Apples new The Observatory event space at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, has been unveiled by the tech giant as part of the launch event for the new iPhone 16. The design, which is in ways reminiscent of several of James Turrells skylit spaces, is marketed as a contemplative experience that dialogues with the surrounding mountainside landscape.All images provided to Archinect from AppleThe materials palette features terrazzo, natural stone, and timber (the same used in the campus' circular main building and Steve Jobs Theater next door). The building reportedly runs on 100% renewable energy. All images provided to Archinect from AppleEarly design concepts of The Observatory were led by Foster & Partners. Apples Global Architecture & Design team, led by John De Maio, completed the building design and development in collaboration with Gensler. All images provided to Archinect from AppleThe site offers an elevated view of the main Apple Park building an...

Next Friday, September 20th, theArchitectural League of New Yorkis hosting its annual Beaux Arts Ball. This years event will be themed HEAT and examine the challenges that climate change imposes on the built environment as its subject, asking those in attendance to imagine a better future relative to how the current "foundation of extractivism, carbonization, anthropocentrism, and technocracy are put under increasing pressure."The event takes place inside the Turbine Hall of the new Herzog & de Meuron-restored Powerhouse Arts venue in Brooklyn beginning at 9:00 PM. The space will feature a special installation piece related to the theme designed by Olalekan Jeyifous, lighting design by Joel Fitzpatrick Studio, and a live set from DJ Tara. Be sure to dress festively and prepare to dance the night away!Thanks to The Architectural League, Archinect is giving away five party tickets to five of our readers.For a chance to win a ticket, leave a comment below naming your favorite rec...

A new digital recreation of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine has been released in time for the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan.The creative team behind the new app's development, G&A, says they wanted to find a way for those located outside of New York City to share in its inspiring and symbolic rebirth in a lasting way that harkens to the spiritual mission undertaken by church leaders since its establishment during the first World War.In-app visual. Image courtesy G&AIn-app visual. Image courtesy G&AUsing drone-enabled 3D photogrammetry, Santiago Calatrava-designed architecture and recovered original iconography can be experienced in detail along with supplementary text, audio, and short films relating the story of its history and documenting the $95 million worth of contributions that led to its eventual regeneration in 2022.In-app visual. Image courtesy G&AIn-app visual. Image courtesy G&A"Were proud of th...

The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) for August reports a 2.9% increase to a new score of 220.4 following Julys revised total of 214.2. Over the month, commercial planning expanded by 1.9%, and institutional planning was up another 5.7%."Owners and developers continued to prime the planning queue in August, ahead of next years anticipated stronger market conditions," Sarah Martin, the associate director of forecasting at Dodge Construction Network, said. "With the Feds September rate cut all but finalized, the influence of selective lending standards and inflation should moderate next year, alongside a modest upgrade to consumer demand. As a result, stronger planning activity was widespread in August, with most nonresidential sectors seeing growth."The commercial planning sector was led again by data center and warehouse projects, while on the institutional side, healthcare projects continued to be a primary driver.Related on Archinect: Architecture's Interest Rate Prayers Answer...

Construction input prices increased slightly by 0.1% in August, according to a recent Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data.Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.2% for the month. Overall construction input prices are now 0.7% lower than they were a year ago, while nonresidential construction input prices are down by 0.9%.Chart credit: Associated Builders and ContractorsConstruction input prices are now down almost a full percentage point over the past year, ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu said. This is a welcome development for contractors, a plurality of whom now expect their profit margins to contract over the next six months, according to ABCs Construction Confidence Index. Moderating materials price escalation, along with easing labor constraints and the near certainty that the Federal Reserve will begin lowering interest rates at its next meeting, should provide some relief to con...

Geneva, Switzerland-based firm Leopold Banchini Architects has designed a sleek, minimalist home intended to reflect its alpine and waterside surroundings.Image: Rory GardinerLocated beside Lake Geneva, looking out at the Alps, Villa Montasser was likened, by the architects, to the work of Swiss painter Ferdinant Hodler. His paintings often depicted mountains reflected in Swiss lakes.Image: Rory GardinerAs a reaction to its landscape, the home was built to stay as simple and humble as possible. Its long, plain faade is described as a blank canvas, which reflects into a water basin of the same length. Here, a singular long window opens onto a floating terrace that is of a similar size.Image: Rory GardinerImage: Rory GardinerThe buildings long rectangular plan, constrained by building regulations, is spread across three levels. A wooden spiral staircase connects the floors.Image: Rory GardinerImage: Rory GardinerThe ground floor living spaces mainly open out to the surroundin...

