ArchDaily

AUGUST 28, 2024

These materials highlight the varied geology of Latin America and illustrate how local cultures have adapted their construction methods to natural conditions, resulting in unique and meaningful architecture. Rory Gardiner Latin American architecture is rich and diverse.

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MAY 7, 2025

The post ‘america is a nation of porches’: US pavilion celebrates ‘porchness’ at venice biennale appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. designboom visited the venice architecture biennale's US pavilion and spoke with the team to discover the spirit of american 'porchness.'

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MAY 5, 2025

Seven outstanding new cultural spaces from Asia, the Americas, and Europe emerged through a rigorous process that assessed their aesthetic qualities and ability to promote ecumenical aims at a moment of "clear need" to connect with other cultures globally.

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MAY 20, 2024

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has announced 18 finalists for the 2024 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence. The program, which was established in 1979, is considered among the highest achievements in the real estate development industry and honors completed projects that are exemplary of its mission of promoting best practices in development.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Docomomo US is back again with its 2023 Modernism in America Awards winners. “This year's Modernism in America Awards celebrate the ongoing journey of Modern preservation. “These projects are beacons of inspiration, showcasing the transformative power of preserving and reusing Modern sites.

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APRIL 21, 2025

The images are courtesy of Optima The post Optima designs apartments with America's "largest private rainwater harvesting" system appeared first on Dezeen.

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MARCH 7, 2025

When it launched in 1934 it immediately captured the public's imagination, with Chrysler soon branding it "America's most talked-about car". While Chrysler promoted its modernity, proudly telling buyers it was years ahead any car in America and would "stay modern for years" , it seems that people weren't ready for the car's radical design.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 27, 2024

Image © Juan Manuel McGrath, Iwan Baan, Rodrigo Chapa The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) at the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology has announced the shortlist of 53 Outstanding projects.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Elsewhere, we saw notable projects such as North America’s first 3D-printed three-story home and the world’s tallest 3D-printed tower in Switzerland , and innovative research led by institutions including MIT, Princeton, ETH Zurich, and IAAC, dwelling on topics as diverse as fish scales to liquid metal.

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Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2024

The best new developments in North America as selected by the 2024 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence have been announced by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) in continuation of a tradition that dates to 1979.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 9, 2025

Atelier and Residence EA / AMZ Arquitetos. Mara Acayaba The spaces where artists create their work reveal a great deal about their creative journeytheir techniques, themes, and inspirations. These places hold memories , intimacy, and emotional connections. For some artists, the studio is a secluded space, free from distractions.

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Archinect

MARCH 9, 2023

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced a new partnership with CBS on the second season of America ByDesign it says will help to showcase “the immense value of architecture to a national mainstream audience.”

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JUNE 27, 2024

The Cycle 5 Outstanding Project winners of this year's Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize have been announced in both MCHAP.emerge and The Americas Prize categories.

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Archinect

JULY 1, 2024

It adds to another recent analysis of the point access block dilemma from the Center for Building in North America in May. He says: “Reforming the building code and allowing for taller point access blocks, similar to Paris’ Olympic Village, is a great first step in unlocking high-performance housing.

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Archinect

JUNE 4, 2024

Things are looking up (way up) this week for what may become North America’s new tallest building: Southern California-based firm AO announced in a social media post today that the Oklahoma City Council had approved the development team's request for unlimited building height for the proposed 1,907-foot-tall Legends Tower.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 14, 2024

Image © Michael Moran If you follow housing policy in America , you may have noticed a particular term cropping up a lot recently: social housing. This distinction is important, because we already have a dizzying array of policies at different levels of government guiding housing production in America. and Viennese success stories.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The hard-fought efforts and dedication of preservationists across the country have been honored through the 2024 edition of Docomomo ’s annual Modernism in America Awards. This year, a total of 16 projects were selected to earn Award of Excellence and Citation of Merit distinctions.

