The Architect's Newsletter

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The building, designed by Italian architect Arturo Mezzèdimi, was finished in 1961, the The post Architectus Conrad Gargett renovates Africa Hall in Addis Ababa with UNESCO, African Union Commission, and Ethiopian government appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

JUNE 16, 2024

The Scottish government has rejected calls for a public inquiry into the two blazes that devastated the Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School of Art, which was ravaged by fire in 2014 and again in 2018.

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Archinect

APRIL 10, 2024

Following last week’s look at an opening for Visiting Faculty Fellowships in Design for Spatial Justice at the University of Oregon , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Technical Architect - US Government Work at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In Britain, as our government has promised, we’re going to have a “council housing revolution”, the building of as yet unknown numbers of homes at genuinely affordable rents, a return to policies of 50 and more years ago in order to address the well-known housing crisis. Which is welcome.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This 31,000-square-meter project will bring together over 20 government institutions under one roof, aiming to improve administrative efficiency while fostering greater public accessibility and engagement. Read more »

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Archinect

DECEMBER 27, 2023

There are now over 230 schools and colleges listed on the government’s register of buildings under consideration for Raac replacement and repair.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 27, 2023

There are now over 230 schools and colleges listed on the government’s register of buildings under consideration for Raac replacement and repair.

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Government Education Estimating Safety 273

ArchDaily

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Changing market demands, city ordinances, and regulations, and an emphasis on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors are all influencing what successful development in the 21st century stands for. In Toronto , Canada, the ongoing Downsview Airport redevelopment project showcases this mindset in practice.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 31, 2025

Image ke E:son Lindman architects: Sverre Fehn Location: Viale Trento Project Year: 1962 Photographs: ke E:son Lindman Photographs: Courtesy of Nasjonalmuseet Digital Archive As a result of the ideas competition organized by the governments of Sweden , Finland , and Norway in 1958, Sverre Fehn's Nordic Pavilion won first prize, becoming one of the (..)

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2024

billion more people could move to cities by 2050, most of them in the Global South — this could be a real step change for governments and organizations working through that growth. Google 's Research product manager Olivia Graham says: "About 2.5

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ArchDaily

APRIL 28, 2025

These projects frequently garner support from local governments, unlocking possibilities for formal explorations that might otherwise remain unrealized. However, cultural architecture often presents a unique opportunity for more daring and expressive designs.

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The 940-acre green space about the size of Central Park is The post German government-backed ideas competition for new housing atop Tempelhofer Feld divides Berliners appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Government Housing Space Architecture 123

Archinect

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The governments of the UK , Germany , and Sweden have all been proactive at making the technologies both more affordable and less cost-prohibitive to install.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

“The positive economic outlook, continued government spending, and falling interest rates should support growth across all sectors,” the analysis reads, pointing to a projected 2025 growth in the wider U.S. Forecasting 2025, the analysis notes that total U.S. construction starts are expected to grow by 5.2% economy of 2.4%.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Santiago Calatrava ’s marvelous yet befuddling pedestrian bridge at the Ponte della Costituzione in Venice is now in the process of reconstruction in the wake of the city government issuing fines in response to slip and fall injuries that followed its opening in September 2008.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The announcement mentions the start of planning for individually-designed neighborhoods in Phase One, which will be created by a different "suite of architects" beginning in early 2025.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As midnight approached on December 31, 1999, people withdrew their savings, major corporations issued warnings, and governments scrambled to prevent public hysteria. Image © Fernando Stankuns via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 However, this era left its mark in unexpected places — particularly in architecture.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Additionally, they will actively participate in the governance and administration of the department." The candidate will teach courses in their area of expertise, contribute to masters and doctoral committees, and provide service to the public and architecture professions. Image courtesy Texas A&M College of Architecture/ Face.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

state and local governments spending over $206 billion on road maintenance in 2021 and nearly $1 trillion in r.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The UK government has named five teams to its shortlist in the competition to design a new memorial for Queen Elizabeth II by 2026. The all-British list includes mainstays Heatherwick Studio , Foster + Partners , and WilkinsonEyre.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 20, 2025

Image Joana Frana Through the post-war 20th century, the Global South saw much influence from foreign architects, often invited by local governments to bring their expertise and visionary thinking. Brasilia, Monumental Scale. Sought as a symbol of modernity, buildings designed by "starchitects" elevated the image of nations.