TheAmerican Institute of Architects has released a statement urging action on a number of key priorities related to architecture and the built environment for the 2024 presidential elections following Tuesdays debate between candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump."Architects across the country are keen to see greater progress toward key goals related to the built environment and our businesses," 2024 AIA President Kimberly Dowdell says in a preface to the seven-point agenda. "Our top election priorities highlight critical issues including the need for increased investment in affordable housing, aggressive climate action measures, enhanced resiliency against natural disasters and sound tax policies.""[The] AIA calls on the candidates as well as the incoming new Congress to listen to architects as experts on the forefront of designing a more sustainable future," her statement continues. "Through these priorities, AIAs members will continue to move the built environment forwar...

This edition of Bustler's curated picks of noteworthy architecture and design competitions features four calls that are all from AIANY/Center for Architecture. They seek exceptional residential interior projects by New York City-based architects, emerging or mid-career architects looking to develop their research and practice through travel, outstanding architectural design across all scales, and projects that address various contemporary architectural issues.For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here.

The work of Bruce Goff and his many contemporaries to found a suis generis form of modern architecture in Oklahoma and California is the subject of a new exhibition being staged now at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center in Oklahoma City.The University of Oklahoma's Gibbs College of Architectures Dr. Angela Person, Dr. Stephanie Z. Pilat, and Marco Piscitelli curate Outr West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California, a look at the prominence of Goff and other acolytes such as Herb Greene after their efforts launched environmentally conscious design into the mainstream beginning in the 1950s and 60s. Person will be remembered from this summer's popularCapital Brutalism exhibition at the National Building Museum and says they will be presented as renegades along with over 200 documents of their contributions to the vast mosaic of American modernist design, including the Pavilion for Japanese Art in Los Angeles and Prairie House in Norman.The final d...

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design has shared its public speakers and events information for the new academic term as part of our Get Lectured roundup of academic events in the 2024-25 school year.It all begins with the book launch event for Alfredo Thiermanns Radio-Activities on October 10, followed by a lecture from Lisa Iwamoto on October 17. The rest of the month includes a lecture from MITs Skylar Tibbets (October 24) and a talk featuring Ferda Kolatans presentation of his book Misfits & Hybrids: Architectural Artifacts for the 21st-Century City (October 28).Marion Weiss begins November with a lecture on November 18, followed by lectures from Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Neri&Hu (November 25) and Takaharu Tezuka (December 2).Here are the individual posters in full size:Lecture poster design by Alyssa Tohyama. Courtesy of UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design.Lecture poster design by Alyssa Tohyama. Courtesy of UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design....

In case you haven't checked outArchinect's Pinterestboards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various ArchinectFirmandPeopleprofiles.Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the boardHouses.Tip:Use the handyFOLLOW featureto easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles.Canyon5inLos Angeles, CA byLorcan O'Herlihy Architects Meteorite inKontiolahti, Finland bySotamaa ASHER PROJECT inSan Jose, CA bySTYLARC Z-Haus inPortland, OR byWaechter Architecture 6 x18 Slender House inDelhi, India bySpaces Architects@ka; Photo:Bharat Aggarwal Stony Hill inAmagansett, NY byBates Masi + Architects; Photo:Bates Masi + Architects Black Diamond House inBuffalo, NY byasap/ adam sokol architecture practice SC Residence inManhattan Beach, CA byLaney LA; Photo:Roger Davies FUTAGO HOUSE inKyiv, Ukraine byMAKHNO StudioTo see more highlights from Archinect's Pinterest boards, c...

Located in West Hampstead, London, Minty House is a reimagined Victorian terrace designed by Peter Morris Architects. The project involved a full refurbishment, including a kitchen extension that fills in the side return and enhances the connection to the garden, creating additional space and flow throughout the property. Glazing work was carried out by Fluid Glass.The focal point of the extension is a curved glass bay window that brings in natural light and provides views of the garden. This feature, executed by Fluid Glass, creates a seamless transition between the indoors and outdoors. To further integrate the kitchen with the garden, minimally framed sliding doors were installed, blurring the boundaries between the living spaces.Skylights, both square and circular, are positioned throughout the extension. These provide additional natural light and serve as design elements that contribute to the overall atmosphere of the home. The square skylights align with the linear layout, ...

