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2020 was an unforgettable year. While schools adjusted to hosting online events and lectures, people worldwide could tune in and listen to thought-provoking discussions and presentations from leaders in architecture, design, and other complementary disciplines. As we look back at last year's... View full entry
Haven't voted for your favorite Fall '19 architecture school lecture posters yet? Take another look at the posters Archinect featured in our ongoing Get Lectured series. So which four posters are currently in the lead? From the responses we've gathered so far, Princeton is quite far... View full entry
It's time to vote for your favorite architecture school lecture poster! Let's look back at the posters we featured in Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series for Fall '19. Which one will win the top spot this time? In our last poll, the Abedian School of Architecture won first place... View full entry
The final results are in for your favorite Spring '19 architecture school lecture poster that were previously featured in Archinect's Get Lectured series. Which four posters racked up the most votes? Out of 1,121 responses, first place went to the Bond University Abedian School of... View full entry
If you haven't already, you can vote for your favorite Spring '19 architecture school lecture posters that Archinect featured in our ongoing Get Lectured series. Which four posters are currently in the lead? From the responses we've gathered so far, Ohio State University is overwhelmingly in first... View full entry
And just like that, the Spring '19 school term will soon be coming to a close. Let's look back at the lecture posters we featured in Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series for Spring '19. Which poster will win the top spot this time? In our previous poll, the University of... View full entry
In case you missed it, Archinectors can vote for their favorite Fall '18 architecture school lecture posters that we featured in our ongoing Get Lectured series. Which four posters currently have the most votes? Out of 521 responses so far, University of Toronto currently leads in first place with... View full entry
I’ve been poisoning my brain the last couple of weeks narrowing down 2000 prospective McMansions to 16. Please give me a round of applause for this immense personal sacrifice. Instead of ranking them myself like I usually do, I will be doing a bracket at the end of the next post where you can vote for the Most Terrible in Texas! (After all, everything’s bigger in Texas!) — mcmansionhell.com
McMansion Hell, a bi-weekly blog delighting in architectural education through ridicule, now brings us a Texas bracket. The top 8 worst McMansions of Texas suburbia have been chosen and properly mocked. Now it's your turn to choose which belongs at the innermost circle of hell. Here are a few of... View full entry
Archinectors got to be the judge in voting for their favorite architecture lecture series posters from the Fall 2017 term, as previously featured in our ongoing series Get Lectured. The results are now in! The IE School of Architecture and Design won by a landslide with 255 votes. Coming... View full entry
What model best represents new visions and values of New York City? Cast your vote today for the new icons of New York and influence which souvenirs will represent the city next. The top three winners will be presented to the Mayor Bill de Blasio as New York City's newest icons. Midnight... View full entry
From longer-than-expected lines to technological fumbles, voting polls in urban cities are typically a gnarly mess on Election Day — sometimes causing some voters to end up discouraged and skip out. In response to this still-too-common situation, the Van Alen Institute launched the “Open... View full entry
Architects and filmmakers team up in the AIA's yearly I Look Up Film Challenge to create a short film responding to the open-ended prompt of “demonstrating architecture as a solution”...the second edition made its return with double the number of submissions. While the competition jury will decide which submissions will win the top prizes (expected to be announced this month), the public can take part in the People's Choice Award. — Bustler
Voting is open now until October 3. Find more details on Bustler.More on Archinect:Watch the official trailer for Tomas Koolhaas' upcoming documentary, 'REM'A “terrible, enjoyable bloody business”: the influential films of Charles and Ray EamesFeast your eyes on Do Ho Suh's immersive home... View full entry
The question still holds: What does the future entail for Philip Johnson's New York State Pavilion? Following the 1964-65 World's Fair, the elliptical “Tent of Tomorrow” lived shortly as a concert venue and a roller-skating rink before it eventually slipped into abandonment. But, the aging... View full entry
A report proposing major changes to copyright laws in the EU has been adopted by the European Parliament's Legal Affairs committee (JURI) [...]
[An] amendment was adopted that stated "commercial use of recordings of works in public spaces should require express permission from the rightsholders." [German Pirate Party rapporteur Julia] Reda said this "could threaten the work of documentary filmmakers and the legality of commercial photo-sharing platforms."
— arstechnica.co.uk
The EU may soon require stricter permissions be met for any visual representation of public art and architecture. So-called "Freedom of Panorama" refers to a set of provisions in copyright law, that allows someone to create and publish images of a piece of art or architecture that's permanently... View full entry