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Archinect

APRIL 2, 2025

This year’s brief asked designers to consider issues latent within the UK government’s five-year, 1.5 The longlist for this year’s Davidson Prize has been announced for the competition’s fifth edition, which is organized around the theme of 'Streets Ahead.' million new homes target.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The contingent will be present to share the AIA's call on industry and governments to increase the amount of research and development for emerging decarbonization technologies. COP29 takes place from November 11th to the 22nd this year against claims of greenwashing and authoritarianism on the part of the Azerbaijani government.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2025

In a press release, Natascha Drabbe, the founder of the Iconic Houses Network, said the move would "inspire governments and heritage organizations around the world to take similar bold and meaningful action." Plans are for it to be converted into a cultural and environmental center. Image: Kent Wang/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Archinect

MARCH 17, 2025

Buildings now account for 34% of all global emissions, down from the 40% figure that has been widely cited by many in government and industry in their push to decarbonize and promote projects accordingly. Chief among its discoveries was the fact that total emissions in the sector did not increase in 2024 for the first time in four years.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The legal action taken by the heritage organization Sites & Monuments asks the court to cancel the commission of artist Claire Tabouret, which was announced last month, on the grounds that it violates laws governing world cultural heritage site protection.

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Archinect

APRIL 18, 2025

Adaptive reuse projects have lately become a growing presence in MVRDV 's portfolio, with new projects in Berlin , Albania , and Amsterdam drawing it to the front of what is now a popular charge in the EU market and amongst its governments and design critics.

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Deezen

APRIL 1, 2025

Leading UK architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Jasper Morrison and Amanda Levete have opposed government plans to allow artificial intelligence companies to train their models on copyrighted work without consent. His designs include the Evo-C chair (top) The government hopes the policy will jumpstart UK-based AI companies.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A consortium led by UNStudio will redesign the Expo 2020 Dubai site into a sustainable new model for urban living in line with the government’s Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan.

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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2025

Egypt 's giant New Administrative Capital recently became the country's official seat of government, but its development has gone largely under the radar. The New Administrative Capital is being built as a new capital city for Egypt, containing the main functions of the country's government.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 19, 2024

This period saw independence movements and new self-ruling governments asserting their new nationhood with built projects, often in what was regarded as the International Style or Tropical Modernism , both offshoots of Modernism.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Musk, a US entrepreneur and special government employee, unveiled his plans for the Dubai Loop in a speech made by video call at the 2025 World Governments Summit in Dubai. I think once people try it out, they'll be like, 'Wow, this is really cool,'" Musk said at the global governance conference. Announcing Dubai Loop.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

© Patrick Pyszka | Chicago Government | Century Building In a significant win for historic preservation, two landmark Chicago skyscrapers , the Century and Consumers Buildings, have been saved from demolition.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

One year later, pundits, organizations, and governments have stated these technologies will pose profound risks to society and humanity—from automation-spurred job loss to disrupting democratic processes to the automatization of weapons.

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Archinect

MAY 29, 2025

On the same floor, there is also the “Morioka Star” BASE STATION communications hub, which gathers various information and promotes collaboration between the government and citizens, as well as the Cyg art gallery, designed and supervised by NoMaDoS.

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Archinect

MARCH 19, 2024

The design aims to make the country’s center of government more accessible and open to citizens while adding education spaces, an area for exhibitions, a restaurant, and other user-centric amenities to existing facilities and the public realm between the Danish National Archives and Christiansborg Palace.

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Archinect

JUNE 5, 2025

Through collaboration with parish governments, community leadership, and self management, the project envisions a center led by women and youth, focused on revitalizing local value chains through bread-making—an essential element of the Ecuadorian diet.

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