It’s that time of the year again! For the third year in a row Archinect is soliciting submissions for architecture school lecture posters. See 2008 posters / 2009 posters Please send school lecture series posters to archinect@gmail.com. If possible, please send the original digital file in PDF format, or some other high resolution format. Please note that we are only currently exhibiting posters representing lecture series at architecture/design schools for the Fall 2010 Read More...

Leeser Architecture seeking Project Designer/Architect & Project Manager/Architect in New York, NY Joeb Moore + Partners, Architects seeking Staff Architect in Greenwich, CT MASS Design Group seeking Intern in Boston, MA; Volunteer Intern in Kigali, Rwanda; Architect / Consultant in Monrovia, Liberia; and Project Architect in Kigali, Rwanda View thousands of active job listings in our jobs section | Post a Job Read More...

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[Image: Photo by Jim Stephenson]. Architectural photographer Jim Stephenson got in touch the other week with some photos he recently took of an elaborate stage set, constructed by the group dreamthinkspeak, for a new play based on Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard.” The play was performed in Brighton, England, inside an old department store, the entirety of which had been transformed into a labyrinthine performance space, complete with a Russian supermarket, a simulated Read More...

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Google has announced plans to build 480 low-cost rental housing units in seven communities across the American West to Midwest. The housing complexes being built with the fund include a range of one to four-bedroom apartments, and offer a shared laundry facility and community gathering area; effectively creating 500 new units of affordable housing. The release says that Google has also recently invested in two other low-income housing projects for senior citizens, one in the San Francisco Read More...

3form seeking Product Marketing Director in Salt Lake City, UT View thousands of active job listings in our jobs section | Post a Job Read More...

  When an economy is suffering, that’s when people need mass transit the most: buses and rail to take to work when they might not be able to afford a car anymore. That’s why it is all the more disappointing to see transit agency TriMet doing the opposite amidst this Great Recession: cutting service and raising fares. I’m not the only one who is frustrated, either. A protest of TriMet cuts is happening downtown today, from 4-6PM in front of City Hall. This month TriMet Read More...

Jefferson High School (photo by Matthew Ginn/Homestead Images)  If you’ve been wandering around the high school campuses of north and northeast Portland lately, catching a football practice or registering for class, perhaps you’ve seen Matthew Ginn with his camera. This summer, Ginn has been photographing Portland Public Schools sites throughout the city with a focus on high schools. For the third post in our series, Ginn took pictures of two schools with long legacies but one Read More...

[Image: "Storm Clouds Over Central Park" by Joseph Bergantine]. Do urban landscapes act as attractors for storms and hurricanes? “New research shows that rough areas of land, including city buildings and naturally jagged land cover like trees and forests, can actually attract passing hurricanes,” a study claimed last week. It works because the whole landscape acts as a kind of vortex or chimney: “Rough cityscapes and forests trap air. This compresses the air and forces it Read More...

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For those of you in Los Angeles on September 11, mark your calendars and RSVP now to get a seat. Archinect Sessions kicks off in Silver Lake’s Neutra VDL House with Debate #1: The Future of Urbanism, featuring moderator Orhan Ayyuce, and guests Bryan Finoki (Subtopia) and Geoff Manaugh (BLDGBLOG.) Click here for the full details Read More...

Rice School of Architecture seeking Tenure Track Position – Assistant Professor in Houston, TXRice University invites applications and nominations for two tenure-track faculty appointments at the level of Assistant Professor. These full-time positions are available beginning fall 2011 for outstanding candidates qualified to conduct design studios, lecture courses, and seminars at both the undergraduate and graduate level… Pelli, Clarke, Pelli Architects seeking Intermediate to Read More...

Here’s a wrap-up of my 31 buildings/places in 31 days: #1 – Phyto Universe #2 – One Bryant Park #3 – Pier 62 Carousel #4 – Bronx River Art Center #5 – The Pencil Factory #6 – Westbeth Artists’ Housing #7 – 23 Beekman Place #8 – Metal Shutter Houses #9 – Bronx Box #10 – American Academy of Arts and Letters #11 – FDR Four Freedoms Park #12 – One Madison Park #13 – Pio Pio Read More...

This is a series for August 2010 which documents my on-the-ground — and on-the-webs — research for my guidebook to contemporary NYC architecture (to be released next year by W. W. Norton). Archives can be found at the bottom of the post and via the 31 in 31 label. The Sperone Westwater Gallery, designed Foster + Partners, is nearing completion about a block north of the New Museum. This piece continues the transformation of the Bowery, from Cooper Union down to Chinatown. In the Read More...

Boardman plant (photo by Brent Wojahn, courtesy The Oregonian)  “Because our customers’ values power the way we operate, serving our customers means reflecting their diverse views in the way we do business,” reads the Portland General Electric website. “It’s why we consistently lead the nation in renewable power programs and why our company and employees are deeply involved in serving the community.” Oh, and PGE stock is currently trading at about $20.02 per Read More...

Deck arch Sellwood Bridge design option (rendering courtesy Safdie Rabines Architects)  Interested in design options for the new Sellwood Bridge?  The architect for the project, Ricardo Rabines, will give a free lecture on Monday, August 30 at 3pm at the American Institute of Architect’s Center For Architecture at 403 NW 11th Ave. But don’t expect Rabines to be able to answer the larger question surrounding this bridge: how we balance the needs of transit with those of Read More...

Just a quick note to say that I haven’t fallen off a bridge, I’ve simply moved back to Los Angeles after a cross-country drive (the second this summer), we’ve hauled everything out of a storage unit where it’d been gathering dust for 15 months, and, on top of the ins and outs of any major relocation, we’ve only just got home internet worked out—so I’m unbelievably behind in posting. But hello once again from Los Angeles—and expect to see more here Read More...