The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) recently announced new measures they aim to achieve after the COVID-19 pandemic ceases.  CLC has published its "Roadmap to Recovery" plan, which it intends to execute in three phases in order to help the construction industry "reinvent itself within... View full entry

A concrete and wood home situated above the hills of Los Angeles designed by architecture and design firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero is currently under construction. The "small concrete villa," according to the designers, is "submerged into a hillside" and is designed to appear as "a bridge spanning... View full entry

Community development non-profit Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS) has published a vision designed around the idea of "unbuilding racism" in light of the growing movement to abolish police and prisons that has garnered national attention in the wake of the anti-racism and policy... View full entry

Grimshaw, in collaboration with Little Diversified Architectural Consulting as architect of record has unveiled the initial designs of the new 21,000-square-foot arts complex for Santa Monica College (SMC) in Southern California. The building will replace an existing car park and serve as the... View full entry

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. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles!... View full entry

In its ninth year, the American Institute of Architects, California (AIACA), unveils the winners of this year's Architecture at Zero competition. Focused on project designs that promote zero net energy (ZNE) buildings, the international competition invites students and professionals to submit... View full entry

In collaboration with the Danish Design Center (DDC) and trade organization of Design Denmark, the annual awards aims to provide a look into "the best design solutions" within the country. This year, across 15 categories, winners were selected for their design's impact within "industry, society... View full entry

A recently inaugurated 1 million-square-meter hospital complex designed by Arup, Perkins and Will, and Yazgan Design Architecture for Rönesans Holding and Sojitz Corporation in Istanbul, Turkey is a feat of engineering and design coordination.  The building contains many interior... View full entry

Foster + Partners has just broken ground on ICÔNE, a new office complex in Belval Luxembourg. At 18,800 square meters, the building's program highlights many new features needed for safe working environments and embraces changes that will be crucial for workplaces of the future. In a statement... View full entry

Harvard University Graduate School of Design students Elsa Hoover, Zoë Toledo, Heidi Brandow, and Jaz Bonninou have come together to create the Harvard Indigenous Design Collective (HIDC), a group that "promotes design by and for Indigenous communities as foundational to the history, theory... View full entry

The proposed eight-story mass timber tower was designed by Perkins and Will for Delta Land Development and aims for Passive House sustainability standards, reports Urbanized Vancouver. One year ago, P+W made headlines with another wooden tower design proposal: Canada Earth Tower could rise up to... View full entry

Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian architects Quadrangle have been selected by Kroonenberg Groep and ProWinko to design a new mixed-use tower in Toronto.  In the north-south orientation, the tower has a 3:1 ratio, creating a thin volume. A linear core at the western facade has been... View full entry

Bronx - Park Avenue Green is a 15-story Passive House certified housing complex designed by New York City-based Curtis + Ginsberg Architects. The 154-unit complex is considered the largest Passive House certified building in North America as well as the largest Passive House affordable housing... View full entry

On August 1, 2020 five new tenure-track faculty members will join OCAD University's Faculty of Design. The new hires make up part an effort to address the university's Academic Plan 2017-2022, which the institution has structured to establish a commitment to "decolonization, diversity, and... View full entry

A recently completed project by COOKFOX brings a 10-story office tower shaped by "biophilic design" principles to a site directly overlooking the High Line in New York City.  The 160,000-square-foot building includes 15,000 square feet of outdoor terraces, with each level of the tower... View full entry