Richard Layton Crowther was a “green” architect back when that term referred either to a color, golf or money.
Mr. Crowther, who died of natural causes Dec. 25 at age 96 at Rose Medical Center, designed homes and offices that he called ecologic and solar.
But he also was a talented designer – he authored the Cooper [...]

Joe Valerio, founding partner of Chicago-based Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (VDTA), is the 2006 Architect of the Year, says the Chicago Tribune. The only architect, Valerio is one of 16 individuals named in the Chicagoan of the Year program.
The announcement comes on the heels of two prestigious honor awards. For the Kresge Foundation Headquarters in [...]

Behr Browers Architects, Inc is an award winning architectural firm located in Westlake Village, California conveniently located between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, only 20 minutes from Malibu. Our well established and growing firm is widely recognized for producing unique architecture and high-end quality design. In addition, our office is at the leading edge of [...]

Amid other shops still under construction, the home furnishings store Studio C by California Design Center opened Dec. 1 in Oro Valley’s Steam Pump Village shopping center.
The new store, at 11085 N. Oracle Road, is named Studio C to distinguish it from the California Design Center on East Fort Lowell Road, said General Manager Amy [...]

CCS Architecture, an award winning architectural firm is looking for a Project Manager/Project Architect to join our expanding SoHo office. Seeking architects with 10+ years experience, restaurant & residential experience required. We offer great growth potential for motivated individuals who are looking to advance their careers and are willing to take on responsibility. Our work [...]

The architect selected to design the new Tampa Museum of Art might have the job, but still lacks something else: a state license.
State law makes it a first-degree misdemeanor to offer architectural services without a Florida license.
“You just can’t do that in Florida,” said Les Smith, an investigator for the state’s Department of Business and [...]

Developers in a business district west of Paris have selected a design by an award-winning American architect for a bold new building nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower — and powered partly by the wind.
The 984-foot-high building, dubbed the Lighthouse, is to be designed by Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and erected at La [...]

Carnegie Mellon University’s Urban Laboratory architecture students will show the results of public input for two North Side projects when they present their designs at two events, tomorrow and Thursday, both at 6:30 p.m.
Tomorrow, at the Childrens’ Museum, a lab team will unveil its ideas for making the North Side’s various neighborhoods and attractions [...]

In a move likely to upset traditionalists, cheer modernists and widen the gulf between them, the U.S. General Services Administration has bypassed classicist Thomas Gordon Smith for its influential chief architect post and instead has chosen Les Shepherd, a veteran architect at the agency.
The GSA, which has an annual construction portfolio of more than $1 [...]

Calty Design Research, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation is seeking experienced automotive exterior, interior, color and a wheel designer at its Ann Arbor, Michigan, Design Studio. Activities will primarily focus on production design development for North American vehicles.
Calty Design Research is also seeking an interior designer at its Newport Beach, California, Design Studio. Activities [...]

After studying landscape architecture at Cornell University in the 1930s, Ruth Shellhorn traveled home to South Pasadena on a mail boat through the Panama Canal. On her journey, she kept a meticulous diary of the exotic plants she encountered in Central and South America: bougainvillea, palm trees, birds of paradise.
With her rigorous training and new [...]

Interior design is a premium service industry that should re-evaluate its marketing strategies and increase its pricing structures, according to recent survey results compiled by Design Management Company (DMC), bi-coastal consulting and management firm for the interior design industry. In a state-wide survey of interior designers based in California, results show a dramatic recent shift [...]