Over the past decade, the definition of a performing arts venue has shifted. No longer singular-purpose destinations, today's cultural facilities are expected to operate as flexible, revenue-generating, community-centered ecosystems. This evolution has challenged architects, operators, and owners to rethink not just how venues are designed, but how they function over time.
Buildner has announced the results of its Museum of Emotions Competition Edition 7. The Museum of Emotions is an annual international design competition that tasks participants to explore the extent to which architecture can be used as a tool to evoke emotion.
The brief calls for the design of a conceptual museum with two exhibition halls: one designed to induce negative emotions; the other designed to induce positive emotions. Participants are free to choose any site of their liking, real or imaginary, as well as choose the scale of the project. The meaning of 'positive' and 'negative' is up for interpretation: What two emotions might a designer consider contrasting? How might an architect conceive spaces which elicit fear, anger, anxiety, love or happiness?
As the technical requirements of building envelopes have evolved, fire performance has become a key criterion in the design of ventilated facades. Given this situation, analyses no longer focus solely on the individual reaction of materials, but also on the joint response of the entire building envelope under possible scenarios of external fire propagation.
The Latin American city is built upon fragments: fragments of landscape, memory, construction knowledge, and modes of habitation that remain present, even if they often go unnoticed. In Manizales—a city shaped by its steep terrain, risk, adaptation, and the constant transformation of its territory—these fragments manifest with particular intensity.
In an industry defined by engineering tolerances and performance certainty, interior finishing still relies on a process that introduces variability into every project. Even experienced applicators often depend on judgement-based mixing—estimating water ratios and adjusting by feel until the material appears workable. While skill reduces variability, it does not eliminate it. The result is inherent inconsistency that transfers directly onto the finished surface.
As part of NeoCon 2026, Kettal will host a conversation between Eames Demetrios, Director of the Eames Office, and Antonio Navarro, Creative Director of Kettal, exploring the enduring influence of Charles and Ray Eames on contemporary workplace design.
The first monograph on the celebrated California architecture firm known for their elegant and site-specific residences
In 1959 architect James Strutt of Ottawa, Canada, then 35, designed a series of houses for clients which were a revolutionary re-imagining of the single family home: a hexagon within a circle within a triangle under a hyper-parabolic roof. The concept was not grandiose but addressed how to most efficiently use space and materials to achieve a "low-cost house of 1000 sq ft" to serve post-war societal needs.
The first monograph on New York-based firm INC Architecture & Design, celebrating twenty years of work that incorporates joy, utility, and craft
A stunning survey of contemporary Mexican homes shaped by Mesoamerican ideas, revealing a vibrant design movement rooted in history, landscape, and craft.
A Book focusing on "Seamless Architecture" has emerged by Fujiki Studio + F.A.D.S
The BuildReady Design Competition is the kickoff to the broader BuildReady Pre-Approved Plans program being developed by the City of Cincinnati using a $2 million PRO Housing grant awarded by HUD. This open-call competition is asking architects, designers, builders, developers, students, and anyone else interested in the program to provide new, innovative middle housing designs for two-, three-, and four-family buildings that are also:
Announcement of International Design Competition for Pohang Museum
The first comprehensive overview of Charles and Ray Eames’s residential architecture
A new book, Scottish Modern, has been launched by award-winning architects Andrew Brown and Kate Brown, founders of Brown & Brown. The publication offers an in-depth exploration of the studio’s distinctive approach to contemporary home design, rooted in the landscapes and built traditions of Scotland while embracing modernist clarity, craft and innovation.
The book is an argument about the future of architects, an argument that says that it is important for architects to play a more significant role in terms of climate change and migration. It claims that architects will achieve that role by becoming the experts at the relationships between humans and the built environment. Architects must come to the public rather than asking the public to come to them. Consequently, the book attempts through "straight talk" to avoid the poetic language prevalent among architects writing about architecture. The book has seven sections: A prologue describes the author's path to the book, A collection of the author's experiences that illustrates the chasm between architects and the public, A brief Iconoclastic history of westem architecture describes the profession's responsibility transitioning from monuments to instruments. Proposed changes to the practice of architecture designed to enable the architects to become, and convince the public they are, THE experts at the relationships between humans and built environments. Proposed changes to architectural education designed to develop those experts and produce more confident young architects. A short professional biography of the author which may help to explain why he has taken these positions. An appendix that includes an annotated list of the author's favorite books about architecture and design.
Building a Museum is a comprehensive guide designed to assist museum professionals in navigating the complex process of planning, designing, and constructing a museum. In it, seasoned design professionals from the award-winning Integrated design firm SmithGroup condense their decades of experience guiding numerous cultural institutions through successful projects, emphasizing best practices in organizing a capital project and offering suggestions to keep projects moving toward completion. Building a Museum is a user-friendly tool for museum leaders to easily understand every aspect of the building process and includes intuitive graphics and a handy glossary for common terms. It encourages readers to rethink the traditional approaches and embrace forward-thinking and collegial strategies that could revolutionize their projects. Collaboration and inclusivity in the process is encouraged, with an emphasis on the importance of building a strong network and leveraging professional connections. Building a Museum draws on the authors' decade of conducting workshops on the museum capital project process, refining their content based on feedback from over 300 museum leaders, board members, administrators, curators, and facilities professionals. The book aims to demystify the planning and design process, making it accessible and practical for museum professionals at any stage of their project.
Expos as Great Urban Projects: Present and Future is an outcome of a multiyear design research project that has been conducted at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in collaboration with the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) since 2018. The overall research has been led by Professor Joan Busquets, with Dingliang Yang and Michael Keller as co-principal Investigators.