February 17, 2016
Courtesy SOM / Millerhare
To the Far West Side Manhattan West on the west side of New York by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. [ARCHITECT]
Billings Bust 2016 starts off in contraction for architecture billings. [ARCHITECT]
Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing
Building exterior with views into the Litowitz Atrium and Grand Gallery Walk
New Writers Theatre Studio Gang Architects designed the new 36,000-square-foot building for the Writers Theatre in a Chicago suburb. [ARCHITECT]
James Caulfield
Preserving Architectural History Harboe Architects will develop a conservation management plan for the Society of Architectural Historians’ Charnley-Persky House, which celebrates the 125th anniversary of its design this year. [ARCHITECT]
And the Winners Are … The 63rd Annual Progressive Architecture Awards honors five project that vary widely in typology and scale. [ARCHITECT]
Courtesy RODE Architects
Commonwealth Restaurant, in Cambridge, Mass., combines restaurant and marketplace.
Next Progressives Boston-based RODE Architects brings background buildings into the foreground with strong formal moves. [ARCHITECT]
Awards and Competitions
The Architectural League has announced a call for entries for its Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, focused this year around the theme of (im)permanence and time as a defining characteristic of architecture. Entries are due today.
The Buckminster Fuller Challenge recognizes initiatives that take a comprehensive and anticipatory design approach to advance human well-being and the health of the planet’s ecosystem. The Buckminster Fuller Institute awards one $100,000 prize to support the development and implementation of a design solution that addresses complex global problems. The application window will open on Jan. 15 and entries are due by March 1.
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