The Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake—whenever it occurs--is expected to devastate the Pacific Northwest region and destroy the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. Expert analysis indicates that the bridge is likely to collapse in a manner that would block north-south ship traffic in the... View full entry »
The international competition tasked architects with designing a café and display system for The Rosenfield Collection within the Everson Museum of Art. The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York, is currently celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its iconic, I.M. Pei-designed building. As... View full entry »
Read the press release on the Bond University website here.Read the press release from ArchitectureAU here. View full entry »
Weitzman School alumnus Gary Polk (MArch’18) was awarded a 2019 Archiprix International Hunter Douglas Award in Santiago, Chile. His design, Synthetic Cultures, was one of 7 finalists out of 407 nominees from around the world. He was the only representative from the United States. Of Polk's... View full entry »
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is pleased to inform you about the launch of Global Summer School 2019 - Becoming, 12th edition of the international summer educational program about the future of our cities, that will take place in Barcelona and in other nodes... View full entry »
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"Anthropocene," a new sculpture designed by Assistant Professor Aaron Whelton with the contributions of architecture students Jonathon Brearley, Griffin Lutz, Kip Olkowski, Molly Jacobs, and Kagan Reardon, was unveiled on the PSU campus on Friday, April 26. The sculpture underscores PSU's... View full entry »
Homelessness among military veterans in Clackamas County is on the rise. According to the Clackamas County 2017 Point-in-Time Count of Homeless Individuals, the number of homeless veterans increased by 15 percent between 2015 and 2017. This year, however, a small group of homeless veterans in... View full entry »
Portland State University School of Architecture is proud to offer a new scholarship for first-generation Oregon architecture students, thanks to a generous gift by Portland-based Opsis Architecture. The Opsis Architecture Scholarship will benefit a first-generation college student who is an... View full entry »
Historically, architecture has been a “man’s world.” But as times change, and even more women enter the field, the next challenge is keeping them in it—and providing them the encouragement to move up. “It’s one thing to be an architect,” says Franca Trubiano, an associate professor... View full entry »
“In the best of circumstances,” says Franca Trubiano, associate professor of architecture at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, “we have a balance between a theory that speaks about architecture and one that speaks beyond it.” Throughout the last few decades of the 20th century, as a... View full entry »
Los Angeles, CA (April 18, 2019) – SCI-Arc is pleased to announce that SCI-Arc Director and CEO Hernan Diaz Alonso has been awarded the prestigious 2019 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture – a $10,000 prize given to an American architect whose work is recognized for its... View full entry »
Anthony Guida, Design Director, MEOW WOLFLECTUREThursday, April 4, 2019 This lecture will begin at 7:00 pm in the Forum, Academic Wing, Elaine and Bram Goldsmith Campus, Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90045. The lecture and parking are free and open to the... View full entry »
University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Dean Jonathan Massey will speak at Princeton University and Harvard University in March about a book of essays on Marcel Breuer he co-edited with Barry Bergdoll. The book, Marcel Breuer: Building Global Institutions, was... View full entry »
