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Designed by the architect Carl Graffunder, a house built in 1964 is getting the love and respect it deserves.
Bell Works, the setting of the hit serial for Apple TV+, is now a tourist attraction, drawing fans to the architectural wonder.
Raimundo Gutiérrez Frías is a Chilean architect and founder of ERRE Arquitectos, established in 2014. ERRE Arquitectos engages in the design and construction of single-family residences and tourism-related projects, integrating wood as a primary material and emphasizing a cohesiv…
With Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he brought a conceptual-art sensibility to cultural landmarks like Lincoln Center and to innovative public spaces like Manhattan’s High Line.
The James Cook University (JCU) Engineering and Innovation Place (EIP) project envisions a transformative space for engineering and allied disciplines. The building is a hub for collaboration, innovation, and learning, integrating the Engineering & Innovation Place, Ideas Market,…
This month's architecture news highlights a strong focus on sustainability, adaptive reuse, and innovative community-centered design. From environmentally responsive urban developments to cultural and recreational spaces, architects are redefining how buildings interact with thei…
In Tokyo's bustling Ginza district, where tradition and modernity converge, the Maison Hermès emerges as a luminous architectural icon. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and completed in 2001, the 15-story structure serves as the Japanese headquarters of Hermès, the renow…
Oxford Properties Group ('Oxford'), Mitsubishi Estate Asia ('MEA'), and Investa's Parkline Place development, a 39-storey commercial tower above the new Gadigal Station in Sydney, have been completed. Foster + Partners worked as part of the team that established an integrated app…
This project is a unique structure that combines a residential space with a shop and features a distinguished shrine within the building. The shrine is situated in a spacious room where the client's great-grandmother once performed sacred rituals. It is still carefully maintained…
Visionary architect and co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) Ricardo Scofidio has died at 89. The firm announced that Scofidio passed away peacefully on March 6, 2025, surrounded by loved ones, including his life and work partner of many years, Elizabeth Diller. Scofidio…
Fishermen Light Cinema is not merely a rest stop for weary travelers, but a theater that encapsulates life itself. Whether fleeting visitors or locals living and working here, everyone becomes a silhouette in this seaside cinema, enacting the simplicity and authenticity of life o…
Following our recent preview of the $89 million soon-to-reopen OMA-designed New Museum extension in New York City, here’s a sneak preview of its new 100-seat restaurant space for the Oberon Group from partner Shohei Shigematsu. We imagined the restaurant both as part of and inde…
The design framework for the forthcoming Austin Light Rail transportation system in the Texas state capital has been unveiled by the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) in collaboration with UNStudio, Gehl, and HKS. The 15-station Phase 1 plan includes a new bridge over Lady Bird L…
Our latest weekly curated jobs roundup from the Archinect Job board includes 12 architecture and design firms in the Los Angeles area in search of early-career professionals. If you're a recent graduate or still fairly new to the workforce, be sure to read Archinect's Tips for R…
As a gateway to cities, airports should embody the spirit of place in their look and feel. This is what global architecture and engineering firm Corgan and Texas-based Lake | The post Corgan and Lake | Flato share new San Antonio International Airport terminal renderings appeared…
Uncovering false narratives and institutionalized deceptions is critical to building a responsible and informed, energy and built environment future. Policies and practices must be based on facts and data—not fearmongering, The post There is no national energy emergency: The U.S.…
It’s time for a check-in on the latest Project Stress Index (PSI) composites from the month of February with new data from ConstructionConnect. The number of projects that have been paused, abandoned, or delayed fell by 9.7% from the previous month, according to their survey. Mic…
University of Hawai‘i Appoints New Architecture School Dean Clement Lau Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:00 Primary Image The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has appointed Mo Zell as the new dean of the School of Architecture, with her tenure set to begin on April 16, 2025, pending final appr…
The Fish Tail Tea Room is an integral part of Intaaya Retreat, a project designed and built by Pablo Luna Studio on the cliffs of Nusa Penida, Bali. Conceived as an architectural response to its surroundings, it integrates seamlessly with the landscape while prioritizing sustaina…
Smithsonian Design Triennial Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 East 91st Street New York On view through August 10 Triennials have to cover a lot of ground. They only happen The post Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s Making Home captures the simultaneous specifi…
