The American Institute of Architects’ architecture billings index rating of 60 in July was at near-record levels, while inquiries for new projects reached 66.2.
The organization said July’s rating was the second-highest since the survey’s inception in 1995. Any score above 50 indicates increased billings.
An indicator of construction activity, the index shows an approximate [...]
Little Elm resident Derwin Broughton, project manager for Ron Hobbs Architects, is the first place winner of the Gus Garcia Park Design Competition. The competition was created to provide an opportunity for young design professionals to present ideas for developing Gus Garcia Park, a 47 acre parkland located in the rapidly growing northeast section of [...]
The Architecture and Education Project will showcase their work June 8-10 at the CEPA Gallery in Buffalo. Opening ceremonies are planned from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on June 8.
After a few years of organizing workshops, Kelly Hayes McAlonie, chair of the project, decided to join grade school classrooms and architecture. McAlonie piloted the [...]
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Associates Committee (NAC), and Young Architects Forum (YAF) have selected Bradley Benjamin, Assoc. AIA, CSI, as the Associate Member of the Year. This award was conferred by a jury composed of a representative from the YAF, the NAC, the Council of Architectural Component Executives, the AIA Board of [...]
Speaking at this week’s 11th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress, Kevin DeSanctis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Revel Entertainment Group, announced that Arquitectonica has been named the design architect, BLT Architects has been named Executive Architect and Architect of Record and SOSH Architects has been named Associate Architect for the Company’s Atlantic City resort [...]
David F. Thorman, AIA, State Architect, of the Division of the State Architect, of California, has been reappointed to another term as California State Architect by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The State Architect oversees the operations and functions of the Division of the State Architect (DSA).
The DSA functions as California’s policy leader for building design and [...]
Avery C. Faulkner, 78, scion of a distinguished family of Washington architects and the designer of numerous structures in the Washington-Baltimore area, including buildings for George Washington and American universities, died Feb. 21 of complications of a stroke at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla. He lived in the Washington area for 51 years [...]
Regalia Holdings has commissioned Bernardo Fort-Brescia as architect of Regalia in Sunny Isles Beach.
“We took a different approach that wasn’t purely architectural,†said Fort-Brescia. “We gave it a sense of movement; it is an organic building shaped by natural forces.â€
Fort-Brescia includes 500 architects in offices [...]
A Louisiana home that marries time-honored cooling strategies with sleek contemporary form has won national honors for Michael Hughes and Selma Catovic Hughes, both recent additions to the UA School of Architecture faculty.
The residence they designed for Rick and Susan Moreland of Baton Rouge, La., is one of four selected nationally to receive the [...]
It’s official: Two of the most iconic buildings in the United States — the Empire State Building and the White House — top the list of America’s Favorite Architecture, a public poll of the 150 best works of architecture conducted and released today by Harris Interactive and the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
This time, at [...]
San Francisco Architects Receive Funding from The American Institute of Architects, Celebrating its 150th Anniversary The American Institute of Architects San Francisco Chapter (AIA San Francisco) has been awarded $5,000 of grant funding from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington, D.C. to develop a pioneering initiative that provides residents, developers and builders detailed [...]
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded New York-based Peter Marino Architect PLLC the 2007 AIA Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture for the design of the Louis Vuitton boutique at the Landmark building in Hong Kong. The AIA Institute Honor Awards recognize works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design. The [...]