In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Outdoors. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature... View full entry
The American Academy of Arts and Letters awards Marina, Tabassum, Justin Garrett Moore, Julie Eizenberg and Hank Koning, Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, and Ersele Kripa and Stephen Mueller as the 2021 architecture award winners. The jury chair Anabelle Selldorf and fellow jury members... View full entry
Two new resource guides have been made available to help students and educators explore careers in architecture. “Your Guide to a Career in Architecture” is designed for high school students interested in joining the architectural community, while “Your Guide to Helping Students Consider a... View full entry
After announcing the Regional & Urban Design Award winners last week, the AIA now unveiled seven projects to be recognized with the institute's 2021 Interior Architecture Awards. Submissions were judged based on design achievement, including sense of place and purpose, ecology and... View full entry
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) recently completes the Bundang Doosan Tower in Jung District of central Seoul. With its stacked, interconnected masses, and glass facade what makes this tower so interesting is the 100-meter tall sky bridge connecting the two towers. Designed for the Doosan... View full entry
Recently, we took a closer look at how architecture and design may be affected by the rise of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and the underlying blockchain technology supporting them. In the latest intriguing development on the subject, the digital art marketplace SuperRare has announced the launch of... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects has revealed more details about this year's AIA Conference on Architecture: due to ongoing COVID-19 safety concerns, the event will be, for the first time ever, held entirely online over the course of four days spread across June, July, and August. Each... View full entry
This post is brought to you by Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona, an Archinect School Partner The Department of Architecture, California Polytechnic University, Pomona is pleased to award Toyo Ito the 2021 Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence. The Neutra... View full entry
Grimshaw adds another transportation hub to their portfolio after being selected as winners of an international competition for Shenzhen Airport East Integrated Transport Hub. Sponsored by the China National Railway Corporation Limited and Shenzhen Municipal People's Government, the winning... View full entry
The Durst Organization, the New York company selected last year to redevelop Penn’s Landing, is nearing final land-use approvals for a nearby 26-story apartment building that would be its first Philadelphia project. [...]
Durst’s project would rise at a longtime parking lot beside the waterfront north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
— The Philadelphia Inquirer
Designed by NYC-based Handel Architects, the proposed residential high-rise near the Delaware River waterfront will offer 360 residential units, a 116-space parking garage, and 10,000 square feet designated for shops and restaurants, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. View full entry
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, California, has broken ground and will open in spring next year. [...] A public-private partnership between the Riverside Art Museum, the City of Riverside, and comedian Cheech Marin—one of the world’s foremost collectors of Chicano art—the center will be, as Marin says, the "center of Chicano art, not only painting, but sculpture, photography, and video arts." — The Construction Specifier
Interior rendering of The Cheech, view from the entrance. Nicknamed "The Cheech," the new art and culture center will find a home inside the transformed former public library building in Riverside, California. The adaptive-reuse conversion of this 1964 mid-century building is designed by Los... View full entry
With the advent of the "new normal" beginning to see its effects in the Architecture world, one newly formed industry non-profit is seeking to capitalize on this transition in order to enact a slate of changes it hopes will impact the design community for years to come. Under... View full entry
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced over $90 million in grants allocated for affordable housing in Tribal communities. The funds, distributed to 24 Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) are intended to support the construction of new houses... View full entry
The importance of rebuilding and reclaiming America's Black communities is essential to honoring and understanding how social justice and design reform can improve the systemic and racial histories of cities across the nation. The Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is no exception. On... View full entry
For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we have selected three award programs and one call for nominations inviting advocacy efforts of Modernism in the United States, examples of threatened and at-risk cultural landscapes, submissions to SBID's... View full entry