Ahead of its January 2025 release of the World Monuments Watch list, the World Monuments Fund has announced the greatest factors threatening heritage sites globally are conflict, climate change, "overtourism," a lack of financial support and community engagement, and an extenuating state of overdevelopment.The organization says they are doing so now in the interest of sounding the alarm" and raising awareness while the final site included in its next watch list is still being deliberated. The WMF has not produced such documentation since 2022, when it found 25 sites as being under threat. The tenor of threats varies by region, with a majority (58%) of those surveyed in North America & Europe under threat due to "insufficient funding and resources." A total of 200 sites were nominated worldwide.

After a run of over 100 episodes, the Night White Skies podcast hosted by Sean Lally is finally coming to an end.Over eight years, the program sought to engage a diverse range of voices in the design field in order to ascertain a better picture of the scenarios currently unfolding within and surrounding architectural theory and practice.Guests included philosophers such as Ecology Without Nature author Timothy Morton and Emanuelle Coccia. Other popular thinkers like Catherine Ingraham, Fred Scharmen, Sylvia Lavin, and Rachel Armstrong appeared alongside designers Neil Denari, Rania Ghosn, El Hadi Jazairy, and MoMA curator Paola Antonelli.In this final episode, Lally summarizes a few of the recurring topics and thoughts that have proved as salients as a means for outlining what he says is a "course forward [...] or at the very least, playing out a hunch on work still to be done."An archive of all episodes is available at NightWhiteSkies.com for you to search now and in the futu...

This post is brought to you by Pratt, an Archinect Partner SchoolNew York, NY August 2, 2024 Pratt Institutes School of Continuing and Professional Studies has announced an exciting new partnership with Creative AI Academy, a leader in AI-driven design education. This collaboration marks a significant advancement in corporate learning and training by integrating Pratt Institutes prestigious credentials with Creative AI Academys bespoke curriculum development.Pratt Institute, known for its rigorous academic standards, will issue digital credentials that validate the skills gained, while Creative AI Academy, with its industry-leading expertise in AI and design, will craft the tailored training programs to ensure they meet the specific needs of corporate clients. The innovative AI focused curricula, meticulously developed and delivered by Creative AI Academy, will provide cutting-edge learning experiences that meet the evolving needs of todays businesses.Pratt Institute, con...

What could be the worlds first 3D printed hotel development has just broken ground near art and design-rich Marfa, Texas. The vision of a Texas native, the noted Austin area hotelier Liz Lambert, will come together with design and logistical support from BIG and ICON. Both entities announced the project in March of 2023, at the time promising a concept defined by ahigh desert vernacular that equally purports a "primordial architectural language."All images courtesy ICON and Bjarke Ingels GroupTheir design for the expanded El Cosmico resort calls for multiple structures comprised of different organic forms to be 3D printed on a plot totaling more than 60 acres. Private residences and affordable housing units connect to a hotel with a new amphitheaterfor the Austin-basedLong Center for the Performing Arts included.All images courtesy ICON and Bjarke Ingels GroupIndividually, the homes are to be realized at between 2,000 and 2,500 square feet. The project expands the process and ...

Are you an experienced architectureprofessional looking for a new career opportunity? If so, check outthis week's edition of ourcurated jobs roundupfromArchinect Jobs. Below, we highlight 15 employers offering senior positions with astarting salary of over $100K per year.Our selection was based on jobs that have publicly disclosed the annual salary range in their job listings on Archinect Jobs. Make sure to take a look around thejob boardfor other good matches there are currently lots of opportunities with the stated salary range reaching into the six-digit figures.Additionally, check out Archinect's coverage onsalary transparencyand ourArchitecture Salary Pollfor more insight on what you should expect to make based on your position and location.Two Manhattan West by SOM. Photo: Dave Burk SOMSkidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) seeks:Project Manager - Transportation in New York,NYSalary range: $120,000 to $170,000 annually"This role will focus on aviation projects i...

The Southern California Institute of Architecture has started classes for the Fall semester and is sharing with us their schedule of events and lectures as part of our ongoing event highlight at Archinect Partner Schools.This Friday, September 13th, will see the first opening of Views of Planet City, featuring the sci-fi designs of SCI-Arcs graduate Fiction and Entertainment program director Liam Young. A separate opening at the Pacific Design Center follows on September 14th. (Our preview of the exhibition can be found here.)Liam Young. Image credit: Liam YoungNext up, a pair of lectures from Luigi Alberto Cippini (October 2nd) and Harvard GSD dean Sarah M. Whiting (October 9th). Following those will be the October 25th book launch for author Ferda Kolatans new title Misfits & Hybrids Architectural Artifacts for the 21st Century City. The month ends with a lecture from Fiona Connor on October 30th.November begins with the book launch event for 100 Women: Architects in Practic...

