The new initiatives will establish federal agency procurement preferences for materials with lower levels of embodied carbon, helping the U.S. reduce emissions associated with manufacturing and construction.
The prestigious biennial prize was awarded to Loreta Castro Reguera and José Pablo Ambrosi of the Mexico City-based architecture firm Taller Capital for a dam renovation in Nogales, Mexico.
Following the failed organizing effort at SHoP last winter, the Brooklyn-based firm made history early this month when employees formed the country’s first private sector architecture union.
The Getty Foundation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announce a grant to preserve the historic Modern works of Black architects such as Robert Robinson Taylor, Amaza Lee Meredith and Vertner Woodson Tandy.