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In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Stairs. Tip: use the handy…
British practice Invisible Studio has created a yoga studio with rammed-earth walls and a roof clad in copper shingles at The Newt in Somerset hotel in England. The yoga studio is the third building at the hotel designed by Invisible Studio, which is headed by architect, univers…
Three recent books revisit the Outer Cape, long an inspiration for writers like Mary McCarthy, who lampooned the area as “the seacoast of Bohemia.”
The new venue of Aegean Airlines was conceived drawing inspiration from the humble sculptural folk architecture of the Cyclades, reflecting on the cutting edge technology of airplanes, and was crowned with a sense of comfort, as originally seen in the air traveling the world. Cur…
Modernist architecture came about in the early 20th century as a response to large-scale changes in technology, construction, and society; particularly through the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete. The style was typically associated with the function of buildings from…
Architects are widely admired for a lot of skills, one of them being their penmanship. If you take a close look at the handwriting of architects, you will likely find an odd similarity in all of them. And this is mainly because most architects follow a well-respected architectur…
The farmhouse and guest quarters are located near the historic center of Castelmuzio, a small village in Val d'Orcia along the road leading to Pienza. It is nestled halfway up a hillside and looks towards the parish church of S. Anna in Camprena, a former 15th-century Benedictine…
This week on Dezeen, we revealed the longlists in all categories of the Dezeen Awards 2022, showcasing the world's best studios and projects. This week saw the architecture longlist revealed on Monday, followed by the interiors longlist on Tuesday. The projects competing for the…
Bringing fire indoors is something many people want during winter. In addition to warming the environment, fire creates a unique sensation that goes back to the beginnings of human habitation, leading us to a certain emotional comfort. Before, a chimney and a stock of firewood we…
An emblematic building that marked the urban expansion of Tunis and one of its very first business districts is getting a facelift from top to bottom. ETRATON reinvents the structure thirty years later, preserving some of its old distinctive features and resuscitating the buildin…
The latest exhibition at The Modernist in Manchester, England, was made for both architecture and music lovers. For House Music — Architecture on Record Sleeves, the gallery tapped Andy Votel, a designer, DJ, musician and producer, record label owner, and painter, to curate a sel…
Sun Belt Offers Prime 'Baby Chaser' Locales
The site overlooks Shimabara Port and Mt. Unzen, so we planned an office where people can work while enjoying the view. By slanting the exterior wall, we planned to block the view from the street while at the same time securing the view.
Newport Pacific Land, IHP Capital Partners Break Ground on Master-Planned Community
The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture's Materials Lab and Interior Design Program have been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation. The money will be used to reimagine how students learn about materials by reframing the Materials Lab’s exist…
The Hidden House. Let these words paint a picture of a secretive abode shielded from plain sight, nothing could be farther from the truth. For this is “a house that does not try to blend in; it wants to stand out from the rest, grab attention and take in those glances from the st…
Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. The low-lying building is located just south of Iowa City's downtown district, near a recreational area and a future housing…
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced Royal College of Art MA graduate in Architecture Hana Sapherson as the next recipient of the prestigious annual Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship.Now in its 16th edition, the scholarship endows a £7,000 ($8,500 USD…
Who said a town council member can’t one day become president? Architect and University of Massachusetts professor Stephen Schreiber, served as local council member in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts [...] Read More... The post National Architecture Accrediting Board elects UM…
Commencing as a worker’s cottage, the Host House evolved through an incremental design process, expanding to accommodate a growing family. The original white cottage was first extruded to extend the pitched roof volume to run from the front to back of the site behind the original…
