Born-and-bred granadinos, Javier Castellano Pulido, 41, and Tomás García Píriz, 38, first met in the early 2000s while studying at the Escuela Téchnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada.
In the days since the AIA issued a short statement on the election of Donald Trump, AIA CEO Robert Ivy’s words have sparked a firestorm of responses from many members of the profession who found his statement—as described by architecture critic Michael Sorkin —“temperate, agreeable, indeed feckless.”
“Designing sustainably and designing resiliently is not just more homework for architects and engineers,” said Bjarke Ingels at the closing plenary of Greenbuild 2016 Friday afternoon.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has announced a new platform, called arc, intended to measure building performance and track incremental improvements as projects move toward LEED certification.
The 2006 Pritzker Prize winner, who received the Venice Biennale Golden Lion for lifetime achievement earlier this year, is widely credited with transforming the city of São Paulo.
The Glass House is polka-dotted no more, as Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s month-long installation, Dots Obsession – Alive, Seeking for Eternal Hope, at the New Canaan landmark has drawn to a close.