Babycham revival | Wurlitzer wonders | School report | Kant touch thisHannah Crosbie writes about Babycham’s potential revival as though it lived up to its original marketing hype as a sophisticated drink for the ladies (Liquid optimism: why Babycham is ripe for a revival, 28 Feb…
Part of San Francisco Waterfront Highway to Become Pedestrian-Only in April Diana Ionescu Thu, 03/06/2025 - 10:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption People walk on the Great Highway during the COVID-19 pandemic. San Francisco’s Upper Great Highway is being transformed into a ped…
San Francisco’s Treasure Island is an urban oddity. The artificial landmass was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1930s to hosts a World’s Fair exposition in The post Olson Kundig unveils design for Bay Football Club, San Francisco’s first National Women’s Soccer L…
This month in New York City, the Storefront for Art and Architecture is hosting the final exhibition in its research series Swamplands, Jingru (Cyan) Cheng and Chen Zhan’s investigation into Thailand’s energy infrastructure network that is part of a focus on the effects of global…
If you’re able to pull yourself away from the third season of The White Lotus, in which Parker Posey plays a medicated Southern matriarch herding her family through a vacation The post In a new Gap ad, Parker Posey struts her way through Eric Owen Moss Architects’s (W)rapper buil…
El Paso Wastewater Purification Facility Breaks Ground Diana Ionescu Thu, 03/06/2025 - 09:00 Primary Image A new water purification facility in El Paso, Texas will clean and deliver 10 million gallons of water per day from the city’s wastewater system to its drinking water system…
Spirit Lake Nation Reclaims 680 Acres After Century-Long Effort Clement Lau Thu, 03/06/2025 - 08:00 Primary Image The Spirit Lake Nation has reclaimed 680 acres of land that was originally part of its 1867 treaty territory but had been taken more than a century ago. As reported b…
Tomorrow, March 7th, 2025, Kwong Von Glinow will begin hosting a special two-day exhibit of its models at 2021 S. Wabash Ave. in Chicago. The opening will be from 4:00 PM–8:00 PM on Friday, with extended hours on Saturday from 12:00 PM–5:00 PM. The fim shares: The models in Model…
Bourbon Street Could Be a Model for Pedestrian Spaces Diana Ionescu Thu, 03/06/2025 - 07:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption Crowds walk down Bourbon Street at night, when the street is closed off to cars with bollards and signs. Pedestrian malls, while rarer than in European…
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Flaxman Library renovation project radically proposes an open book approach to the spatial experience of the library by connecting two previously siloed floors to create one visually and physically connected space where the collections a…
Frederick “Fritz” Steiner, the dean of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, has been honored with the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA)’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Steiner, who also served as dean of the UT Austin SoA for 15 years…
Kim Kardashian’s lingerie and clothing brand SKIMS landed in New York with its first flagship on 5th Avenue, and like SKIMS’s skin-tight style, the store design by New York–based practice Rafael The post In New York, Rafael de Cárdenas sculpts a tonal, monochrome store for SKIMS…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s former apartment at The Plaza Hotel in New York City, where he lived while completing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, is now listed for $18.9 million. The 4,000-square-foot corner residence, once called the Frank Lloyd Wright Suite, was his Manhattan base f…
Multiple Lawsuits Aim to Save NYC Congestion Pricing Diana Ionescu Thu, 03/06/2025 - 06:00 Primary Image The Sierra Club joined the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and other groups in filing legal action against the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) f…
The Weston Residence nestles in a valley adjacent to the Saugatuck River
Architects: Specht NovakBuilt Area: 2,000 ft²Year: 2022Photography: Dror BaldingerStructural Engineer: Barry EngineersLandscape Architect: Wagner HodgsonInterior Design: By Owner / ArchitectConstruction: Well-Kamp BuildersClient: Patrick AnnunziataLocation: Sheffield, Massachuset…
Google is set to present Making the Invisible Visible, a new multispace installation at Milan Design Week 2025. The exhibition, which will be on view at Garage 21 in Milan from April 7 to 13, explores the intersection of art, design, and technology, showcasing how abstract ideas…
Preservation Detroit has published a letter of opposition to the potential demolition of the Renaissance Center (RenCen) in Detroit, MI. As Archinect reported last December, General Motors has floated the idea of demolishing the center’s five towers if they do not secure public f…
Courtyard is a mixed-use building situated in a densely populated, predominantly residential area, commonly referred to as a commie block neighborhood. The building occupies an abandoned repurposed concrete structure that was originally designed to serve as a furniture warehouse.…
Built in 1906, Winnipeg’s historic James Avenue Pumping Station was slated for demolition after 14 failed attempts to revive it. Taking on a role outside of the usual scope of architects, 5468796 Architecture developed an unsolicited conceptual design paired with a financial pro-…