Chicago’s steel-framed architectural identity may be about to change thanks to the reintroduction of mass timber as the primary building material in a new 9-story tower designed by local studio Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture for developer Sterling Bay. Noted in a report from Ch…
An enormous thatched roof structure with open sides covers the communal areas of this home perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico by Zozaya Arquitectos. The 775-square-metre Casa Acantilado is located in the bay of Zihuatanejo, an area in which local st…
Credit for Builders Becomes Tighter and More Costly
A quartet of high-design heavyweights will vie for the chance to author the Portland Museum of Art’s new campus unification and expansion after the institution unveiled its shortlisted Stage II finalists on Wednesday. The competition’s brief yielded a total of 104 submissions fro…
Utah Commission Approves Energy-Efficient Building Code
The apartment is on the last floor of a 1922 building in Campo de Ourique. With generous dimensions and following the intrinsic characteristics of this type of building, it has a long corridor that distributes several rooms along it, ending in a generous balcony with a magnificen…
Researchers at MIT have developed a type of 3D printed material that can sense how it is moving and interacting with its surrounding environment. The 3D printed lattice materials contain networks of air-filled channels, allowing engineers to detect when bending, squeezing, or str…
Free Transit Starts September 1 for Seattle Youth Diana Ionescu Fri, 08/12/2022 - 08:00 Primary Image Seattle’s Sound Transit is making transit free for youth starting in September in an effort to improve access to schools, jobs, and other activities for students and reduce fare…
The new public bath highlights Salzburg’s landmarks and mountains and represents a visionary architectural project in the city’s historic center. In terms of urban design, the new Paracelsus Bad & Kurhaus forms a joint between the late 19th-century block structures of Auerspergst…
California Governor Outlines Plan for a ‘Hotter, Drier Future’ Diana Ionescu Fri, 08/12/2022 - 07:00 Primary Image A new plan issued by California Governor Gavin Newsom outlines a strategy for reducing the state’s water use in advance of a projected 10 percent decrease in the sta…
The Orchard House is a private extension and renovation project, completed in the summer of 2021 by award-winning Winchester-based Architects AR Design Studio. Situated within the Wickham Conservation Area, the new addition replaces previous piecemeal developments, opening up and…
SUMMIT One Vanderbilt by Snøhetta, located at the top of a new office tower designed by KPF adjacent to Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, provides an array of attractions [...] Read More... The post Within One Vanderbilt, Snøhetta realizes SUMMIT, an immersive attracti…
Sealing the Cracks in Weatherization and Home Repair LM_Ortiz Fri, 08/12/2022 - 06:00 Primary Image High utility bills and years of deferred maintenance have forced many low-income homeowners and renters in Pennsylvania to live with lead paint, drafty windows, leaky roofs, expose…
Continuing with Archinect's weekly job highlights, we've put together a list of firms that put sustainability and ecological design/research at the forefront of their practices. If you're an architectural designer or experienced architect with a passion for environmentally driven…
Over the past few years, atelier PRO has developed a unique small-scale neighborhood called Roosenhorst, set within the historical cultural landscape of the Duivenvoorde corridor. This corridor, located on the western coast of the Netherlands, stretches out across a beach ridge,…
Congestion Pricing Details Emerge From MTA’s Environmental Assessment James Brasuell Fri, 08/12/2022 - 05:00 Primary Image The New York MTA earlier this week released the Environmental Assessment for the long-awaited congestion pricing scheme proposed for a section of Manhattan,…
Architecture studio Parti has completed a compact housing project in north London, with a palette of robust and affordable materials chosen to create a sense of permanence. The Hercules Street infill project occupies a previously derelict site within a terrace of Victorian build…
Timber cladding features in this church in Edinburgh, which has been converted into a community centre by Scottish architecture firm Konishi Gaffney. The Greyfriars Charteris Centre now contains a flexible workspace, community hub, events spaces and a non-denominational sanctuar…
