The Fall term is here, and architecture schools are getting ready to welcome guest lecturers and presenters for their upcoming event programming. Kicking off the Fall 2022 group of Archinect's Get Lectured series is USC School of Architecture's public lecture programming. Starting on August... View full entry
A group of North American professors is seeking to debunk commonly-held stereotypes about mobile home parks in the United States. City & Regional Planning Assistant Professor Zachary Lamb (University of California, Berkeley), Geography & Planning Assistant Professor Jason Spicer (University of... View full entry
Downtown Circle is made up of five levels and would sit on five points, or pillars, embedded into the ground. The massive span of the circle itself would be composed of two main rings held together by a continuous green belt named the Skypark which vertically connects the floors with each other creating a connected three-dimensional urban green eco-system. — The National
The National mentions that the (supposedly) self-sustaining 550-meter-tall (1,804-foot) structure would include a tram system and incredible landscaped features such as swamps and a waterfall in and around its three-kilometer (1.86-mile) long tract. ZNera Space, the Dubai-based firm behind the... View full entry
AIA Chicago has announced the finalists for the Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award. The winners will be announced on September 12th at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago during Designight 2022, AIA Chicago’s first free and public architecture celebration. This awards... View full entry
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) has appointed architect, curator, and artist Andrés Jaque as its next Dean. He replaces Amale Andraos, who stepped down from the role in May 2021. Jaque received his Ph.D... View full entry
A row between an Indian government contractor and Foster + Partners over supposedly unpaid design fees related to the abandoned Amaravati master plan has reached the country’s Supreme Court after the London-based studio entered a lawsuit there last week. The UK Architects’ Journal is reporting... View full entry
A final group of 40 submissions representing 21 different countries is now advancing in the Inspireli Beirut Port Renewal Competition. The participating teams are tasked to envision an important redesign of Lebanon's chief economic engine following the tragic 2020 explosion that took 218 lives and... View full entry
A settlement has been reached in the yearslong saga surrounding Brad Pitt’s Make it Right Foundation and residents of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. NOLA.com is reporting that the foundation will pay a total of $20.5 million in the form of individual $25,000 reimbursements available to any... View full entry
Searching for a new architecture job in Philly? Continuing with our regional-specific curated job roundups, we're focusing on nine Philadelphia-based architecture firms looking to hire mid-level and senior project managers, project architects, and designers. As the architecture industry's leading... View full entry
The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF) has announced the first two winners of its prestigious annual BEVY Leadership Awards, celebrating the contributions of women across different segments of the AEC industry.Arup’s Chair of the Americas Fiona Cousins and Snøhetta Managing... View full entry
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (DoA) have announced their selection of London-based Hugh Broughton Architects in an international competition to design prototype protective shelters for the Nea Pafos UNESCO World Heritage site in Cyprus.The... View full entry
AIA Chicago has announced the finalists for their Design Excellence Awards. Spanning architectural and interior architectural projects around the world designed by Chicago architects, the organizers intend the awards to “show the breadth of knowledge and expertise that Chicago architects have to... View full entry
A little more than 30 years after its opening in 1991, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Innovation Park in Ecublens, Switzerland, has announced a major campus expansion effort to be spearheaded by 3XN and the local studio Itten+Brechbühl (IB). Their new... View full entry
Tokyo’s beloved Nakagin Capsule Tower may be getting its speculated second digital life after all thanks to a new metaverse project from the firm of its original designer Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates (KKAA) and the NFT platform OpenSea. In an exclusive collaboration with the LAETOLI... View full entry
Researchers from the American Chemical Society have developed solar panels that can take on a range of colors without sacrificing their efficiency, improving their attractiveness and, thus, their marketability. As the popularity of solar panels has grown, their application isn’t... View full entry