Niall Patrick Walsh

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Solutions to LA housing crisis honored at Small Lots, Big Impacts competition

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

The Small, Big Impacts design competition has unveiled its winners, seeking to gather "ideas for designing and building a type of housing that is sorely needed in Los Angeles today: new starter homes for the 21st century." The competition was organized by cityLAB-UCLA, LA4LA, and the City of Los Angeles, while winners were recognized in two categories: Gentle Density and Shared Future.
Reef resiliency project awarded SOM Foundation’s 2025 Structural Engineering Fellowship

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

The SOM Foundation has named Rebecca Henig as the recipient of its 2025 Structural Engineering Fellowship. A recent graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Henig will receive a $20,000 grant to pursue research on coastal resilience. Henig’s project, “Reef Resilience: Designing Modular Solutions for Coastal Protection,” will involve fieldwork at seven reef sites around the world.
Exhibition on Russia's invasion of Ukraine opens at Chicago Architecture Center

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

The exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine has opened at the Chicago Architecture Center’s Skyscraper Gallery. Running from March 10 to September 1, 2025, the exhibition gathers more than a dozen architectural and design-led initiatives responding to the devastation caused by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Archinect News Articles tagged "sports architecture"

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

As construction nears completion, the Olympic Village for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games has offered an insight into how the village is being used as part of a broader regeneration of the Scalo di Porta Romana rail yard. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the scheme is the first...
Completion nears on SOM’s 2026 Winter Olympic Village at former Milan rail yard

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

As construction nears completion, the Olympic Village for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games has offered an insight into how the village is being used as part of a broader regeneration of the Scalo di Porta Romana rail yard. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the scheme is the first phase of a long-term transformation of the disused industrial site into a mixed-use urban district.
Your next role could be teaching sustainable design/build projects in Vermont

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

Following our previous look at an opening for a Director of Facilities at the Norton Simon Museum, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for Design/Build Faculty at the Yestermorrow Design/Build School. The role, based in Waitsfield, VT, calls for a “creative, design/build-savvy educator” to co-lead a semester at the school.
Tallest mass timber academic building on the East Coast completed for UPenn

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

The University of Pennsylvania has announced the completion of Amy Gutmann Hall, a six-story, 116,000-square-foot facility for data science and artificial intelligence programs. Designed by Lake|Flato Architects in collaboration with KSS Architects, the building is the tallest mass timber academic structure on the East Coast. Named in honor of the university’s longest-serving president, the building was designed as a hub for cross-disciplinary collaboration in emerging technological fields.
Four healthcare projects by Flad Architects: Your Next Employer

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

Following our previous visit to STUDIO V Architecture, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Raleigh, NC this week to explore the work of Flad Architects. A multidisciplinary firm with ten offices across the United States, Flad Architects describes its ethos as “committed to creating environments that enhance human potential.” While Flad’s portfolio spans several disciplines and typologies, the firm specializes particularly in projects addressing healthcare, education, and science.
Harvard GSD Dean condemns Trump’s ‘illegal action against our school’ after move targeting international students

1 week ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

Harvard Graduate School of Design Dean Sarah Whiting has condemned the Trump Administration’s effort to bar international students from attending Harvard University. The move, which has been temporarily halted by a federal judge, sought to prevent Harvard from enrolling students on F- or J-visas, which would effectively force international students to switch to another institution, leave the United States, or face deportation. Approximately 25% of students at Harvard University are international.
Zaha Hadid Architects designs its first adobe-built project in Saudi Arabia

2 weeks ago | archinect.com | Niall Patrick Walsh

Construction has begun on the Asaan Museum, a new cultural institution in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The project marks the firm’s first use of adobe construction worldwide. Located in the historic At-Turaif district, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2010, the Asaan Museum draws inspiration from traditional Najdi forms. The museum is being built from locally sourced clay mud-bricks, a material with roots in the region’s vernacular built environment.