The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R 2, which includes H.R. 919, Bird-safe Buildings Act. This bipartisan bill is designed to reduce bird mortality by calling for federal buildings to incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features. As many as one billion birds die annually by colliding with...
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American rapper Kanye West has revealed on Twitter a new image of his dome-shaped housing prototypes located in Calabasas, California, with the caption “YZY SHLTRS in process #2020VISION.” The tweet comes over a year after the rapper first announced his plans to build the affordable homes in May 2019.
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Venezuelan-born Monica Ponce de Leon, dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University, has been honored as a ‘Great Immigrant’ by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for her contributions to American society. Ponce de Leon is among 38 naturalized U.S. citizens from 35 countries of origin who...
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The façade restoration of 610 Newport Center Drive, an office building in Newport Beach, California, has won the 2020 Metal Architecture Design Award in the ‘Renovations and Retrofit’ category. Architects judging the award recognized the holistic restoration project for “nailing the recreation and restoration of the [original] design intent”...
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The City of Baltimore, Maryland, in partnership with the nonprofit, the Neighborhood Design Center, has released the Design for Distancing Guidebook, a digital resource that will provide safe placemaking inspiration for businesses, cities, and people worldwide to safely reopen and improve their own public spaces.
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Architectural and planning design studio Winstanley Architects & Planners has opened an office in Miami, Florida. The Miami office is Winstanley’s first expansion beyond its Washington, D.C., workshop, launched in 2004. Winstanley offers planning, architecture, and interior design services, from pre-development concepts to post-occupancy evaluations, for clients in the academic,...
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The archive of the renowned architect Paul Revere Williams (American, 1894–1980) has been jointly acquired by the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture and Getty Research Institute (GRI). The archive has been cared for by Karen Elyse Hudson, Williams’ granddaughter, who has published extensively on his work.
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released strategies and illustrations that can help senior living communities mitigate risk of COVID-19. These resources were developed by a team of architects, AIA’s Design for Aging knowledge community, public health experts, and engineers, to assist with pivoting communities toward a more sustainable set...
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CONSTRUCT 2020 will now be a digital experience. The CONSTRUCT virtual event will take place from October 7 to 9, one week later than the originally planned in-person event. It was initially scheduled to be held from September 30 to October 2 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention...
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Software company Atlassian plans to build the world’s tallest hybrid timber building for its new headquarters in the tech precinct of Central Station, Sydney, Australia. The tower will be 180-m (590-ft) high.
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