Architecture News
Wolf D. Prix & Partner: 7+ Projects, Models, Plans, Sketches, Statements
On the occasion of Prof. Wolf D. Prix's 70th birthday, the Architekturforum Aedes in Berlin is devoting an exhibition to Coop Himmelb(l)au.
Rob Loader Architects Wins York's Historic Guildhall and Riverside Competition
Rob Loader Architects has been named as the winner of the design ideas competition for re-imagining York's Guildhall complex, organized by RIBA Competitions.
Mickey Jacob Inaugurated as 2013 AIA President
Mickey Jacob, FAIA, managing principal at Urban Studio Architects in Tampa, Florida, was inaugurated as the 89th president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) during ceremonies held on December 7th at the Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center.
7th Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award
The 7th Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award is now open for entries. The competition acts as a catalyst for new ideas in hotel design and aims to discover, identify, and explore radically innovative hospitality concepts: open, in development, and/or in conceptual form.
Applications Open for Arnold W. Brunner Grant 2013
The Center for Architecture is currently accepting applications for the Arnold W. Brunner Grant.
2013 AIA Architecture Firm Award Goes to Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects has been selected as the 2013 AIA Architecture Firm.
2013 AIA Gold Medal Awarded to Thom Mayne
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected Thom Mayne, FAIA, as the recipient of 2013 AIA Gold Medal.
Winners of the 2012 RIBA President's Medals
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced the winners of the 2012 President's Medals at a special ceremony in central London.
Empowerhouse: New Model for Green, Affordable Housing, Now Open
Solar Decathlon Team, Habitat for Humanity and D.C. Goverment have completed Empowerhouse, an innovative model for affordable, energy efficient green housing located in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington.
AIA NY Design Awards 2013: Call for Entries
The AIA New York Chapter's 2013 Design Awards is now open for entries.
Folly 2013: Call for Proposals
Socrates Sculpture Park and the Architectural League invite emerging architects and designers to apply for the opportunity to build and exhibit a full-scale project around the theme of an architectural folly.
IDEAS: UCLA Launches New Architecture Program
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design has recently launched IDEAS, a new platform for cross-disciplinary research collaborations among students, faculty, industry and other partners that will radically question, challenge and expand the current parameters of architecture practice.
Autodesk FormIt iPad App
Autodesk FormIt is a new, free iPad app that allows building design professionals to conceptualize, analyze, and share early design ideas and forms.
RIBA Future Trends Survey Results for October 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published October 2012 results of its Future Trends Survey.
RIBA Awards 2013
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is seeking the best examples of new British and international architecture. The 2013 programme includes RIBA Regional, National, EU and International Awards.
Building Connections 2012
Building Connections, the Center for Architecture Foundation's (CFAF) annual exhibit of student work, will be on view at the Center for Architecture from November 30, 2012 through January 19, 2013.
AIA Architecture Billings Index Stays Positive for Third Straight Month
In October 2012, billings at architecture firms accelerated to their strongest pace of growth since December 2010.
KKE Architects Wins AJ Retrofit Award for The Riverside
The Riverside, a higher educational building designed by KKE Architects for the University of Worcester, has won the Higher Education Building category of the AJ Retrofit Awards 2012.
Head In The Clouds Wins the City of Dreams Pavilion Competition
FIGMENT, ENYA and SEAoNY unveiled the winner of the third annual City of Dreams Pavilion Competition.
Goettsch Partners Designs the Poly Business Tower in Shunde, China
Goettsch Partners (GP) has designed the new Poly Business Tower in Shunde, China. The new signature tower in Shunde will be the tallest structure in the area, at a height of 200 meters, and will be a centerpiece of the business district.
Urban Planning Museum Nantong Opens to Public
As part of the master plan designed by HENN, the new Nantong Urban Planning Museum is located prominently along the central river, whose course, together with existing cultural and commercial facilities, establish the primary East-West axis of Nantong.
AIA Architecture Billings Index Increases in September 2012
Billings at architecture firms in September increased at their fastest pace since late 2010. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the September ABI score was 51.6, up from the mark of 50.2 in August.
