Following a successful several-year long campaign to maintain its accreditation as an institute of higher learning, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture has announced a name change and rebranding, as part of efforts stipulated by the Higher Learning Commission to distance itself from the larger Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. As a nod to the institution’s origins as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship, the school will now be known as the School of Architecture at Taliesin.
Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture to Change Name with New Branding
Emerge / Jason Griffiths and College of Architecture - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Area: 100 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: PCS Structural, Justin Austen Design, Kim Larkin MXD Arts
Which Cities Have the Most Skyscrapers?
There’s a lot that the presence of skyscrapers can say about a city. They can be indicators of anything from wealth to modernization to density, or a combination of all three, depending on where you look. This potential to observe trends in a city through the height of its buildings makes data on those buildings valuable to a multitude of industries, so companies like Emporis conduct and distribute research on topics like the newest, tallest, and most expensive buildings in the world. Keep reading to find out about the ten tall cities that are home to the largest number of skyscrapers—as defined by Emporis' definition of a building that is 100 meters or more.
7 of MIT Labs' Best Ideas for Future Cities
Future cities have captured our imaginations for centuries. From Thomas F. Anderson’s 1900 vision for a Future Boston, through Le Corbusier’s 1924 Ville Radieuse, to modern ‘future-proof’ cities such as Songdo, South Korea, architects and town planners have considered how cities will respond to the movement of people, capital, technology, and ideas.
Today, groups such as the Senseable City Laboratory at MIT have been created with the goal of suggesting ideas for the city of tomorrow. Through a technique known as ‘Futurecraft’, the Senseable City Lab places the designer in a possible future environment and asks them to generate design proposals which could enhance daily life. As we are about to see, some of their ideas would make heads turn even in a galaxy far far away.
Step Up Your Sketches With These Basic Principles Of Two-Point Perspective
You may know about Lynda.com, the online education platform that hosts thousands of video courses for learning how to use software. But did you know that Lynda also has some great drawing, animation, and design courses? The best part (if you're a current student or local library card owner)? Lynda can be accessed for free from many universities, colleges, and libraries! If your backpack-toting, library-visiting days are behind you, the platform offers a free 10-day trial.
If you're looking to perfect your ability to capture or project building interiors and exteriors, Amy Wynne's hour-long course "Drawing 2-Point Perspective" is a solid option.
Benoit&Roselyne / DIXNEUFCENTQUATREVINGTSIX
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Architects: DIXNEUFCENTQUATREVINGTSIX
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Holcim, 41zero42, Ambiance Lumière
a+u 2017:03 – Herzog & de Meuron's Hamburg Elbphilharmonie
From the publishers. The March 2017 issue of a+u is a special issue dedicated to the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg by Herzog & de Meuron. We invited the architects as guest editors to collaborate with us in documenting the entire process from the very beginning, in 2001, up to the opening concert in January 2017.
Single family House - Tolstoi str. / Outline Architecture Office
The Barn / ZIEGLER Antonin architecte
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Architects: ZIEGLER Antonin architecte
- Area: 217 m²
- Year: 2016
CHICHI Office / Koyori + Atelier Salt
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Architects: Atelier Salt, Koyori
- Area: 45 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Gotoh, Herman Miller , TOYO KITCHEN STYLE
The Site of Last Longer Project / J.R Architects
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Architects: J.R Architects
- Area: 113 m²
- Year: 2016
The US States With The Most (and Least) Number of Registered Architects
As architects around the country gather for the 2017 AIA Convention in Orlando, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has decided to share some initial results from their 2016 nationwide Survey of Architectural Registration, specifically, the number of architects licensed in each state.
The data tracks both the number of resident licenses and reciprocal licenses (licenses for a particular state held by a resident of another state). The 2016 survey found that the number of architects working in the US has held steady, and that architects are working across state lines more than ever before. While the total number architects dropped slightly from the previous year (0.4 percent) to 109,748, the number out-of-state licenses grew a full 3 percent to 126,554.
a+u 2017:02 – Barozzi Veiga
From the publishers. This is a special issue dedicated to Barcelona-based architects Barozzi Veiga. The issue features twenty-one works including Graubünden Museum of Fine Arts in Chur, Switzerland, the Mies-award winning Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin, Poland, and on-going works Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts Lausanne and Music School in Brunico.
See the Proposed Sites of LA's 2024 Olympic Bid
As the race for the 2024 Olympics bid has been narrowed down to just two cities, the LA 2024 committee has revealed the latest plans for its bid. While the central appeal of Los Angeles would be its existing sports and transportation infrastructure (a key concern following the economic struggles of many recent host cities), the city would still see a comprehensive update of venues and several new structures.