The half-finished housing development is emblematic of Cambodia’s aspirational economy. These iconic gated communities, known locally as ‘boreys,’ map out the expanding cities with the footprint of progress. Since the 2008 financial crisis stalled its initial iteration, Angkor Gr…
Leading UK architecture firm, Corstorphine & Wright, has announced the completion of 'The Scoop', a unique concave office building in Southwark, London. The innovative design reuses an existing building and integrates a conical cut-out façade in white glazed bricks, creating a p…
Boston City Hall, one of the most debated examples of Brutalist architecture in the United States, has significantly transformed since its conception. Designed by Kallmann, McKinnell, and Knowles and completed in 1968, the fortress-like concrete exterior and geometric austerity h…
Corsican architect Amelia Tavella has recently brought a secret, slumbering castle back to life in her southern homeland, nestled within a Provencal vineyard. Within the castle's 1,600m2 central body, the architect has created a unique and mysterious exhibition space, surrounded…
The façade of any building is more than just its exterior; it serves as a canvas that not only enhances the structure's appearance but also reflects its inner essence and character. The exterior façades category encompasses a broad variety of finishes and systems, including rende…
The Luxembourg pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale will offer visitors an experience focused entirely on sound. Sonic Investigations, curated by architects Valentin Bansac, Mike Fritsch, and Alice Loumeau, is an immersive invitation to shift focus from the visual to…
This project involves the major renovation of an old, deteriorated house into a space that serves as a resale shop, repair workshop, and office for Hermes, a luxury brand. The design process began with a fundamental question: What is the essence of a product that is considered a…
BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) has unveiled plans for Bhutan's Gelephu International Airport, a project that aims to combine traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design. As the country's second international airport, it is a key component of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) m…
Despite its small size, the island of Taiwan is densely populated, with more than 80% of its people living in urban areas. Available space is often limited, particularly in major cities like Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. Therefore, designers face the ongoing challenge of creat…
Between the two stations of Pleyel and Saint-Denis Stade de France, the Franchissement Urbain Pleyel provides an opportunity to create a public space at the heart of the city that, beyond its functional link, becomes a place of habitation, transit, but also a place of relaxation,…
Two nonprofit organizations—the Riders Alliance and Sierra Club—have joined the Metropolitan Transportation Administration (MTA) in a legal effort to halt the federal government from withdrawing its past approval of congestion pricing in New York City. The groups filed to join t…
This past fall, Architecture Research Office (ARO), in collaboration with Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), completed the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape on the Olana State Historic The post ARO and NBW design seamless additions for Frederic Church Center…
A one-of-its-kind design initiative from the City of Los Angeles and the UCLA AUD’s cityLAB is asking participants to imagine innovative starter home designs that can be developed on small and vacant lots. The Small Lots, Big Impacts challenge is kicking off this week and will re…
A new guesthouse design on Tasmania’s Bruny Island that balances site context, art, and material is worth noting for its transposition of landscape and cubist formalism. Designed by the Hobart-based firm Room11 Architects, the Vipp Tunnel is an architecturally daring, off-the-gri…
A little known fact about award-winning director Todd Field is that he got his start not in film, but baseball. Field—as a teenager coming of age in Portland, Oregon—was a The post TVA Architects and Populous design prospective MLB stadium in Portland, Oregon appeared first on Th…
Trần Bá Tiệp, founder and lead architect of BambuBuild, has pioneered the use of bamboo in architectural design. Based in Vietnam, BambuBuild harnesses the ecological and aesthetic potential of bamboo to drive sustainable construction across Southeast Asia. Trần Bá Tiệp’s archite…
Athens, Greece-based architecture firm A31 Architecture has completed a modern, yet unassuming home in Mykonos. Called Aimasia Residence, the roughly 9,149-square-foot structure is located near one of the island’s most prominent beaches, Elia Beach. Image: Mike KelleyThe residenc…
Los Angeles faces a huge housing crunch, with thousands of people living on the streets and numerous low-income workers unable to afford market-rate rentals or mortgages. Absent a large-scale housing The post A collaborative effort by FORT: LA and Frances Anderton studies the hou…
BIG’s forthcoming design for a new international airport that will serve Bhutan’s population as part of the 386-square-mile Mindfulness City plan that was announced in December of 2023. Image courtesy BIGThe Gelephu International Airport project covers just under 732,000 square f…
He made his mark as a designer of experimental playgrounds in New York City and then used the same ideas to reinvent urban parks across the country.