RIBA Future Trends Survey Results for September 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published September 2012 results of its Future Trends Survey.
Minimal Relaxation: Temporary Canopy and Landscape Installation at MoCA Shanghai
Minimal Relaxation is a temporary canopy and landscape installation at the MoCA Shanghai - designed, fabricated, and installed by a team of USC Architecture students.
King's Grove Wins 2012 Stephen Lawrence Prize
King's Grove, an elegant new house squeezed behind two Victorian terraces in Peckham designed by Duggan Morris Architects, has scooped the Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) Stephen Lawrence Prize 2012.
The Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge Wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2012
The Sainsbury Laboratory, a major new plant science research centre in Cambridge by architects Stanton Williams, has won the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2012 for the best building of the year.
Design by New York Subway Show 2012
Design by New York Subway Show is the the AIA New York's annual member showcase in the subway.
Henning Larsen Architects Designs New Research Building for the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research
Henning Larsen Architects has won the competition for a new research building for the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Stuttgart.
Autodesk Expands Its Sustainably Designed Offices
Autodesk deepens its investment in sustainable operations, opening five new green office spaces this year in San Francisco, Milan, Beijing and Farnborough, UK.
Recipients of the AIACC 2012 Academy for Emerging Professionals Awards
The American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC) unveiled the recipients of the Academy for Emerging Professionals (AEP) Awards.
Declare: Living Future Institute Launches Ingredients Label for Building Products
The International Living Future Institute launched Declare, a "nutrition-label" for building materials that aims to transform the marketplace through transparency and open communication.
LaunchPad: Perkins+Will Designs Mentoring Laboratories for Infinite Family
Perkins+Will, in partnership with Infinite Family, has designed LaunchPad, a prototype computer lab where young people in Africa can communicate with mentors via face-to-face interaction thanks to high-speed and high-tech capabilities.
Foster + Partners Wins Competition for New Tower at 425 Park Avenue, New York
L&L Holding Company and Lehman Brothers Holdings has selected Foster + Partners to design their new office tower at 425 Park Avenue.
Parsons Completes Work on New Pool Pavilion for Highbridge Pool and Recreation Center
Parsons The New School for Design has completed its work on Splash House, a new pool pavilion for the WPA-era Highbridge Pool and Recreation Center in Washington Heights, in partnership with NYC Parks & Recreation.
An Architect's Guide to Integrating Energy Modeling in the Design Process
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released An Architect's Guide to Integrating Energy Modeling in the Design Process - an exhaustive, step-by-step map to predicting (and thus reducing) the energy usage of buildings.
The New Kunsthaus: Great Art and Architecture
The New Kunsthaus: Great Art and Architecture is a new exhibition revealing what will be on offer to museum's visitors from 2017 in the new extension designed by David Chipperfield Architects.
Plassen: Molde's New Cultural Center by 3XN
3XN has designed a new new cultural center for the Norwegian city of Molde. The city has just 25,000 inhabitants, but every July the biggest stars of jazz and about 100,000 jazz enthusiasts flock to the town's world famous international jazz festival.
Frost's Chinatown Kiosk Wins NSW Architecture Awards 2012
Frost* Design has recently won a NSW Architecture Award in Small Project Architecture category for Chinatown Kiosk, Sydney.
Mirvish + Gehry: David Mirvish and Frank Gehry Unveil Conceptual Design
David Mirvish, founder of Mirvish Productions, and world-renowned architect Frank Gehry today unveiled the conceptual design for a mixed-use project that will transform Toronto's downtown arts and entertainment district and advance the area's future as a thriving cultural centre.
AAO Conference 2012: Connecting People and Place
The Association of Architecture Organizations (AAO) conference is the largest annual gathering for those staff and volunteers of nonprofit architectural organizations and other interested individuals devoted to enhancing public dialogue about architecture and design - those groups that organize public lectures and architecture exhibitions, festivals and tours, and more.
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art by Machado and Silvetti Associates
The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art will open at Hamilton College on October 6, 2012. Designed by Machado and Silvetti Associates, the 30,537-square-foot museum will put object-based learning at the fore, promoting interdisciplinary research and the cross-fertilization of concepts and ideas vital to a liberal arts education.
