Two emerging architects were recently named as winners of the 2022 Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant by the Center for Architecture at the AIA New York (AIANY).The grants are given out to emerging or mid-career architects in support of their personal and professional development... View full entry
Bjarke Ingels Group has released newly-commissioned photographs of their Telus Sky Tower in Calgary, Canada. First unveiled in 2013, the mixed-use 60-story residential and commercial project broke ground in 2015 and was completed in 2020. Situated in downtown Calgary among a cluster of... View full entry
Eight months after Ukrainian forces retook the Kyiv suburb of Irpin from Russian occupiers, The New York Times has spoken with several architectural figures from the region on their mission to rebuild the urban landscape destroyed by war. Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, 885 buildings... View full entry
The Thornton Education Trust (TET) just named its shortlist for the 2022 edition of the Inspire Future Generations Awards, upholding the work of a group of programs and initiatives they say offers an overview of the "most innovative and engaged organizations and individuals who are setting the... View full entry
Looking for architectural job opportunities in Dallas? Check out this week's curated employment highlight from Archinect Jobs, with a selection of current openings for architects, environmental graphic designers, and sustainability experts in the Big D. To look up specific job titles from the... View full entry
A leading figure in the architecture industry is being mourned after Payette announced the passing of its founder Tom Payette last week at the age of 90. Payette was considered an innovator in the design of healthcare facilities and scientific high-ed buildings, garnering a consistent stream of... View full entry
As the global COVID-19 pandemic approaches the end of its now third calendar year, the architecture industry is once again in a state of adjustment, seeking to find that sweet spot between various available remote, hybrid, and in-person working arrangements. Continuing shifts in technological... View full entry
Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) Dean J. Meejin Yoon has been reappointed to her post for a second term after a vote from the university’s Board of Trustees in October. Yoon will begin her second term in January of 2024, extending for five years a tenure that brought... View full entry
According to a new Dodge Construction Network report, total construction starts rose 8% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.12 trillion. This is a rebound following two consecutive months of decline. Last month, nonresidential building starts gained 9% and nonbuilding starts... View full entry
Copenhagen-based studio 3XN has completed Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia, described by the firm as the “world’s most comprehensive upcycling of an existing tower.” The scheme, which sees the retention and transformation of an existing 1970s tower near the city’s waterfront, was... View full entry
UK-based artist David Mach is set to launch a solo exhibition at Pangolin London, which will showcase the artist’s elaborate approach to sculpture. Titled Heavy Metal, the exhibition will chart Mach’s multidisciplinary approach to balancing architecture and sculpture, including his ongoing... View full entry
Waste from the city of Ghent, Belgium, is being turned into the building blocks of a major cultural institution. For a renovation and expansion of the Design Museum Gent, an innovative new recycling process is turning old bits of broken concrete and glass into the bricks that will cover the museum’s exterior. — Fast Company
The Gent Waste Brick was designed by London-based practice Carmody Groarke in partnership with materials designers BC Materials and Local Works Studio. Together, they developed an energy-saving method that takes ground construction waste materials, mainly crushed concrete, masonry... View full entry
This is the 33rd year the "Walking on Water" competition has been held at FIU as part of Professor Jaime Canaves’ Materials & Methods of Construction course. As reported by WSVN Miami , "Not many people can say they can walk on water, but these second-year architecture students at Florida... View full entry
Dutch studio OKRA landschapsarchitecten has been announced as the winner of the 11th edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space in a ceremony conducted at the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) on Tuesday.Their restoration of the Catharijnesingel canal in Utrecht was... View full entry
A group called EUROPARC has won the 1st-prize honors in the international competition to design a new European Parliament building in Brussels after the results of a July vote from the body were shared on Tuesday. The full ensemble included JDSA / Julien De Smedt Architects (Denmark), Carlo... View full entry