Category: Architectural Design Innovation

Spread across six offices in California and Texas, LPA Design Studios is known for delivering thoughtful institutional buildings often with limited and inflexible budgets, among other impressive accolades. The company is a recipient of the 2025 AIA Architecture Firm Award. Since 1965, LPA has earned a reputation for having a strong sense of design research.… Continue reading LPA Design Studios takes home the 2025 AIA Architecture Firm Award

{KXLG – Watertown, SD} Codington County Commissioners discussed and ultimately authorized the chairman to sign an engineering services contract with Banner Associates for warehouse building improvements at Tuesday morning's meeting. Interim Highway Superintendent Lynn Solberg explained that next year's budget includes construction work on the rear portion of the building where the county's trucks are… Continue reading County moves forward with plans for improved heated truck storage facility | Local News

The competition promotes innovation in AI and technology development to solve common problems and advance the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry WESTMINSTER, Colo., December 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Trimble® (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced the SketchUp winners® 0-60 Challenge, an initiative by Trimble SketchUp And Trimble Ventures to encourage innovation and discover the next big idea… Continue reading Trimble announces the winners of the SketchUp 0-60 Challenge

A residential project in the Mexican coastal city of Acapulco designed by Mexican architecture firm Estudio Manuel Cervantes was announced Monday as the winner of the 2024 Architectural Review (AR) House Awards. “Our goal is to create homes that are not just structures, but adaptable homes, whose architecture allows residents to break the vicious cycle… Continue reading Hurricane-proof home design in Acapulco wins AR House Award

Rome, 9Th December 2024 – The 6thTh In December “Italy on the move. Highways and the future“, the exhibition at the Fondazione MAXXI | Museo nationale delle arti del XXI secolo in Rome in collaboration with Autostrade per l'Italia. The exhibition shows how highways have shaped the landscape, society and imagination of an entire country.… Continue reading The Valvigna headquarters in the MAXXI Museum

Muscat: In the world of high-end design and construction, a leading Omani company is carving out a distinct niche as a premier fit-out company with ambitions that extend far beyond the Sultanate. Global Building and Construction LLC (GBC) has embraced the “Made in Oman” philosophy and has won awards for providing bespoke, luxurious interiors that… Continue reading Craftsmanship Excellence: Omani Furnishings Redefined

Looking for more ways to help rebuild WNC? Local firm Altura Architects is inviting design professionals to join Helene design promise — a solution-oriented collaborative effort between architects, engineers, surveyors and other experts. The goal? They are donating their time and expertise to help communities affected by Hurricane Helene across WNC plan for a sustainable,… Continue reading An open note: Join the Helene Design Pledge

The number of pickleball players in the U.S. is approaching 40 million, and there are somewhere around 11,000 known places to play across the country, according to the 2023 APP Tour’s Pickleball Participation report. The South Atlantic Region has the most players, and South Florida has emerged as a hub for the sport. So it… Continue reading America's first pickleball-only stadium opens in South Florida

It's been a record year for blockbuster building reveals. As a useful indicator of some important current and future trends, here are the top ten architectural announcements of 2024. Image courtesy of AO Legends Tower, USA, by AO Arguably the biggest story of the year on Dezeen was the Legends Tower, a 581 meter skyscraper… Continue reading The 10 biggest construction announcements of 2024

Opposite the majestic landmark Carnegie Hall sits the Park Hyatt New York, where Pritzker Prize-winning architect Christian de Portzamparc designed waves that rise up a glass skyscraper like notes floating through a concert hall. This is Billionaire's Row, home to some of the world's most expensive real estate, the Russian Tea Room and Bergdorf Goodman.… Continue reading Park Hyatt New York: Get an exclusive first look at Manhattan's new $50,000-a-night suite