Early adoption of digital technology and the competitive nature of working in the architectural pressure cooker of New York City helped SHoP Architects become successful, say principals Gregg Pasquarelli and John Cerone in this interview. Pasquarelli, one of five architects who…
Located in the Malaga town of San Pedro de Alcántara, just 15 minutes from the center of Marbella. We are facing a complex in which 65 homes, commercial premises, a swimming pool, and common services are resolved. The building is conceived and modulated with a 3 x 3-meter structu…
Brought to you by: Architect Leroy Street Studio Location New York, New York Completion Date July, 2022 Developer Asian Americans for Equality Community Partners Grand Street Settlement, AmeriCorps Stucco/EIFS Parex [...] Read More... The post Leroy Street Studio works with stude…
Ninety-five pine trees that retain their branches support the roof of Little Finlandia, an events centre in Helsinki designed by recently graduated architect Jaakko Torvinen. The temporary structure was developed by the City of Helsinki as a meanwhile space during a three-year r…
Architect Lucien Kroll, who was known for his participatory and collaborative architecture, has passed away at the age of 95. Kroll died in Brussels, Belgium, while out walking on 2 August, reported French newspaper Le Monde. The architect is perhaps best known for his design of…
When thinking of marble, we often associate the material with ancient Greek sculptures, Classical architecture, or the Italian Renaissance. Monumental landmarks such as the St. Peter’s Basilica or the Taj Mahal, have positioned marble as an elite and timeless material that stands…
Forget about the best 11×17 printers for architects and get to know about plotters first because nothing beats the high-resolution blueprints created by them. Plotters are used by architects to print large vector drawings in areas where precision is required. So, if you have an…
Amelia Tavella has just completed the rehabilitation and extension of the Convent Saint-François, in Santa-Lucia di Tallano, Corsica. This partially ruined building from 1480, a historical monument, had been abandoned for a very long time.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Department of Assets, Information and Services (AIS) has announced that by 2025, all city-owned buildings and facilities in the city will be fully operated with clean, renewable energy. At the moment, Chicago is one of the largest cities in th…
Studio McW has completed the revitalization of a converted warehouse apartment in East London for climate activists and filmmakers, Jack Harries and Alice Aedy. Arranged over two floors, the live-work space was designed to seamlessly balance rest and relaxation with the busy oper…
Spain pushes to promote cleaner transportation by offering free seasonal tickets for suburban and regional trains, which translates into roughly 48 million journeys per month. The initiative hopes to help citizens reduce fuel consumption and reduce the cost of living during the e…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced the finalization of a deal between the city and retail electricity supplier Constellation, in collaboration with Swift Current Energy, to shift all city facilities and operations to run on renewable energy by 2025. This makes Chicago one…
Just days after announcing significant capital funding for a slew of Brooklyn cultural sites (Green-Wood Cemetery, the borough’s favorite burial ground-slash-bucolic hangout spot-slash-cultural venue, chief among them), NYC Department of [...] Read More... The post The Noguchi Mu…
80% of Metros Saw Double-Digit Price Gains in Q2 2022
Outdoor Areas, Natural Light Among the Most Important Home Features for 2022
The design of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s new Midtown Bus Terminal will be led by Foster + Partners, the firm and the transit organization announced recently. The Port Authority is in the process of replacing its aging 72-year-old facility and has contracted t…
Edited By Jan Cigliano Hartman | The Women Who Changed Architecture | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 Edited by Marcia F. Feuerstein, Paola Zellner Bassett, and Jodi La Coe | [...] Read More... The post For advancement in today’s world, women architects need more than book…
Housing Affordability Reaches Lowest Level Since Great Recession
Yasmine El Rashidi, a journalist and novelist, guides readers through Cairo, a city whose presence is so powerful it is “the subject, the object and the main character” of many of its writers.