Bits + Mortar: Architecture in the Age of Digital Communication
The AIA New York Chapter is hosting Bits + Mortar: Architecture in the Age of Digital Communication on October 13 at the Center for Architecture. The one-and-a-half day symposium will bring together some of the most influential thinkers and achievers in design, technology, fabrication and publishing to discuss ways in which the discipline of architecture - enabled by fundamental technological advances - can re-establish itself as a driver of cultural change beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline.
Peter Zumthor to Receive the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
Peter Zumthor, the world renowned Swiss architect, has been named today as the recipient of the Royal Gold Medal.
RIBA Future Trends Survey Results for August 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published August 2012 results of its Future Trends Survey.
USGBC's California Best Buildings Challenge More than Doubles to 13 Companies
This year, 13 companies in California have committed to the California Best Buildings Challenge, totaling more than six million square feet of collective building space.
AIA Architecture Billings Index Inches Back into Positive Territory in August 2012
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI), a leading economic indicator of construction activity produced by the AIA Economics & Market Research Group, climbed into positive terrain for the first time in five months.
Vectorworks 2013: New Tools, Better Performance and Increased Efficiency
Nemetschek Vectorworks has today launched its 2013 product line, including Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks.
RIBA Launches Hong Kong Chapter
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today launched a Chapter in Hong Kong. With over 600 RIBA members in Hong Kong and mainland China, the Chapter will enable the Institute to offer increased support and provide networking opportunities, a forum for local activities and CPD.
2012 AIA Firm Survey: Economic Downturn Cut Architecture Firm Revenue by 40 Percent
According to the recently released 2012 AIA Firm Survey, architecture firms have collectively seen their revenue drop by 40 percent and have had to cut personnel by nearly a third, since the beginning of the recession in early 2008.
Southend Pier Cultural Centre Opens to the Public
Southend Pier Cultural Centre is now open to the public ahead of an official inauguration this autumn. Designed by White Arkitekter and Sprunt, the new Cultural Centre is sited at the head of Southend Pier, the world's longest pleasure pier.
Goettsch Partners Designs New Commercial Tower for Al Hilal Bank in Abu Dhabi
Goettsch Partners (GP) has designed the flagship commercial development for Al Hilal Bank in the heart of Abu Dhabi's Al Maryah Island.
Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre
Henning Larsen Architects and a group consisting of turnkey contractor Zublin, landscape architect SLA and consulting engineers Henrik Larsen and Jorgen Nielsen have won the competition for Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre.
Jo Ashbridge Wins 2012 RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has awarded the 2012 Boyd Auger Scholarship to architecture graduate Jo Ashbridge, enabling her to start a 12 month research project on housing and disaster relief in flood-prone Bangladesh..
AIA Architecture Billings Index Downturn Moderates as Negative Conditions Continue
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) pointed to a slower decline in July in design activity at U.S. architecture firms.
RIBA Future Trends Survey Results for July 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has released latest results from its monthly Future Trends Survey.
Archtober 2012: Architecture and Design Month NYC
Archtober is the second annual month-long festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions in New York City.
Porsche Pavilion at the Autostadt
The theme park at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg received another building structure. The new Porsche Pavilion sits in mirrored location to the Volkswagen Pavilion - at the central axis of the theme park - and offers 400 m2 of space for exhibitions and presentations.
ENYA Future Now Summit
Current market conditions have drastically altered the architectural profession, transforming the way design professionals view the built environment.
AIA California Council 2012 Residential Design Awards
Organized by the American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIA California Council) the Residential Design Awards program will honor excellence in architectural design in residential projects located within California.
RIBA Stages Protest Name Drop to Promote the Firms Who Built the Olympics
The Royal Institute of British Architects has today staged a protest with the architects and engineers who built the Olympic buildings. Strict contractual rules have meant that they are not able to do any pro-active work to promote their role in London 2012.
Goettsch Partners Unveils New Brand Identity
Goettsch Partners (GP) has launched a new brand identity, which recognizes the firm's strategic expansion from a practice working primarily in and around Chicago to one that designs globally, with projects spanning four continents and more than 40 cities.
