As Tel Aviv celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, it witnessed the outcome of a planning decision made in the 1990s that had two seemingly contradictory goals: to preserve the architectural form and human-scale streetscape of the historic central business district, and to preserve the district’s function.
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If you’re reading this on a laptop, take a second to admire Bill Moggridge’s work.
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The American Institute of Architects has elevated 134 association members to its College of Fellows, an honor that recognizes architects who have made a notable contribution to the profession and to society.
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Frank Gehry, FAIA, has stepped down as lead architect of the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom this week laid out a local stimulus plan that, if approved by the always unstable board of supervisors, would speed up four pending residential construction projects that have been held up due to the economy and city regulations.
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The New York Times is reporting that Testwell Laboratories owner and CEO V. Reddy Kancharla tried to commit suicide last week, two days after being convicted of falsifying concrete mix reports and filing them with the city.
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When the owners of the Empire State Building in 2007 decided to move forward with a new capital improvement plan, they were looking for standard improvements to get the building to Class A commercial status.
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The entry deadline is fast approaching for an international competition to design a Holocaust Memorial for the Atlantic City Boardwalk, in New Jersey.
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In 2009, just two months after the Dutch- and Chinese-born architects Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu established their office Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO–IL) in Brooklyn, the pair was recommended to compete in the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program, which gives emerging designers the opportunity to design the courtyard entrance of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.
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This week, the AIA announced the nine recipients of the 2010 AIA Young Architects Award.
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