The Portland Museum of Art (PMA), Maine’s oldest and largest public art institution, has revealed a powerhouse shortlist of domestic and international architecture firms vying to helm a planned expansion [...] Read More... The post Maine’s Portland Museum of Art announces blockbu…
Why Urban Areas Need Increased Access to Recycling Devin Partida Thu, 08/11/2022 - 12:00 In most residential areas across the United States, recycling is encouraged and offered as a way for residents to sustainably dispose of certain materials. But how many residents actually par…
A team of Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers has discovered a method to create stronger cement by putting nanoparticles from shrimp shells into cement paste. The innovation could lead to reduced seafood waste and lower carbon e…
Back in June, we reported on news that Penn State was undertaking research on embodied carbon in cities. Led by the university’s architecture school with support from computer science, engineering, and business professors, the ongoing research seeks to develop methods to measure…
The group behind LA's proposed gondola project that would run from Union Station downtown and terminate at Dodger Stadium has revealed new images and a strategic partnership for a project many in the area fear could be used as a tool for gentrification. Earlier in the week, the L…
$2.2 Billion in RAISE Grant Funding Announced for Transportation Projects James Brasuell Thu, 08/11/2022 - 11:00 Primary Image The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced $2.2 billion in funding from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity…
Remote working arrangements continue to be a popular feature among the openings listed on Archinect Jobs, as many architecture and design firms in need of new team members seek to attract talented applicants regardless of geographic proximity, according to the feedback we receive…
Seattle architecture studio Heliotrope has completed a cedar-clad family home that prioritises views of the Puget Sound and privacy from the street. The Fauntleroy Residence is on a waterfront site in Seattle, with westward vistas of the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains. A ferr…
According to the photographic record, the lot at 443 East 142nd Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx was once occupied by a quaint (if unremarkable) Queen Anne–style [...] Read More... The post In the Bronx, COOKFOX delivers sustainable, affordable public housing for sen…
New Home Lot Inventory Remains Tight in Second Quarter
“Given the dire shortage of affordable housing in London and the valuable real estate occupied by the Trellick, it is almost certain that someone will build on the site in the future. But residents would like their say. [...] Many fear the build would only attract more developers…
Opportunity and Job Outlook Make Smaller Metros Dynamic Areas for Construction Pros
The number of unfilled positions in the construction industry appears to be falling, according to new figures by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). June 2022 saw 334,000 unfilled positions in the sector, down 17% on the previous month, but still 4% higher than June 20…
In June 2020, we conducted an interview with Princeton University School of Architecture Dean Mónica Ponce de León on the future of architectural licensure. Ponce de León’s perspective, which generated 90 comments from our readers, centered on disparities in licensure success alo…
Architecture studio Bornstein Lyckefors has created a geometric house in Gothenburg, Sweden, with blackened wood facades interrupted by large openings that frame views of the sea and sunset. Located on a sloping site in an affluent suburb of the city, Villa Hovås is oriented in…
The mirrored megacity planned for the Saudi Arabian desert will set a new standard for life in urban areas and be net-zero over its lifetime, argues developer Neom's executive director for urban planning Tarek Qaddumi in this exclusive interview. We see The Line as a unique oppo…
A lacklustre office building in Southwark has undergone a vibrant makeover to become The Africa Centre, devised by architecture studio Freehaus and interior designer Tola Ojuolape. The Africa Centre first opened in Covent Garden in 1964 as a home-away-from-home for the African d…
Irish social enterprise Common Knowledge has teamed up with hemp producer Margent Farm to design a low-carbon micro home that it claims can support people affected by the housing crisis. Designed in-house by Common Knowledge, the Tigín Tiny Homes take the form of oversized carav…
Dezeen School Shows: student projects from master's courses in architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism are included in this roundup of Dezeen School Shows. From urban schemes incorporating nature into the built environment to speculative designs set in the future, the…
If you’ve arrived here looking for the best 11×17 printers for architects, you’ve come to the right place! Nothing beats the convenience of getting personalized prints delivered to the office at a reasonable cost. This is probably why many architects prefer to use online printin…
Here Are 10 Cities Where Home Prices Are Still Soaring