Today marks the grand reopening of the Transamerica Pyramid Center in San Francisco, California, following a $400 million redevelopment project fromdeveloper SHVO in partnership withFoster + Partners.The 853-foot masterpiece William Pereira first bequeathed to the city in the summer of 1972 is now revitalized with modern-day amenities and a new lobby that once again matches his designs original intentions while better integrating the building with civic life along the ground level.Image: David LipmanImage: David LipmanOutside the lobby, a revitalized Redwood Park with 49 replanted trees was enacted between Two Transamerica and Three Transamerica at Sansome Street to bind the site and program and serve as a new oasis-like destination in the heart of a busy pedestrian/commercial area.Image: David LipmanImage: David LipmanAnother exterior component of the project entailed rejuvenating Mark Twain Alley, which is now a more vibrant civic space replete with plum blossom trees that ...

The Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the departure of President and former CEO Antony Wood after 20 years. Wood, who led a tenfold increase in membership during his tenure, said he was lending to a "future generation of leaders" in stepping down. In a statement, colleague and the CTBUHs current Chairman Shonn Mills said: "Antony has completely modernized the organization over nearly two decades, while growing it into the significant global presence it is today."

Gone are the days when the easiest way to make an architectural splash was with a shimmering and photogenic stand-alone building, fancy forms torquing this way and that. Along with exploring new takes on regional or vernacular design traditions, the fields top talents are taking on projects that reimagine existing institutions or public spaces or forge new links among them.In a new piece for The New York Times, Yale School of Architecture senior critic Christopher Hawthorne explores how architects are striving to rejuvenate downtown areas across the U.S., where hybrid work schedules and negative perceptions have led to reduced vibrancy.While converting commercial buildings into residential spaces is a popular strategy, it's not always feasible due to structural constraints, Hawthorne argues. Architects are therefore exploring strategies to entice activity downtown by reimagining existing structures and incorporating regional aesthetics.Related on Archinect: Foster + Partners' Three Transamerica redesign wins approval in San Francisco.Image credit: dbox, courtesy of Foster + Partners/SHVOThroughout the New York Times piece, Hawthorne cites examples such as the Seattle Aquarium's Ocean Pavilion by LMN Architects which reconnects the city to its waterfront, the revitalized Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco by Foster + Partners aimed at attracting ...

A 74-square-foot apartment design in Rotterdam, the Netherlands second-largest city, has captured attention for its innovative use of space, as featured on Archinect.Image: Ossip van DuivenbodeThe Cabanon, as its architect-owners Beatriz Ramo and Bernd Upmeyer prefer to call it, takes the 1951 vacation retreat Le Corbusier designed for himself in the Cte d'Azur as inspiration and includes a living room, sleeping pod, and tiny bathroom component with a small toilet, rain-shower, and spa.Image: Ossip van DuivenbodeEach of these spaces comes color-coded, an effect that counteracts the apparent cramping quality of the space. A series of built-ins are another pivotal inclusion, affording them space to store items for their guests behind a tangerine-colored wall.Image: Ossip van DuivenbodeRamo and Upmeyer acquired the upper floor residual space in the upper portion of their post-war apartment building in 2013. Upmeyer is the founder of BOARD (Bureau of Architecture, Research ...

A new performing arts complex designed by Perkins&Will, in partnership with Schmidt Hammer Lassen, has opened in Beijing. Located in the citys southeast district, Tongzhou, the Beijing Performing Arts Center sits along the banks of the Grand Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, anchoring a recently designated cultural district, which also includes a museum, a library, and extensive parklands.Image: Zhu YumengThe roughly 1.3 million-square-foot complex comprises an opera house, a theater, and a concert hall, along with a multipurpose hall and an outdoor stage.Image:Zhu YumengImage:Zhu YumengIts design recalls the sites history as a commercial shipping and storage hub by referencing the rooflines of the storehouses that formerly populated the area and the sails of traditional canal boats. The forms also evoke a theater curtain parting at the start of a performance.Image: Zhu YumengThe Centers structures are unified through a broad, elevated platform that can be accessed from ...