It’s been almost two years since the Place, Memory, and Culture Incubator (PMCI) started at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York The post Generative Histories Harlem showcases work by CCNY Spitzer students and faculty in the Place, M…
The Trump Administration’s plans for downsizing government have now turned to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), who briefly listed 443 properties in its portfolio as being targeted for a potential sale via a press release Tuesday. The list was later amended to inclu…
Following our previous look at an opening for an Assistant Architect at the Central Park Conservancy, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for an Innovation Lab Teacher at Mountain Views Supervisory School Distric…
Irma Del Valle Nachon, architect and Circularity Lead at Breathe Architecture, marries traditional craftsmanship with modern design to champion sustainable architecture. In her capacity at Breathe, renowned for its ecological and social commitments, Del Valle Nachon spearheads tr…
The House that Splits, Memory: Time and Epigenetics – “In contrast to Newton and Schopenhauer, your ancestor did not think of time as absolute and uniform. He believed in an infinite series of times, in a dizzily growing, ever-spreading network of diverging, converging, and paral…
The career of 2025 Pritzker Prize winner Liu Jiakun has been shaped by an unconventional path through the profession and an inherent sense of cultural and historical awareness. Born in 1956 in Chengdu, China, Jiakun's early years were influenced by the medical profession of his f…
Scott Specht is the founder and principal architect of Specht Novak, an architecture firm with offices in Austin, Texas, and New York City. He holds a Master of Architecture from Yale University and has extensive experience in international architectural practice. Specht Novak is…
Namoncahue House is located on the shores of Lake Colico, in the rainy forests of southern Chile. Here, long rainy winters and a brief, warm summer are experienced. The house is situated on a steep lake shore, the southern shore, which is the ideal orientation for the southern he…
Chinese architect Liu Jiakun has been awarded the 2025 Pritzker Prize for his architecture, which prioritizes cultural continuity, public space, and material innovation. Known for avoiding a fixed style, his work responds to the specific needs of each site, integrating historical…
The End of Architecture, an essay by Patrik Schumacher, principal of Zaha Hadid Architects and Chairman of the Employee Benefit Trust owning ZHA, asserts that architecture has abandoned its intellectual autonomy due to ideological shifts prioritizing political discourse over desi…
The trope of the embattled auteur exerting their will is too tempting for filmmakers to ignore.
Architects: Best Practice ArchitectureArea: 12200 ft²Year: 2024Photographs: Rafael SoldiContractor: Howard Building CorporationStructural Engineer: Silman Structural SolutionsMEP Engineer: Derive EngineersAcoustics: AkustiksLighting: Dark | Light DesignTheater: Theater ProjectsAu…
The School of Architecture and Planning of the University of New Mexico has shared its 50th Anniversary Spring 2025 public speakers and events information to go with our Get Lectured roundup of events this academic term. The list of invited speakers includes names like Baker H. M…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s soon-to-be completed transformation of its Michael C Rockefeller Wing, designed by Kulapat Yantrasast of WHY Architecture in collaboration with Beyer, Blinder, Belle, has been revealed following a four-year and $70 million project that will open t…
Contemporary sweat baths reflect the country’s architectural past — and propose a future in which simple, sustainable buildings can still be sublime.
The gap between academia and professional practice has been analyzed in a new RAND Corporation study commissioned jointly by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), and Association of Collegiate Schools of Archite…
Look below for Archinect's latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs. This week's featured employer highlight includes openings in Boston, New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, and Salem, Oregon. For even more opportunities, vis…
Fashion mogul and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams has announced he is joining his creative partner NIGO® in investing in the design-rich Japanese NOT A HOTEL brand. Both will serve as advisors on future projects both in Japan and overseas. The HUMAN MADE co-founder said: I’m looki…
Aufgang Architects with OSD’s adaptive reuse of the former JFK Hilton at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City is underway. The once 350-room hotel is being renamed Baisley Pond Park Residences, a 318-unit development for formerly houseless persons for a nonprofi…
As Archinect reported this morning, Chengdu architect Liu Jiakun has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Pritzker Prize, one of the architecture world's most prestigious awards. Liu has built a career spanning over four decades, developing projects that blend modernity with…
Liu, known for understated structures that respond to their surroundings, has been awarded the profession’s highest honor.
