Global design practice Perkins&Will, in collaboration with climate action-focused software company C Change Labs and nonprofit organization Building Transparency Canada, has been awarded a grant to develop a tool that facilitates the design of low-carbon buildings.  Called the Tally Climate... View full entry

Architects and designers from multiple Perkins&Will studios worldwide have developed design solutions to address how urban spaces, workplaces, and/or daily life may change in post-COVID London. As part of the firm’s annual Phil Freelon Design Competition, these proposals explore ways parts of... View full entry

On today’s episode of Archinect Sessions Donna and I are joined by Karen Compton, a Los Angeles-based business consultant, business owner and podcast host.  As the Principal at A3K Consulting, Karen oversees a team of professionals to help clients in the AEC industry grow and improve... View full entry

Formerly known as the Design Leadership Council (DLC) Design Competition, the annual Perkins and Will competition was renamed to honor the late architect Philip Freelon in 2019. According to Design Leadership Council Director Casey Jones, "For 17 years, teams around the world have invested... 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

On Saturday February 29th, over 2,000 community residents, business owners, and artists came together to attend Destination Crenshaw's groundbreaking for the 1.3-mile-long "cultural experience" to celebrate Black Los Angeles along Crenshaw Blvd. The project will transform sidewalks, storefronts... View full entry

With WeWork's corporate fortunes up in the air, the entity's umbrella organization, WeCompany, has begun to shake up its various elements and initiatives around the country.  In Seattle, for example, a planned development with Martin Selig Real Estate for a 36-story co-working and co-living... View full entry

In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Motown Museum and Hitsville USA, Perkins and Will has commenced the first phase of the museum's expansion. The project has been dubbed Hitsville Next and will consist of two distinct phases. Phase 1 is a renovation of three historic houses where... View full entry

A new housing typology will be coming to the Chicago neighborhoods of West Humboldt Park and Bronzeville, where Perkins + Will architect Greg Tamborino will bring his independently-produced, competition-winning affordable housing designs to a pair of vacant lots. Tamborino was recently announced... View full entry

Acclaimed North Carolina-based architect Phil Freelon has passed away.  Freelon, 66, had been diagnosed with ALS in March 2016, just prior to the debut of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, a signature project he helped design in... View full entry

The Harvard University Graduate School of Design has launched the African American Design Nexus (AADN), a new virtual collection that highlights African American architects and designers from various generations, practices, and backgrounds. National Museum of African American History in... View full entry