The hard-fought efforts and dedication of preservationists across the country have been honored through the 2024 edition of Docomomos annual Modernism in America Awards.This year, a total of 16 projects were selected to earn Award of Excellence and Citation of Merit distinctions. Projects from ten states and Oslo, Norway, made up the list of honorees. Leading the field was the re-installed Aluminaire House in Palm Springs and the restored Lever House in Manhattan. A particular emphasis was placed on those included in the Commercial Design category, considering the lingering "questions" that loom over the typology in the post-Covid era."All of these projects are highly complex. They required extraordinary commitment and dedicated individuals to bring them to life. We are happy to give them the recognition they deserve," the organization's Executive Director, Liz Waytkus, stated. "It is a joy to see projects that celebrate and revitalize the diverse cultural histories of this countr...

The official timeline of the planned $8.5 billion Chicago OHare Aiport expansion has been moved to 2034, according to Crains. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is working with Ross Barney Architects, Arup, and Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects (JGMA) to complete its first 19-gate Satellite Concourse 1 phase, which will be completed in 2028. Phase 2 will follow four years later (two years more than was previously scheduled). The $300 million renovation of Terminal 3, which broke groundin April, is expected to be complete by 2032.

With Burning Man 2024 concluded, organizers have shared imagery depicting the building, use, and ultimate demise of the events main temple. Designed by Caroline Glitter Kitty Ghosn, the Temple of Together was inspired by Lebanese Khaizaran chairs and the artists own decades-long battle with multi-generational trauma and illness.Image credit: Rand LarsonImage credit: Rand LarsonThe design of the temple seeks to portray the light that emerges when we come together with all parts of ourselves and with the oneness we share with all living things. The leading motif of the temple is the representation of two hands coming together in prayer, symbolizing a common gesture of unity, humility, and respect to almost all spiritual traditions.Image credit: Rand LarsonImage credit: Rand LarsonThe gesture of unity is depicted literally by the two hands creating the temples entrance archway, but also in a more abstract sense through neo-Gothic pointed arches repeated throughout the design, ...

Following our previous look at an opening for a Visualization Designer at Payette, we are using the latest edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Store Planning Designer at Kering Beaut.The role, based in New York with the possibility of a remote arrangement, calls for an individual who will develop and execute store planning strategies for all Kering Beaut Americas brands. Other responsibilities include conducting space planning analyses to maximize efficiency, optimize store layouts, and enhance customer flow, as well as various technical design, project management, and quality assurance roles. Among the core requirements for the role are a bachelors degree in interior design, architecture, or a related field, alongside proven experience in retail design.Gucci - Soho by Atmosphere Design Group. Image courtesy: Atmosphere Design GroupWhy the role interests usThe open role at Kering Beaut offers us the opportunity to explore the...

A new digital recreation of theSt. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine has been released in time for the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan.The creative team behind the new app's development, G&A, says they wanted to find a way for those located outside of New York City to share in its inspiring and symbolic rebirth in a lasting way that harkens to the spiritual mission undertaken by church leaders since its establishment during the first World War.Image credit: Brett BeyerUsing drone-enabled 3D photogrammetry, Santiago Calatrava-designed architecture and recovered original iconography can be experienced in detail along with supplementary text, audio, and short films relating the story of its history and documenting the $95 million worth of contributions that led to its eventual regeneration in 2022.Image credit: Brett Beyer"Were proud of the way that the guiding principles for this experience appear throughout, allowing ...

The winners of the 2025 Le Prix Charlotte Perriand Award have been announced as SANAA founders Kazuyo Sejimaand Ryue Nishizawa.The2010 Pritzker Prize laureatesare the fourth recipients of the award thats included as part of the French Crateurs Design Awards. Past winners includeFrida Escobedo (2023), Jeanne Gang (2022), and David Adjaye(2021). The award will be presented as part of a live ceremony to be held in Paris on January 18, 2025.In a joint statement, the duo said, "Charlotte Perriand is one of the masters of modern architecture, and we admire the delicacy of her interior and furniture designs."

The Joslyn Art Museum celebrates its grand reopening today following a $100 million Snhetta-led expansion project that established the new 42,000-square-foot Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion on its campus in Omaha, Nebraska.Photo Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art MuseumPhoto Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art MuseumFounding partner Craig Dykers shared: "Our goal has been to provide a harmonious place for guests, art, and gathering that will become a vessel for inspiration and creativity to flourish."Photo Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art MuseumPhoto Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art MuseumThe restoration of the museum's 1931 Art Deco Joslyn Building was another key aspect of the project. Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture was integral to the design and execution of the new pavilion, which joins the Joslyn Building with Norman Foster's 1994 Suzanne & Walter Scott Pavilion via an atrium.Photo Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art MuseumPhoto Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art MuseumTh...