BIG has been announced as the winner of a global competition to design the new Vltava Philharmonic Hall in Prague. The firm beat out proposals by SANAA, David Chipperfield Architects, Snøhetta, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and other international studios for what is... View full entry
Earlier this week, we covered comments by columnist Kunle Barker in the UK’s Architects’ Journal, who warned against the trend of offsetting emissions to achieve a “zero carbon” built environment. “Offsetting is not sustainable,” Barker wrote. “In fact, it's not even close to being... View full entry
If you happen to be on the lookout for attractive architecture career opportunities, consider our latest highlight of architectural employers with current openings in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Oakland, New Orleans, Costa Mesa, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, North Carolina, and... View full entry
Ahead of this week’s scheduled planning commission meeting in Santa Monica, Gehry Partners has revealed updated renderings for the proposed Ocean Avenue Project that would install a new mixed-use cultural campus in the heart of Los Angeles’ beachy Westside. The proposal calls for the creation... View full entry
Google has announced the opening of its new Bay View campus in Mountain View, California, with the neighboring Charleston East project in its final phase of construction. Together, they form the latest additions to Google's headquarters. Photo: Iwan Baan, courtesy of Google The web giant... View full entry
Total construction starts rebounded in April according to a new Dodge Construction Network study, rising 3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $945.8 billion. Nonresidential building starts rose 6% and residential starts increased by 4%, while nonbuilding starts decreased by 4%. Compared to... View full entry
The four finalists for the 2022 cycle of the prestigious annual Wheelwright Prize have today been announced by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. The quartet of early-career architects will vie for the $100,000 prize and a spot besides last year’s winner Germane Barnes on a list... View full entry
A historic new museum is set to take shape in West Africa, the vision of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and designer Mariam Kamara of Niger’s atelier masōmī. Bët-bi is said to be the first institution dedicated to the (temporary) collection and display of repatriated objects taken from... View full entry
Architecture students at Drury University have unveiled a new shelter designed and built to aid the homeless community in Springfield, Missouri. Situated at the Revive 66 Campground, a local site offering nightly stays for unhoused people, the project is designed to offer a more spacious... View full entry
If you're looking for a new architecture job in the Portland area, we've got you covered. Rose City is currently offering a number of opportunities worthy of serious consideration, and we've rounded them up for you right here... Furioso Vineyards by Waechter Architecture, Dundee, Oregon Waechter... View full entry
This post is brought to you by YACademy From Stonehenge to Greek temples, architecture is the signature of humankind on the landscape, the artificial element that has always been connected to the natural environment. Architecture and landscape are linked by a fundamental continuity that is... View full entry
New renderings were released today of one of the city's most visible and notable developments. While the proposed 685-foot tower at the Hudson's site gets the most attention, the office building next door will be an active space with many places for the public to visit. Bedrock unveiled a look inside the 220-foot office building, with office, event, and dining space. — Urbanize Detroit
A revitalization of the historic Hudson’s Department Store site in downtown Detroit, the project will bring 1.5 million square feet of office, retail, event, residential, and hotel space to the area. The development’s design is being led by SHoP Architects and Detroit-based Hamilton Anderson... View full entry
In unison with today’s UNESCO International Day of Light celebration, the group behind the 2022 Daylight Award has announced its dual winners for the biannual architecture and research competition. Grafton Architects co-founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara joined Swiss academic Anna... View full entry
Indian architect and academic Arijit Chatterjee has been selected as the winner of the 2021–22 James Harrison Steedman Memorial Fellowship in Architecture biannual research competition. The Ahmedabad-based Chatterjee will receive a $75,000 cash prize for his proposal titled “Mapping the... View full entry
Six months after the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, columnist Kunle Barker wrote in the UK Architects' Journal to take a stand against the industry’s oneiric focus on “lofty ideals of zero-carbon and on soundbites” and towards a more considered system of new project evaluation, advocating... View full entry