A new, two-tower mixed-use scheme from Studio Gang has been delivered in Amsterdam, representing a first for the firm on the continent as it looks to grow outside of the American market with recent expansions into Canada and now the EU. The 297,170-square-foot Q Residences are meant to address the... View full entry
Revised plans for the proposed Ontario Place redevelopment in Toronto are once again drawing critical attention after being submitted to the city’s planning officials at the end of November. Storeys has the details on the updated scheme, which still calls for one-third of the 155-acre site... View full entry
Following last week’s look at an opening for an Unreal Engine Rendering Artist at PHNTM, we are using our Job Highlights series this week to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Robotics Fabrication Lab Manager at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). The position, located within... View full entry
Construction has commenced on the $160 million expansion to the Seattle Aquarium. Designed by LMN Architects, the new Ocean Pavilion is expected to open in 2024, and will form part of the campus’ vision of becoming “the world’s first planet-positive aquarium.” Project construction led by... View full entry
Another milestone has been reached in the ongoing Automated People Mover (APM) project at Los Angeles International Airport after the last structural steel elements near the historic Theme Building have been installed. The 180-ton final piece serves as a base for the new viewing pavilion and... View full entry
Nowhere is the gulf between digital promise and physical fact more spectacularly evident than at the new Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in California [...]
Almost a generation in the making, it feels like the final death rattle of a bygone age, the last gasp of an era preoccupied with novel form for form’s sake. Perhaps it is fitting that this flimsy, paper-thin architecture is held together with tape.
— The Guardian
The Guardian critic paid a visit to the new museum building to offer a thoroughly dejecting assessment based on what he observed to be a disorienting entrance, confounding wayfinding system, atrium configuration, and defective cladding panels made necessary by a “performative shell” that... View full entry
From Archinect's active community of job seekers, firms, and schools, we have picked five featured employers with current openings in Brooklyn/New York City, Gardena/Los Angeles, Portland, and New Orleans. Take a look at these opportunities below, and visit Archinect Jobs for the complete list of... View full entry
The Harvard GSD has announced the French Grand Paris Express transit project as the winner of the 14th biennial Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design. The $50,000 reward was given to Société du Grand Paris, the government agency overseeing the project, which is the largest of its kind... View full entry
Foster + Partners has shared photos of its just-finished MOL Group corporate headquarters campus in Budapest after a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was held last week in the Hungarian capital. At 143 meters (469 feet), the design is a collaboration with Finta Studio and now the city’s tallest... View full entry
AIA Brooklyn has announced the winners of their 2022 Brooklyn Design Awards (BKDA). Held each year, the awards celebrate projects based in Brooklyn or completed by Brooklyn-based architects/designers. The nine selected projects, ranging from small-scale architectural activations to large-scale... View full entry
Did you know that the London planetree is the most common species of tree in New York City? The fun fact is one of many which can be gleaned from a new interactive map launched by the City of New York, allowing users to explore the city’s tree population. The NYC Tree Map replaces NYC Park’s... View full entry
A six month construction season is set to begin at the United Kingdom’s largest Antarctic research and operations hub. Called the Rothera Research Station, it supports leading researchers in frontier science in the region. This marks the start of the next phase of the British Antarctic... View full entry
Diller Scofidio + Renfro has shared new project details and a flythrough animation for their planned revitalization of the 63-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas. The project’s scope revolves around a “faithful reinterpretation of Wright’s original design... View full entry
Following last week’s visit to Boston-based Peter Rose + Partners, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Los Angeles this week, where we find Walker Workshop. Founded in 2010, the firm has grown a rich portfolio of residential homes which the team describes as "warmly minimal with... View full entry
New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his administration’s three-pronged plan to “Get Stuff Built” this month as a possible answer to skeptics who had previously doubted his ability to tackle what is becoming its largest existential challenge. True to its moniker, the plan calls for... View full entry