AIA Consensus Construction Forecast: Nonresidential Construction Spending Expected to Increase Through 2012
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, a survey of the nation's leading construction forecasters, projects a 6.2% increase of spending in 2013.
Architectural Record's Innovation Conference 2012
This year, Architectural Record's Innovation Conference celebrates its tenth anniversary. The conference will highlight the profession's top innovators, most influential new projects, and groundbreaking achievements in super-tall, super-efficient and super-smart buildings.
RIBA Future Trends Survey Results for June 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Future Trends Workload Index for June 2012 stands at +2, significantly down from +13 in the previous month.
Architecture Billings Index Indicates Drop in Demand for Design Services Across the Board
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) saw more poor conditions last month, indicating a drop in design activity at U.S. architecture firms, and suggesting upcoming weakness in spending on nonresidential construction projects.
RIBA / Fees Bureau Employment & Earnings 2012 Survey
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Fees Bureau have unveiled findings from the 2012 Employment & Earnings Survey. The survey findings reveal architects earnings have stabilized (at April 2012), with average earnings at £41,100.
City of Dreams Pavilion 2012-2013 Finalists
FIGMENT, ENYA and AIANY unveiled the finalists for the third annual 2012-2013 City of Dreams Pavilion Design Competition.
CIBC Breast Assessment Centre Wins the International Future Health Design Award
Up against projects with construction values in the hundreds of millions, the $5 million, 1100 s.f. CIBC Breast Assessment Centre won the International Future Health Design Award at the 8th Design & Health World Congress and Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition
eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition is now open for entries. Established in 2006, the annual competition is one of the world's most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture.
RIBA President's Awards for Research 2012 Shortlist
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today announced the shortlist for the four categories of the President's Awards for Research 2012.
RIBA Announces 2012 Stirling Prize Jury
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced the jury for the 2012 Stirling Prize for architecture.
Kokaistudios Wins Competition for Tsinghua Law Library Building
Kokaistudios has won the competition for the new Tsinghua University Law Library located in Beijing, China.
Ford Opens Design Centre Expansion in Merkenich-Cologne
Ford has opened an 11.6M Euros expansion of its Design Centre at Merkenich-Cologne, featuring an open and fluid design to help promote idea exchange.
Yvonne Weng Wins the Architectural Association Foster + Partners Prize 2012
The Architectural Association and Foster + Partners unveiled the winner of the Foster + Partners Prize, which is presented annually to the AA Diploma student whose portfolio best addresses the themes of sustainability and infrastructure.
Woods Bagot Designs $230M Police Complex in Melbourne
Woods Bagot will design the $230 million Victoria Police Complex; set to be a significant civic and community development located in Spencer Street, on the edge of Melbourne's central business district.
Re-thinking Neighbourhood Planning: From Consultation to Collaboration
A new report from ResPublica and The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) calls for greater formal recognition of community priorities and requirements in the planning process, which would include social aspirations, environmental values and financial stakes.
Allplan Young Architects Award 2012
Allplan has launched a call for students and young professionals (up to 32 years old) to put forward a specific idea or project that has been designed and/or implemented using the Allplan CAD software. A jury of three will nominate the best projects and award them a 3D plot.
AIA Home Design Trends Survey Q1 2012: Residential Market Seeing Largest Growth in Six Years
As the struggling housing market shows signs of improvement, there has been a reversal in the 6-year trend in smaller home sizes, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Home Design Trends Survey for the first quarter of 2012 that focused specifically on overall home layout and the use of interior and exterior space. This is the case for custom and luxury homes, as well as for additions to existing homes.
RIBA Future Trends Survey Results for May 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today released the results of its Future Trends Survey results for May 2012.
Audio Architecture
Organized by Arts Centre Melbourne, Audio Architecture is a series of lively conversations and performance-exchanges on the theme of cities and sound.
Design by New York Subway Show 2012: Call for Entries
Building on the success of the past subway exhibitions, the AIA New York Chapter / Center for Architecture will open Design by New York in October of 2012 at the West 4th Street subway station.
