César Pelli was a rising architect when he got the job of designing a new City Hall for San Bernardino.
[...] a push is on to renovate City Hall and restore it to use.
The lead architect: Rafael Pelli, son of César Pelli. [...]
“The idea is to preserve what’s great about it and make it better,” Pelli said of the building. “The bones of it are very good. We just need to bring it forward.”
— San Bernardino Sun
Chief of among the estimated $60 million renovation tasks is the work of replacing the building’s over 6,000 original windows, which Rafael Pelli says will now be double pane for improved insulation against the heat. The City of San Bernardino, California, shut down operations in the building in... View full entry
Ennead and Dattner have shared preliminary project visuals to accompany the latest announcement of their winning bid to deliver the Science Park and Research Campus (or SPARC) Kips Bay to the East Side of Manhattan. The project for the New York City Economic Development Corporation will culminate... View full entry
A bid from Zaha Hadid Architects has placed first in the international competition to design the new Riga Ropax Terminal in the Latvian capital. The project will convert an existing warehouse space into a new 20,000-square-meter (215,000-square-foot) terminal for cruise passengers with an... View full entry
The balance of power in the market for residential conversion projects in the United States has shifted from offices to hotels for the first time, according to new statistics included in RentCafe’s latest market snapshot report for 2023. Per their analysis of Yardi Matrix data, 4,556 of the... View full entry
A group of 40 Greater London projects has been selected as this year's RIBA London Awards winners. The field was led by Grimshaw's winning Building of the Year effort on The Elizabeth Line, which was praised by judges as being "the most significant contribution to London’s transportation in over... View full entry
Following our previous visit to California-based Walker Warner, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Massachusetts this week to explore the work of Murdough Design. From their studio in Concord, the firm has built a portfolio specializing in residential and small institutional... View full entry
MVRDV has unveiled its design for a tribune-shaped, mixed-use building in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Located in the city’s revitalized Strijp-S neighborhood, the project, called the Strijp-S Tribune, includes a mixture of social housing, mid-sector rental units, commercial spots, and outdoor... View full entry
This edition of Bustler's curated picks of noteworthy architecture and design competitions features four calls seeking adaptive concepts for new schools across Ukraine, outstanding work of design practitioners based in New York City, proposals for the restoration of the British Museum's Western... View full entry
Airbnb has added a replica of the floating house from the popular 2009 Pixar film Up and other unique pop culture-inspired stays to its inventory. The experience is part of Airbnb's new Icons line of vacation rentals, which CEO Brian Chesky recently unveiled to the public in Los Angeles. ... View full entry
Statistics revealed in the latest Deltek Clarity Architecture & Engineering Industry Study have indicated wide optimism about the use of AI technology, even as most firms struggle to determine where and how to apply emerging trends in the face of prevailing economic headwinds. According to... View full entry
Project abandonments remain on an upswing across the country, according to an analysis of construction project data in the latest ConstructConnect Project Stress Index for the week ending April 27th. Over the past month, Delayed Bid, On Hold, and Abandoned activity have increased by 4%, 7%... View full entry
The British Museum has announced the launch of an international competition to redesign major portions of the gallery spaces inside the institution’s Grade I-listed neo-classical Smirke building in Central London. The brief calls for submissions to be judged in two phases and considered for... View full entry
The Pritzker Architecture Prize and Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture will convene a special event featuring 2024 laureate Riken Yamamoto on Thursday, May 16th, titled Community: The Architect as Catalyst for Change, the 2024 Laureate Lecture and Panel Discussion. The... View full entry
The Chinese owners of the stalled residential, hotel and retail complex towering over Crypto.com Arena have hired real estate brokers to sell the property to buyers who could restart the project after work stopped in 2019. Taggers recently covered its outer walls with graffiti visible from far away. — LA Times
The LA Times also reports the brokerage firm Colliers to have submitted an application estimating the property’s current value at $485 million and stating it is still just 60% completed. Another $865 million would be required to finish the block-scale development designed by CallisonRTKL. Some... View full entry
The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize nominees have been announced along with a jury for the biennial award's 5th cycle by the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).Many of the highest-profile new American buildings made the list of 219 nominated projects; among... View full entry
