The Aga Khan has granted approximately 100 meaningful awards since the inception of his eponymous architectural program in 1977. This year, in Doha, the Master Jury chose five special winners.
Architectural Record seldom strays into politics.Whether your leanings are red, blue, or pekoe, building design is for the most part agnostic. What we love to do write about how architect create spaces for people
As anyone interested in practicing architecture knows, earning one's license is a--or the--critical milestone in any career. And now for students whose learning style favors video over text (surely a growing percentage), the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has released a short video meant to help students and interns navigate the process.
The Associated Press reports that with help from architect Robert Strong, a Manhattan resident has successfully fought legal challenges to a treehouse built for her children in the back of her 1860s townhouse. Watch video after the jump.
How do you plan a site for a world-class playwright? Renovated Tennessee Williams birthplace in Columbus, Mississippi was subject of an intensive design problem by landscape architecture students at Mississippi State University. Eleven teams presented their designs on October 22.
The future of the Chilean miners has been on my mind lately. To them I say, yes, you do have some book and movie deals coming, but fame is fleeting, and sudden riches seldom lead to happiness. After the celebrations have died down, you should take this opportunity to plan for the long term. Now is the time to go to college.
Tthe Chicago Climate Action Plan sets targets that are more stringent than the 2030 Challenge, and Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill with PositivEnergy Practice has developed an advanced model to help the city achieve those ambitious goals for decreasing carbon emissions and energy use while also increasing the density.
What we learned from Big and Supergreen: From Buildings to Cityscapes is that we cannot address the greening of new buildings one by one and expect to really make a difference.
Take a look around the 21st-century built environment, and it quickly becomes clear that architects have largely conquered all questions related to structural design. Essentially any form—for better or worse—can be built. So what’s the next formalist frontier, then, for the profession? In the view of Robert Matthew Noblett, a partner at Behnisch Architekten, it’s exploring how sustainability should inform a building’s architectural qualities.
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