Today, 5468796 Architecture received the RAIC 2025 Architectural Practice Award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada as part of the organization’s 2025 Annual Award program that includes the RAIC Gold Medal as well as individual awards for Advocate for Architecture, Research &... View full entry
The recipients of this year’s RAIC Gold Medal are the KPMB Architects co-founders Marianne McKenna and Shirley Blumberg. Their rare dual recognition by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) comes after 37 years in practice in Toronto alongside... View full entry
Construction input prices increased 0.5% in March, according to a new Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data. In addition, nonresidential construction input prices rose 0.6% last month. Both overall and nonresidential... View full entry
Steve Soboroff, the local developer who in January was appointed Chief Recovery Officer following the Los Angeles Fires by Mayor Karen Bass, has announced his resignation due to a disagreement with senior city leaders. The LA Times has more details surrounding the row, including some eye-opening... View full entry
For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are featuring four calls seeking the world's most innovative industrial, product, and graphic designs, excellent projects across architectural, interior, construction product, and landscape design... View full entry
More than 80,000 homes on Staten Island, in southeast Queens and in the suburbs east of New York City could be lost to floods over the next 15 years, according to a new report that serves as a warning of how climate change could make the housing crisis even worse. — The New York Times
The report, written by the Regional Plan Association, notes that New York's housing shortage could be pushed to 1.2 million homes due to the inability to develop land prone to flooding. More than half of the 82,000 at-risk homes are on Long Island, including ocean-facing towns such as Babylon and... View full entry
The council’s action, on a 14-1 vote, doesn’t authorize the massive renovation, but it shows that the council is firmly behind the effort to overhaul the downtown structure, despite a city budget shortfall for next year that is projected to be nearly $1 billion. — Los Angeles Times
The agreement by the Los Angeles City Council to commit $27.7 million for additional design and technical work to the renovation of the 1970s-era center will be revisited in July. The renovation plans include an overhaul of the center's two structures, which "do not offer the contiguous space that... View full entry
The University of Toronto has begun construction on what is set to become Canada’s tallest academic timber building. Rising 14 stories, the Academic Wood Tower seeks to become a landmark project for sustainable architecture in the country, integrating mass timber and steel hybrid construction... View full entry
The highly sought-after commission to design the official Qatari Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia has been granted to rising Paris-based Lebanese star Lina Ghotmeh. The 2023 Serpentine Pavilion designer and recently announced British Museum Western Range galleries expansion will be given... View full entry
If you’re in the New York City area on Friday, May 9th, be sure not to miss the premiere of Yael Melamede‘s new documentary ADA: My Mother The Architect depicting the life of the late Ada Karmi-Melamede at the Angelika Film Center. Karmi-Melamede’s work in Israel and New York... View full entry
Princeton University president Christopher L. Eisgruber has earned praise over his stance on academic freedom and protecting funding opportunities from the political pressures now being placed on universities by the Trump Administration. Facing Title VI lawsuits and the loss of... View full entry
The latest edition of our curated jobs roundup from the Archinect Job board features 20 architecture and design firms in the San Francisco Bay Area currently hiring. For helpful guidance on how to get that next job, make sure to check out Archinect's Guide to Job... View full entry
The two-tower CityWave scheme from BIG has topped out near central Milan, completing the final two pieces of a larger district-sized CityLife puzzle that features designs from Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid Architects, and Arata Isozaki. BIG’s contribution—designed with the local... View full entry
The USA Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan has been completed. The project was delivered by a team consisting of New Orleans-based architecture studio Trahan Architects, entertainment agency BRC Imagination Arts, and design-build contractors Alchemy and ES Global. Image © Hufton+Crow This... View full entry
The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) for March has shown a sharp 6.9% decline to 205.6. Over the month, commercial planning declined 7.8% and institutional planning fell by 5.0%. Weaker planning activity for warehouses, data centers, and retail projects was said to drive this month’s decline in... View full entry
