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A new 160,000-square-foot High Containment Continuity Laboratory (HCCL) facility is heading to Atlanta, where the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is planning to construction the nation's most advanced infectious disease research center. According to Building Design + Construction... View full entry
After committing to shutting down a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard running through the city of Beverly Hills to speed up subway construction earlier this year, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced that it has completed decking work in the area seven months ahead of... View full entry
The City of Detroit has established a promising collaboration with Danish architects and urban planners SLA, local firm Giffels Webster, and consultants Utile, CDAD, and HR&A to address and solve the social and urban challenges of the Gratiot / 7 Mile Neighborhood in Detroit. The team was selected... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report capturing tepid demand for design services during the month of May as the economic fall out from the COVID-19 crisis continues. The report indicates that the demand for architectural... View full entry
Recent data collected by Procore and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) indicates that construction activity is slowly returning to pre-pandemic levels. Procore, the construction management software company that's been using worker hours to measure construction activity during the... View full entry
As restaurants and business across the nation plan to reopen, skepticism towards the long-term safety of these initiatives continues to grow. Although many in the U.S. approach these coming changes with forethought and understanding, several individuals throw caution to the wind and believe the... View full entry
As part of the #architecturefromhome initiative, Foster + Partners has released a new fiction series tailored to the younger mind. Called The Flying Gherkin, the series follows "the Gherkin," a flying building who encounters other works of architecture on his travels. In the second episode... View full entry
Today's featured virtual event happenings, from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide, address issues from resiliency, mass timber, community engagement, residential design, art, public art, urban design, Palm Springs modernism and bamboo. Are you hosting a virtual lecture? Presentation?... View full entry
American homes are extravagant, having swelled from about 1,500 square feet on average in 1973 to more than 2,400 in 2018. After the pandemic, memory of the novel utility of all that space could justify even more of it. Some companies have already declared their intention to let workers telecommute forever, and real-estate analysts anticipate more companies eliminating or curtailing expensive commercial leases to save money. — The Atlantic
The new article from The Atlantic expands on the premise, "Suburbia was never as bad as anyone said it was. Now it’s looking even better."The incoming changes to built environment due to COVID-19 pandemic, might well be viewed as going back to suburban communities and escape from the density of... View full entry
This is the final installment of Archinect Sessions' six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry. The discussions address the challenges experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the... View full entry
The Van Alen Institute, in collaboration with the Urban Design Forum, has launched Neighborhoods Now, a new initiative that connects four New York neighborhoods heavily impacted by COVID-19 with four leading design firms to collaborate and develop safe and effective reopening strategIes... View full entry
The Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles (A+D) has announced an institutional restructuring initiative as well as a transformation focus on digital and traveling exhibitions and programming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement published by the museum, Executive... View full entry
400 artists and 80 arts organizations have received $2.7 million in total grants as part of a broad-based COVID-19 relief effort for the visual arts in the Los Angeles region, the J. Paul Getty Trust and the California Community Foundation announced this week. "The arts are a source of expression... View full entry
For one gym in Redondo Beach, the novel coronavirus has inspired a unique way to keep its clients safe when they open Monday, June 15.
The owners of the aptly-named Inspire South Bay Fitness have constructed nine “workout pods” out of plastic pipes and shower curtains.
— The Beach Reporter
According to The Beach Reporter, there are a total of nine pods, each about six feet wide and roughly 10 feet tall, equipped with a benchand some dumbbells for client's use. "We think of our clients as family," Peet Sapsin told The Beach Reporter. "So we were thinking, 'How can we do it... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has unveiled yet another building retrofit tool aimed at helping building owners and operators retool existing facilities for re-occupancy following quarantine. The latest set of resources includes reports detailing the "basic building blocks" for... View full entry
