Amanda Levete Wins 2018 Jane Drew Prize for Women in Architecture
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The Jane Drew Prize recognizes “an architectural designer who, through their work and commitment to design excellence, has raised the profile of women in architecture.” This year’s award will be presented to British Architect Amanda Levete, Founder of LStephen Ayers Wins AIA’s 2018 Thomas Jefferson Award
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Stephen Ayers has won the prestigious 2018 Thomas Jefferson Award presented by The American Institute of Architects (AIA) for service to public architecture. The award honors “architects in the public and private sectors, public officials, or otheGetty to Conduct Workshop on Conservation of Le Corbusier’s Only Three Museums
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The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) along with Foundation Le Corbusier, Paris will be conducting a workshop for the maintenance and architectural conservation of the only three museums designed by Le Corbusier. The workshop will take place in India — hom
The PAD Debuts in Geneva with Artgenève on February 1
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Artgenève, the celebrated contemporary and modern art fair that takes place in the Geneva lake region, opens on February 1. This year the fair has extended its unique artistic offering by inviting the PAD to feature Historic, Contemporary and Modern Design,WATG Urban’s Revolutionary Project ‘Curve Appeal’ Coming to Life
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WATG Urban’s revolutionary 3D-printed house “Curve Appeal” has entered the development phase. The project won the first prize in “The Freeform Home Design Challenge” in 2016 and is now coming to life. The “wall section testing, research and develoAIA New York Announces the Winners of the Prestigious New Practices New York 2018
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The winners of the prestigious New Practices New York 2018 awards have been announced by AIA New York and the Center for Architecture. The theme for this year’s awards was “Consequences” and firms were invited to submit design ideas to demonstrateWinners of the 2017 Jacques Rougerie International Architecture Competition
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The nine winning projects of the 2017 Jacques Rougerie International Architecture Competition explore living solutions in the unexplored territories of sea and space. The competition, established in 2011, challenges the young architects to conceptualize “inMVRDV’s ‘The Milestone’ Features a Crystal Rock Façade
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MVRDV is designing a new landmark and public amenity “The Milestone” in Esslingen, Germany. The firm recently revealed the initial building designs that feature a “part-reflective crystal rock façade and a hollowed-out pixelated core,” tipping a hatFluid Lines and Subtle Geometries Mark Zaha Hadid Design’s 2018 Collection
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Zaha Hadid Design’s 2018 collection was recently on view at Maison et Objet. The new collection — defined by fluid lines and subtle, organic geometries — pays tribute to Zaha Hadid’s commitment to innovate with a diversity of materials, be it traditioFoster + Partners Designs the Lakeside Headquarters for the PGA Tour
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The new headquarters of the PGA TOUR, designed by Foster + Partners, incorporates principles of biophilia and optimizes natural light and air to create an “uplifting and inspiring” environment, noted ArchDaily.Located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, tZaha Hadid Architects Design a Mixed-Use Public Square for Vauxhall Cross Island
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The Vauxhall Cross Island site, located adjacent to Vauxhall Station in London, will soon have a new mixed-use development designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The complex, featuring a hotel, residences, offices, retail and public amenities, seeks to become a n‘Drawing Glass’ at Silvera Bac, Paris
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Silvera Bac, Paris is hosting “Drawing Glass,” an exhibition that sees Fabrica celebrate the beauty of the creative process through a limited edition glass collection. “Drawing Glass” was realized by Fabrica in 2013 and looks at how an idea or a‘Letters to the Mayor: Rotterdam’ at the Het Nieuwe Instituut
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Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam is hosting “Letters to the Mayor: Rotterdam,” an exhibition inviting 100 architects to write a letter to their mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb.Initiated in 2014 by Storefront for Art and Architecture, “Letters to the Mayor” is a‘Letters to the Mayor: Rotterdam’ at the Het Nieuwe Instituut
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Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam is hosting “Letters to the Mayor: Rotterdam,” an exhibition inviting 100 architects to write a letter to their mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb.Initiated in 2014 by Storefront for Art and Architecture, “Letters to the Mayor” is a‘The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture’ at Canadian Centre for Architecture
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The Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, Québec, is currently hosting an exhibition of works titled “The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture.”The show is based on the module “A305: History of Architecture and Design, 189‘The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture’ at Canadian Centre for Architecture
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The Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, Québec, is currently hosting an exhibition of works titled “The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture.”The show is based on the module “A305: History of Architecture and Design, 189Donald Trump’s ‘Prototypes’ in San Diego becomes art
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President Donald Trump’s “Prototypes” in San Diego, California might soon gain the status of a national monument.Eight types of walls have been chosen to expand the barrier between Mexico and California. During the election campaign, Trump suggested thaDonald Trump’s ‘Prototypes’ in San Diego becomes art