Household Designs Active Relaxation Experience for Watergate Bay Hotel
Household has created the interior, exterior and customer journey for a new 'active relaxation' experience at North Cornwall's surfers paradise spot, Watergate Bay Hotel.
RIBA Student Earnings Survey 2011-12 Reveals Average Pay for Aspiring Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) revealed the findings of the RIBA Student Earnings Survey 2011-12.
Global Initiative on Urban Resilience
Global Initiative on Urban Resilience (GIUR) is a new effort designed to spur building and infrastructure development, create new investment opportunities and foster community action around the world.
Hawkins/Brown Completes Kingston Business School
Hawkins/Brown's new 5-storey teaching building for Kingston University to accommodate the Faculty of Business and Law has completed. Located at the heart of the University's Kingston Hill Campus in South West London, the new building is highly durable and environmentally efficient.
LAVA Designs New National Stadium and Sports Village for Ethiopia
Ethiopian football and athletics fans will have a new FIFA and Olympic-standard 60,000 seat stadium in Addis Ababa thanks to a competition winning design combining local identity with new technology.
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster: Out on DVD
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster, a film on the life of Norman Foster, the famous and polarizing creator of London's Swiss Re Tower, New York's Hearst Building, Berlin's Reichstag and the breathtaking Millau Viaduct over the Gorges du Tarn in France, is now out on DVD.
Architecture Billings Index Drops Substantially
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has had a significant drop in May 2012, following the first negative reading in five months.
OrthoGraph Architect 3D for iPad
OrthoGraph has recently released the 3D version of its professional building survey software for tablets. OrthoGraph Architect 3D is designed for on-site surveying of flats, houses, and apartments on an iPad.
Autodesk BIM 360: Next Generation of Building Information Modeling in the Cloud
Autodesk has today unveiled BIM 360, bringing the BIM process to the cloud. Autodesk BIM 360 includes a set of cloud services that will provide anytime, anywhere access to BIM project information throughout the project lifecycle.
Empowerhouse Awarded 2012 Mayor's Sustainability Award
Last Thursday, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray presented a 2012 Mayor's Sustainability Award to Habitat for Humanity of Washington, in recognition of the Empowerhouse, the first Passive House in the District.
Architect Moshe Safdie Selected to Design Tallest Residential Building In Colombo
Safdie Architects has been selected to design a 69-storey residential building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, slated to be the city's tallest building.
LEED for Homes Surpasses 20,000 Certified Home Milestone
More than 20,000 homes across the U.S. have earned certification through the LEED for Homes program, according to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
New High-tech Classroom Building Designed to Transform Seminary Educational Experience
A serendipitous alignment of program, a compatible historic structure and creativity, have resulted in an environmentally sensitive, high-tech classroom building that is transforming the teaching and learning experience - along with the entire campus - at Columbia Theological Seminary.
Ontario Association of Architects Expects Steady Sustainable Design Demands
A survey commissioned by the Ontario Association of Architects has found that the majority of practices - 75 per cent - expect demand for sustainable design services to remain constant in coming years.
Unfinished Business: 25 Years of Discourse in Los Angeles
Throughout its 25 years of existence, the LA Forum has brought together young designers, seasoned professionals, critics, urban theorists, artists, students, and others interested in their physical environment through a diverse series of activities.
SCI-Arc Receives Coveted Placemaking Grant From Artplace
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has been awarded a $400,000 grant from ArtPlace that will go toward the planning, design and construction of two arts venues on its campus in downtown Los Angeles, and planning with the community for a third venue in the community across from campus.
The Edgeless School: Designing for Education in the Digital Age
In contrast to the typical early-20th-century schools, with purpose-dedicated spaces, today's educational facilities are increasingly edgeless.
RIBA Aedas Stephen Williams Scholarship Transforms Professional Prospects for Talented Student
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Aedas have announced Kerry Watton as the 2012/13 beneficiary of the highly coveted RIBA Aedas Stephen Williams Scholarship.
SAC Federal Credit Union Selects Leo A Daly to Design its New Corporate Headquarters
SAC Federal Credit Union selected Leo A Daly to provide design and engineering services for its new corporate headquarters campus in Papillion, Neb.