HWKN has shared photos of its latest addition to the skyline of Jersey City, New Jersey, called 351 Marin. The building, designed in partnership with executive architect HLW, topped out last fall and has recently achieved full tenancy, something developers KRE Group shares is a b…
Happy Wednesday! As we battle another week of heat here are a few stories curated by AN’s editors to keep you cool and in-the-know, including a sculpture of Vladimir Putin [...] Read More... The post Daily digest: Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin closes for a cleaning, a Putin statue lan…
Groundbreaking Bangladeshi architect and 2021 Soane Medalist Marina Tabassum has garnered another important accolade after being named the Millennium Lifetime Achievement Award winner at the upcoming Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which kicks off in the Portuguese capital on Sept…
Herzog & de Meuron has pulled back the curtain on Sixth & Blanco, a mixed-use infill development encompassing an entire city block in Austin’s historic Clarksville neighborhood, just west of [...] Read More... The post Herzog & de Meuron reveals design for mass-timber mixed-use d…
Chicago architecture studio Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture has announced plans for 2100 N Southport Avenue, a mass-timber residential tower in the Lincoln Park neighbourhood of Chicago. 2100 N Southport Avenue will be a nine-storey residential tower project led by developers S…
LEVER Architecture’s 843 N Spring Street is nearing completion as new images have been released depicting its glass curtain wall going up on the hybrid mass timber office building. Located directly across from LA’s Chinatown Metro stop, the 145,000-square-foot, five-story buildi…
New Home Inventory Begins to Pile Up
The Madison Square Park Conservancy has announced former HUD and Empire State Development Corporation leader Holly Leicht as its next Executive Director. Leicht comes to the position with over 25 years of experience in urban planning and open space initiatives. She steps into of…
Gabled elements and corrugated aluminium siding feature in a family home that was designed by Canadian firm StudioAC to be impactful without being indulgent”. The Everden house is located on a slender, rectangular lot in Toronto's Cedarvale neighbourhood. The brief was to create…
Los Angeles' historic Hollyhock House will reopen to the public on Aug. 18, city officials announced. LA City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell and the Department of Cultural Affairs will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony that day to celebrate the return of in-person, self-guided tours.The…
Report: Training, Investment, and Improved Messaging Can Help Tackle Labor Shortage
House Plan of the Week: Modern Luxury
It’s a short drive from the nation’s capital to Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, but you’re made to endure a few ungainly sights along the way. On either side of [...] Read More... The post In a new pavilion for Glenstone Museum, Thomas Phifer and Partners shelters an artwo…
Amid the grayness of Peru’s capital, a multidisciplinary artist creates a place that illuminates both his practice and the city that informs it.
From Archinect's vibrant community of job seekers, firms, and schools, we have picked five featured employers with recent job ads in New York City, Los Angeles, and Somerville/Boston. Take a look at the latest curated openings below, and visit Archinect Jobs for the complete list…
This year’s winners of the SIA Architectural Design Awards 2022 have been announced by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA).The SIA shares that it is the Institute’s strategic intent that the Awards will motivate architects to strive for higher standards of architectural e…
A pair of pitched-roof volumes link to form this house in Hampshire, England, which architecture firm Pad Studio designed to connect with its rural setting in the New Forest National Park. Named the Clay Retreat, the home replaces a rundown holiday cottage that had been extended…
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a colourful structure called Babs Baldachino to coincide with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Created as a monument to LGBTQ+ people in the city, Babs Baldachino was made for the city's contemporary arts festival Fierce Festival a…
Viewers can explore both the inside and the outside of the newly-opened Taipei Performing Arts Center by Dutch studio OMA in this drone video, produced by Shephotoerd Co. Photography. Opened to the public on 7 August, the Taipei Performing Arts Center is a 59,000-square-metre cu…
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a proposal for a London skyscraper designed by Arney Fender Katsalidis, which the studio said takes inspiration from nature. The proposed design is animated by an exposed structural system, which the practice has modelled on…
Dutch studio Architectuur Maken has completed De Niewe Herdgang, a sculptural staircase rising 25 metres to create a watchtower over the landscape outside the city of Tilburg, the Netherlands. Located on a shallow hill at the centre of a busy traffic intersection, the pavilion w…
Before searching for the best 11×17 printers for architects, knowing about the 11×17 paper size is important. Papers come in different sizes, and no one knows the importance of these sizes better than an architect whose job is to print detailed and complex prototypes. But what i…