn in January, falling 27% to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of $865.6 billion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Last month, nonresidential building starts fell 38%, residential starts decreased by 20%, and nonbuilding starts declined by 16%. Compared... View full entry
For this week's curated employer highlights, we have picked five architecture and design firms with current job openings in New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, and Atlanta. For even more positions, visit the Archinect job board and browse our active community of job seekers, firms, and schools... View full entry
MVRDV has shared photos of its just-completed “ambitious architectural experiment” wholesale produce market project in Tainan, Taiwan. The firm’s second foray into the country, open-air Tainan Market features a publicly-accessible green roof, punctuated at one end by an office structure... View full entry
Buildner Architecture Competitions has announced the results of its Las Vegas Affordable Housing Challenge. Part of the organization’s Affordable Housing series, the competition challenged participants to propose a “flexible, innovative, pilot-phase concept for affordable housing within... View full entry
Snøhetta has revealed its design for a new large-scale mixed-use development in Bangkok. Designed in collaboration with A49 Architects and SHMA Landscape Architects, the 2.7 million-square-foot Cloud 11 development is described by the team as “a hub for innovation and tech companies in the city... View full entry
Chicago native and noted architectural photographer Lee Bey recently took PBS on a tour of his city’s overlooked South Side. Among the stops on the Sun-Times critic’s excursion were his former high school, pioneering local architect John Moutoussamy’s self-designed private... View full entry