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Archinect

JUNE 14, 2024

The Norman Foster Foundation has unveiled details of its new Essential Homes prototype design with Holcim that will deliver low-cost options for emergency shelter in Latin America using low-carbon concrete and cement products in demonstration of the principles of a circular economy.

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Archinect

JULY 15, 2024

” It comes as Europe is miles ahead of North America (Asia-Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand) in developing mainstream mass timber systems. “They [North America] have a mature market where woodworkers and integration shops work alongside billet producers to service the market,” Adrian Mitchell told the outlet.

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MAY 9, 2024

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize nominees have been announced along with a jury for the biennial award's 5th cycle by the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 3, 2023

With the intention of discovering the different ways it has been used, we set out to select 12 projects distributed throughout Latin America, spanning Argentina , Brazil, Bolivia , Chile , Mexico , Paraguay , Peru , and Ecuador. Read more »

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2025

The post Everything you need to know about America's next tallest building appeared first on Dezeen. It could establish a wide grassroots buy-in to small, dense and affordable revitalization projects along established transit corridors."

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MAY 18, 2023

The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has selected a team comprising RS&H , Populous , and Zia Engineering & Environmental Consultants to spearhead the Spaceport America Master Plan Project. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico , Spaceport America is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world.

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ArchDaily

MAY 6, 2024

Monument to the Summit of the Americas. Delving into the importance of community architecture, popular appropriation, urban character, and other concepts, this article explores the history behind the Monument to the Summit of the Americas through a series of narratives, documents, drawings, and images captured by the lens of Pino Musi.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Detroit has debuted an EV charging roadway concept from Electreon inside of its new Michigan Central Station innovation district they say represents a “major milestone in the future of mobility” as the first-ever wireless charging roadway in America.

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APRIL 21, 2025

A timely look into the AEC industry’s influence over urban policies and segregation, the project aligns with the philanthropy’s larger $18 million initiative aimed at studying polarization in contemporary America.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Image © Moises Carrasco Honduran architect Angela Stassano is contributing to Central America's architectural landscape with her applied research regarding bioclimatic designs. View of las casitas from the street in El Barrial neighborhod.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

The Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA recently announced its slate of Spring 2024 programming, highlighted by an exhibition that retraces the development of modernism in Latin America from the pre-war outset to its critical demise as the movement in the early 1980s.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 9, 2025

Through an invitation to contemplate our surroundings, several architecture professionals in Latin America embark on the challenge of constructing structures that interact with nature , reinterpret certain building typologies, or become part of the learning and teaching of architecture for future generations.

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Archinect

APRIL 15, 2025

The country's problems reflect that of America's housing crisis , which has only gotten worse with the threat of new tariffs while the industry attempts to recoup about 4.5 million homes. Housing policy, as a result, is fast becoming a top-line political issue in both countries.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2024

billion buildings over an area of 58 million km² in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The team had a simple vision: to fill a major gap in data for population and density in the developing world. Now in its third version, their dataset contains polygons for 1.8

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 18, 2023

No Footprint House / A-01 ©Fernando Alda In the context of global initiatives to promote energy efficiency and the decarbonization of buildings, Latin America is at the center of the debate.

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designboom

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The post inside pininfarina of america, from biophilic towers and lounge to design principles and more appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 28, 2025

Maurice Cox , who served as the Chair for this year's jury, stated he was "proud that the winners are increasingly a reflection of who we are in America and who we hope to be."

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2023

The 2023 list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places, compiled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, includes: Osterman Gas Station, Peach Springs, Arizona Little Santo Domingo, Miami, Florida Pierce Chapel African Cemetery, Midland, Georgia Century and Consumers Buildings, Chicago, Illinois West Bank of St.

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MARCH 13, 2024

A new home design that stands as North America’s first three-story 3D printed structure has been completed in Canada using a special printer from the Danish construction technology firm COBOD.

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MAY 24, 2024

Stephen Smith is a former journalist and the Executive Director of the Brooklyn-based Center for Building in North America. You’ll notice that the American plans have significantly more floor area for the same number of bedrooms, and have much more lightless interior space up against the common corridor to fill.

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