Architect Richard Meier is retiring from his firm renamed Meier Partners in a restructuring plan that signals an official end to the 86-year-old architect’s involvement with the practice. Meier has been away from the office since the fall of 2018 after sexual harassment allegations... View full entry
A three-juror panel in Hamburg has announced David Chipperfield Architects as the winner of its two-stage competition to build the future headquarters of the nation’s largest insurance company, Signal Iduna Group. The firm submitted plans for a multi-building office complex in Hamburg’s... View full entry
Author note: this article was published on June 24th, one day after the building collapsed. The final number of people who were killed, injured, or affected by the collapse may therefore be revised from the figures noted in this article. A twelve-floor residential building in Miami, Florida... View full entry
New York-based architecture practice Young Projects has completed a 3,500-square-foot modular home located on a verdant, two-acre lot in Bridgehampton, New York. Called Six Square House, the residence is made up of six 24’ by 24’ gabled modules that are arranged to align roof ridges and... View full entry
The new Foster + Partners-designed PGA Tour global headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida has officially opened. The building brings the entire organization under one roof for the first time. It focuses on health and wellbeing, with a design that blurs the boundaries between the surrounding... View full entry
China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) celebrated the completion of the concrete structure of Iconic Tower in the Central Business District of Egypt’s New Administrative Capital last week on 17 June.
Now the tallest tower in Africa, Iconic Tower’s concrete structure is 373.2m while its highest point is 385.8m, CSCEC Egypt said.
— Global Construction Review
The 78-story Iconic Tower is the centerpiece in an ambitious mega-development of several planned skyscrapers in Egypt's New Administrative Capital outside of Cairo. Designed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), construction work started on May 2, 2018. #WitnessHappiness The... View full entry
The latest economic report from the American Institute of Architects continues to reflect growth at a "vigorous pace." The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for May expanded for the fourth consecutive month, rising to a score of 58.5 compared to 57.9 in April — reportedly one of the... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has partnered with Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope in releasing a new report titled Business Opportunities & Sustainability Trends Amidst a Pandemic, studying the impact of COVID-19 on design firm business conditions. The report, which is freely available via... View full entry
UEFA has rejected a call from activists to convert the Allianz Arena in Munich into a rainbow-covered light scheme in unison with protests ahead of Germany’s final European Championship group game with Hungary that it is slated to host on Wednesday. The city council’s proposal was rejected by... View full entry
Chinese manufacturing company Broad Group has constructed a 10-story apartment building in just over a day. Called the Living Building, the structure is located in the company’s headquarters location of Changsha, China. A timelapse released by Broad Group shows the apartment... View full entry
Scott MacTavish explored how architecture firms can Attract and Retain Staff in a Post-Pandemic World? To davincenzi the answer is obvious "Provide a competitive and respectable salary. Offer benefits and family leave. Prioritize a healthy balance between work and life with clear boundaries... View full entry
The federal government has announced plans to return $2.2 billion allocated to fund border wall construction. This comes following President Joe Biden’s proclamation, made on his first day in office, to halt the redirection of money for the wall. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)... View full entry
It's a new week, and so many exciting architecture and design challenges have been added to our Bustler competition database in recent days. For this week's curated picks, we have selected four briefs inviting outstanding examples of architectural delineation, innovative ideas for Vancouver's... View full entry
Unesco has warned that Stonehenge could be put on its list of World Heritage sites in danger if plans to build a tunnel under the prehistoric site in Wiltshire are not modified. Unesco’s warning comes on the eve of a judicial review scheduled to take place at the High Court in London from 23 to 25 June which will examine the UK government’s decision to greenlight the 3.3-kilometre tunnel. — The Art Newspaper
The planned tunnel scheme aims to reroute an existing road and divert traffic away from the world heritage site. In a newly published report, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee warns that the current length of the proposed tunnel was inadequate and could adversely impact the integrity of the... View full entry
In March student teams from across the world reached the final phase of the 2021 Wege Prize Student Competition. The international competition invites young designers, scientists, engineers and innovators to address and help provide solutions to the world's pressing issues and "wicked... View full entry