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President Donald Trump’s “Prototypes” in San Diego, California might soon gain the status of a national monument.Eight types of walls have been chosen to expand the barrier between Mexico and California. During the election campaign, Trump suggested tha‘Homage to Detail’ at the Prague Academy of Arts and Design
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Prague Academy of Arts and Design is hosting Okolo’s “Homage to Detail,” an exhibition featuring modernist architecture in all its glory.Adam Štěch, design curator and writer, has always been passionate about 20th- century architecture. His work draw‘Homage to Detail’ at the Prague Academy of Arts and Design
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Prague Academy of Arts and Design is hosting Okolo’s “Homage to Detail,” an exhibition featuring modernist architecture in all its glory.Adam Štěch, design curator and writer, has always been passionate about 20th- century architecture. His work drawRecent Polymer Art Acquisitions at Racine Art Museum
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The Racine Art Museum is going to host an exhibition of works titled “Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions,” which runs through June 2018.The show features new artworks since the donation of over 200 polymer pieces in 2011. The collection has been expanded b‘Charles & Ray Eames. The Power of Design’ at Vitra Design Museum
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Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany is hosting an exhibition of works titled “Charles & Ray Eames. The Power of Design.”The show features a comprehensive overview of the complete oeuvre and shared the life of designer duo couple. On displayChildren’s Chairs at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
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Die Neue Sammlung in Munich is hosting an exhibition of works titled “Only Chairs? Children’s Chairs from Sammlung Neuwald” at the Pinakothek der Moderne. The show runs through February 2018.The exhibition explores the concept of children’s seating thWhirligig Park: A Playground for Folk Art in North Carolina
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North Carolina’s Whirligig Park in downtown Wilson presents Vollis Simpson’s colorful kinetic steel sculptures. Whirligig Park opened in November 2017 in downtown Wilson, a small city of about 50,000 people. The park contains 31 brightly painted folExperiments and Explorations Rule This Year’s FOG Design+Art
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FOG Design+Art opens today with a highly curated selection of design and visual arts exhibitions at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. 45 leading international galleries have been chosen from a total of 95 entries to participate in the fair that celebrates SaExperiments and Explorations Rule This Year’s FOG Design+Art
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FOG Design+Art opens today with a highly curated selection of design and visual arts exhibitions at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. 45 leading international galleries have been chosen from a total of 95 entries to participate in the fair that celebrates SaMAD Architects’ Chaoyang Park Plaza in Beijing
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The Chaoyang Park Plaza’s high towers and lower buildings by MAD Architects in Beijing resemble rocks and mountains, creating a mysterious atmosphere. The project has been awarded the LEED Gold Certification by the US Green Building Council.The building isAssemble and Matthew Raw’s ‘Clay Station’ in London
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Transport for London enlisted Assemble architects to revamp a derelict kiosk outside the Seven Sisters station in north London.The station, part of the Art on the Underground program, now has a vibrant hybrid of art, design, and architecture titled “Clay StA Peek into Magen H Gallery’s Collection for the Upcoming FOG Design + Art 2018
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Magen H Gallery will be presenting a retrospective of works by French furniture designer and craftsman Pierre Chapo (1927 - 1987) at the upcoming FOG Design + Art festival in San Francisco. Also presented will be works of celebrated architect and designers Je‘Aesthetics of Change’ at MAK Museum Wien
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The MAK Museum Wien is currently hosting an exhibition of works titled “Aesthetics of Change. 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.”The show explores the ethos and cosmos of an Austrian cultural university that is at once the richest in tradNordic Design for Children at V&A Museum of Childhood
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The V&A Museum of Childhood in London will soon be hosting an exhibition of works titled “Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today.”The show features most progressive Nordic designs, architecture, and art for children. It includeNordic Design for Children 1900 to Today at V&A Museum of Childhood
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The V&A Museum of Childhood in London will soon be hosting an exhibition of works titled “Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today.”The show features most progressive Nordic designs, architecture, and art for children. It includeWorld’s Tallest Lego Skyscraper in Tel Aviv
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The 35.96-meter tall Lego structure that stands in Tel Aviv’s city center, Rabin Square, is the world’s tallest. It took around half a million plastic building blocks and thousands of volunteers and Lego enthusiasts to create the record-breaking feat, not‘33 Beginnings – 100 Years of Finnish Design’ at Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
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The Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, is currently hosting an exhibition of works titled “33 Beginnings – 100 Years of Finnish Design.”The show takes a look at the past and present of Finnish design. A new way of thinking and execution representing the sym
