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4 weeks ago | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Anastasia Tokmakova |Paul Petrunia |Nicholas Korody
Rigidity is the target of a new interdisciplinary project at the Cornell AAP led by ecoLogicStudio founder Jenny Sabin that developed a new system of photovoltaics that can contour more flexibly to different surfaces of structures thanks to its mimicry of complex biomechanics. It’s called...
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1 month ago | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Hope Daley |Anastasia Tokmakova
The Trump Administration’s plans for downsizing government have now turned to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), who briefly listed 443 properties in its portfolio as being targeted for a potential sale via a press release Tuesday. The list was later amended to include 320 before...
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Antonio Pacheco |Anastasia Tokmakova
Bryan C. Lee, the 2025-2026 President of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), has shared a call to action for members as part of an introductory address for the new year. In it, Lee (who recently won the prestigious 2025 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award) states his...
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Anastasia Tokmakova |Justine Testado
Corrugated facade patterns were shown to reduce surface temperature on structures by up to 3.1°C (5.6°F) in a new experiment from a team of researchers at Columbia University. Their research into a scalable FinWall model, first published this spring in Cell Reports Physical Science, provided...
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May 31, 2024 | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Justine Testado |Alexander Walter |Anastasia Tokmakova
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill has announced a new partnership with the Swiss energy storage company Energy Vault Holdings that will produce a series of prototype designs for deployable structures and vertical energy storage units up to 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). Led by SOM Partners Adam...
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh |MacKenzie Goldberg |Mackenzie Goldberg |Anastasia Tokmakova |Nicholas Korody
The show is a gem. It focuses on domestic design from six countries (Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Venezuela), produced between 1940 and 1980. Latin America had entered a period of transformation, industrial expansion and creativity. Across the region, design was becoming institutionalized as a profession, opening up new avenues, especially for women.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh |Anastasia Tokmakova |Justine Testado
Snøhetta has designed a line of lighting products for Swedish lighting manufacturer ateljé Lyktan. The line, named Superdupertube, sees a revision of the manufacturer’s 1970s Supertube product, which was given a “contemporary makeover through extensive material research.” Image...
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Anastasia Tokmakova
The groundbreaking on SOM’s $550 million William H. Gray III 30th Street Station redevelopment was held in Philadelphia this month in advance of the next 50-year leg of the historic building’s journey in service to commuters who first began making use of it in 1933. Gilbane will be directing...
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
archinect.com | Josh Niland |Antonio Pacheco |Anastasia Tokmakova |Julia Ingalls
Pentagram has released materials showcasing their new visual identity project undertaken for their clients at the Memphis Art Museum (formerly the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) ahead of the completion of its Herzog & de Meuron-led expansion in 2025. The lettering and logo included in the kit...
