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The first reviews are in for Apple's new M4 MacBook Pro, and they all enthuse about the performance and the battery life, but some regret that there's no striking redesign.The 14-inch MacBook ProApple announced the new M4 MacBook Pro in its week of Mac announcements, and the first pre-orders will be shipping to customers for Friday, November 8.While the new models have the same design as the ones they supersede, there are key improvements. One is that of course the M4 processor, and its M4 Pro and M4 Max variants, are the latest and the fastest Apple Silicon processors. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apple's iPhone 15 soared to the top of global smartphone sales in 2024, marking a new wave of demand for premium tech and flashy features.iPhone 15Counterpoint Research shows that Apple's iPhone 15 and Pro counterparts topped global sales in the third quarter of 2024. Samsung and Xiaomi held positions in the top ten, indicating a stable but competitive smartphone market.The iPhone 15's success comes when high-end smartphones gain broader consumer interest. Pro Series models made up half of Apple's iPhone sales for the first time in a third quarter, highlighting the growing demand for advanced features. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

You can finally mirror your Mac to Apple Vision Pro with new wide and ultra wide options. We updated to the latest beta so we could test it out.You can soon mirror your Mac as an ultra wide display to Vision ProThe new mirroring options arrive as part of visionOS 2.2, which just recently launched as an early developer beta. We updated our Apple Vision Pro and our MacBook Pro to macOS 15.2 to try it. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

A research team in Oregon has unveiled a mass timber prototype home that seeks to showcase a sustainable, energy-efficient alternative to traditional home construction. Designed by the TallWood Design Institute, a collaboration between the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, the 760-square-foot project was unveiled at an open house event on November 7th.Image courtesy of the University of OregonImage courtesy of the University of OregonThe home, built from locally sourced mass plywood panels produced by Freres Engineered Wood, aims to address key issues such as affordable housing shortages, wildfire resilience, and economic sustainability. Unlike conventional timber construction, the home is constructed of mass plywood panels shaped to fit together like pieces of a gingerbread house, the team says.Image courtesy of the University of OregonImage courtesy of the University of OregonThrough the project, the team imagines a future where a home could arrive in a flatpack ...

Victor Lundy, the renowned modernist architect whose work leaned on fine art and espoused a more humane form of architecture for the masses, has died in Texas at the age of 101, the Sarasota Observer is reporting.A true man of his times, Lundy served in the U.S. Armys 26th Infantry Division during World War II (his sketches from the war are considered important) before returning home to complete his B.A. and eventually matriculate into the Harvard GSD, where he studied for his masters degree under Walter Gropius.Lundys religious commissionsincluding the First Unitarian Church in Westport, Connecticut, and the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sarasotaare, perhaps, his best-known projects alongside the United States Tax Court Building in Washington, D.C. Lundy was considered one of the leading figures of the Sarasota School. His watercolor practice was another important aspect of his approach to designing.Docomomo US thanked him for his optimistic spirit" in a commemorative post ...

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA), and the New Zealand Registered Architects Board (NZRAB) have implemented a new Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA). It replaces the previous MRA between the countries, created in 2016, further expanding licensure access for international architects.The new agreement recognizes the professional credentials of architects licensed or registered in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand and acknowledges the value of the various pathways to licensure within each country. As a result, unnecessary barriers to reciprocal licensure, such as extended experience requirements and limited paths to licensure or registration, are being reduced.Related on Archinect: Work and study agreement signed between architectural registration bodies of the UK, Australia, and New ZealandAs stated by NCARB President Kenneth R. Van Tine, The updated agreement is pivotal to NCARBs...

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