He turns steelworks into parks and makes ‘rebirth bricks’ from earthquake rubble. As the novelist, meditator and ‘accidental architect’ wins the Pritzker prize, we look at the masterful temples, caves and public spaces of this one-man antidote to Chinese bombastPensioners take th…
Chinese architect Liu Jiakun, founder of Jiakun Architects, has been awarded the 2025 Pritzker Prize. Born in Chengdu in 1956, Liu has built a career spanning over four decades, developing projects that blend modernity with traditional Chinese architectural elements. Rooted in cu…
What stance should a building take on the bustling streets near Hongik University, filled with the vibrant energy of a university town? “Folded Ground” is a neighborhood facility that thoughtfully explores ways to interact with its surroundings on a site bordered on three sides b…
Inspired by their many years in the fashion and design industries, the two clients of Palissade acquired a small boathouse nestled on a narrow, steep lot with the aim of building an unconventional home that would serve as an architectural manifestation of their artistic vision. L…
Mo Zell has been announced as the next Dean of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Architecture. She will take over from Interim Dean William Chapman beginning on April 16th, 2025. Zell said her aim will be to magnify [the] ways design can address pressing challenges, fr…
Autodesk said recently that it will be reducing staff by 9%, or 1,350 employees. The move comes after a reported 12% increase in revenues last year and changes to its subscription and billing models. Spending on products has increased with AI implementation. CEO Andrew Anagnost…
Palisades homeowners and leaders of rebuilding efforts have expressed opposition, at times crudely, about the prospect of adding low-income housing. Even rebuilding the apartments that were there face challenges. Landlords expect to struggle through a morass of bureaucracy to bri…
With the announcement of the 2025 Pritzker Prize winner less than 24 hours away, Archinect has continued an experiment we began last year, asking four artificial intelligence models to predict the 2025 winner. Below, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity have their say after (h…
As “The Brutalist” heads into Oscar night with 10 nominations, Hollywood is clamoring for its next big architecture hit. Our illustrator has some ideas.
The site area of Nantong Grand Theatre is 107,071㎡, with a total building area of 110,916㎡. It consists of 7 floors above ground and 2 underground floors (3 underground floors in certain points), with a building height is 57m. The BIAD team aims to reconstruct the locality and th…
To tackle the global climate crisis and achieve China’s “dual-carbon” goals, CATL has shifted its focus from the remarkable achievements in the field of new energy batteries to creating green, intelligent, and livable urban environments. The Möbius strip, a symbol of perpetual cy…
Renewal and revival of celebrated 1970s modernist offices and gardens unveiled at Plant Basingstoke. The retrofit and regeneration of Plant, Basingstoke, formerly known as Mountbatten House and considered one of the 15 most important listed modern buildings in Britain, has been c…
The Beirut-born, Paris-based architect has beaten a list of top candidates to redesign the museum’s Western Range. It will be the latest in a series of compelling creations which ‘get all the senses engaged’The British Museum, behind its purposeful and orderly front, gets more an…
La presentación de la artista del performance en Ciudad de México pareció más bien transaccional y no se relacionó de forma significativa con la historia de la casa, el legado de Barragán o México.
City damaged during occupation by Islamic State group reopens 850-year-old mosque in time for Ramadan as reconstruction gathers pace In the small courtyard of Sara’s grandmother’s house, children are running and playing as if time had never passed. “The house kept our memories,”…
What we found on the site was a publicly fractured urban and social space, with a very rich program established by the PMU led by SEDATU, which began the unification and integration. Among the pre-existing elements related to the cultural character of the site, there was a public…
The movie producer Nicole Avant grew up in Beverly Hills, as her parents welcomed famous entertainers into their home. She’s making her own memories now in another part of Los Angeles.
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Bravo to the musician Mark Mynett for calling out the loss of these instruments as churches close, writes Stephen WilcoxMark Mynett is right – there is a risk that, as churches close and are repurposed, we lose their pipe organs along with them (UK churches need open-mindedness t…