Princeton Architectural Press releases a reprint of the 1882 book, Vatican, as part of its Classic Reprints series.
Exhibit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture catalogs 99 urban interventions.
A new exhibit at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta showcases highlights the design of successful architect John Portman.
A new documentary of the famous architecture photographer takes a comprehensive look at the artist's six-decade-long career.
Architecture and design author Eva Hagberg delves into the recent trend of bars, hotels, and restaurants becomingly lushly nostalgic.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is the IBM of architecture. Now it can boast a monograph, which covers the years 1950 to 2008, as monumental as its own legacy.
For more than 100 years, the Sanborn Map Co. produced highly detailed urban maps for the fire insurance industry. The Library of Congress holds the largest collection of such maps.
“House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage,” the first major exhibition devoted to the typology, reveals a 100-year history marked by innovations.
In "A Common Destiny," photographer Cédric Delsaux shows how industry and unabated urbanization touch every part of the natural world.
This system from HON can be arranged to support team spaces, call centers, reception areas, or private offices.
This line of sleep seating for healthcare settings can convert to chair, chaise, or bed positions and features an antimicrobial wood finish.
This line of barstools, tables, and lighting is designed for hospitality applications and is made of 100% recyclable steel.
This executive task chair features a fully upholstered inner and outer back available in a variety of colors.
These configurable workstations, tables, storage elements, and privacy screens are made from aluminum castings with high recycled content.
STS Coating's new resident heat barrier blocks up to 80 percent of heat transfer.
Zero-VOC, zero-carcinogen acrylic paint from Mythic Paint.
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A team of five New York architecture firms has won one of two top prizes in a Dutch design competition for a complex in a redeveloping docklands zone called Amsterdam North.
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The philanthropic group United States Artists, which supports the work of individual artists through cash grants of $50,000 each, has just announced its class of 50 fellows for 2009, including four who work in architecture and design.
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The American Institute of Architects announced on Dec. 3 the recipients of its 2010 Gold Medal, Firm Award, and Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education: Peter Bohlin, Pugh + Scarpa Architects, and Michael Graves.
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On Nov. 11, the newest version of the Living Building Challenge—which goes beyond the environmentally sustainable aspects of building design—was unveiled at Greenbuild by the International Living Building Institute and the Cascadia Region Green Building Council.
Annual Design Review 2009: Grow: Citation
Annual Design Review 2009: Grow: Award
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The Fallingwater Window Legacy Fund is looking for individuals to permanently endow the house's laminate-glass windows—which, after 74 years, are beginning to fail and in need of replacement.
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The American Institute of Architects is eliminating 33 staff positions in the offices of its national headquarters, in Washington, D.C.
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Last weekend, urban planners, architects, economists, and journalists debated the future of large scale projects at the Institute for Urban Design's "Arrested Development" daylong symposium.
Annual Design Review 2009: Live: Award
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Global design and consulting firm Stantec announced on Oct. 28 that it is acquiring Granary Associates, a Philadelphia-based healthcare architecture and interiors firm.
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On Oct. 21, the Miami Art Museum revealed the design for its new home. Within days, there was more news about the institution: director Terence Riley was stepping down.
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Ellerbe Becket is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and now it is toasting another milestone: The firm announced on Oct. 26 that it was acquired by global technical services firm AECOM.