Since 1912, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) mission has been to empower schools of architecture and faculty to "educate increasingly diverse students, expand disciplinary impacts, and create knowledge for the advancement of architecture." Through ongoing... View full entry
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the largest U.S. mass-transit provider, is running on borrowed time, facing budget and revenue challenges as federal aid is set to tap out in 2025, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, said in a report Tuesday. — Bloomberg
The announcement comes on the heels of a rough summer for the MTA, which is only now seeing its ridership climb past 50% of pre-pandemic levels as it weighs a controversial congestion pricing plan that would add $1 billion in revenue a year beginning in 2023. Interim boss Sarah Feinberg... View full entry
AECOM has announced that it has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide architecture and engineering services as part of its Southeast Regional Architect and Engineering (SERAE) program. The five-year, multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite... View full entry
On Tuesday, Barack Obama broke ground on his highly anticipated presidential center on the South Side of Chicago. In an hour-long ceremony at the 19-acre site in Jackson Park, Obama, joined by his wife and former First Lady, Michelle Obama, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, and Chicago... View full entry
When it finally opens on Thursday, the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will do so in a similar vein to so many of this year’s star-studded fall releases. The $484 million museum’s first act will be as a barometer for an industry looking once again to pack theaters and captivate audiences... View full entry
Continuing with Archinect's coverage of Fall 2021 lecture programs Tulane University School of Architecture presents its public lecture program. The school shares their series "highlights the unintended outcomes, contrarian thinking, and humility of learning something new in the course of... View full entry
Oppenheim Architecture has released details of their Desert Rock hotel complex, situated in the mountains along Saudi Arabia’s west coast. When completed in 2023, the complex will include 48 villas and 12 hotel suites, some of which are carved directly into the mountainside. The Desert Rock... View full entry
Although far from soothing, advances in materials science and construction technology, along with experience, are starting to help residents’ day-to-day comfort levels climb along with buildings’ heights. Experts are constantly refining ideal structural shapes, masses, and weights, as well as more obscure features like the multiton machines known as tuned mass dampers, which are designed to limit a building’s sway. — Bloomberg
Residents of Rafael Vinoly’s billion dollar 432 Park tower have begun to pursue legal remedies against the property developers over the building’s annoying sway and a host of other abject failures. Case studies, in addition to advancements in building science could mean a future with fewer... View full entry
For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we have selected four prompts calling for individuals and initiatives that connect younger generations with architecture, innovative product design ideas, conceptual proposals for a spiritual center in the... View full entry
A new Swedish tower is pushing boundaries for mass timber design in an effort to create a “public living room” for one small city just south of the Arctic Circle. The Sara Cultural Centre is the second tallest wooden building in any Scandinavian country and the third tallest in the world... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced that they are working with members of Congress to help craft student loan debt relief and create more entryways towards the architecture field. The potential pathways for student loan debt relief include service-based loan forgiveness in the... View full entry
In an unprecedented move, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has constructed four new prefabricated modular gates for its Terminal C. The gates replace a 72,000-square-foot extension comprising five gates built in 1988. According to CNN, they were initially intended to be used for only... View full entry
A futuristic new headquarters for one of Portugal’s hottest companies will form the basis of an innovative hillside “smart valley” in the country’s Porto region according to renderings unveiled today by BIG. Image courtesy BIG Fashion retailer Farfetch will serve as the anchor in the... View full entry
ICYMI, Sean Joyner visited with the founder and team behind Gallery 90220. He believes the gallery is part of a larger urban renaissance centered around the artistic expression of Black and Brown creatives, in Compton, South Los Angeles. Adam Paul Martinez commented "Fantastic. I wish... View full entry
KPF has released details of the studio’s first mass timber tower, situated in Vancouver, Canada. At 16 stories tall, the Burrard Exchange tower is expected to be one of the tallest hybrid mass timber buildings in North America, providing 450,000 square feet of office and retail space within the... View full entry