Invention of the Environment in Architecture As the effects of man-made climate change become apparent, it is now clear that architecture needs an environmental history. The Canadian Centre for Architecture is initiating a collaborative and multidisciplinary research project to write such a history. From Sorry, Out of Gas in 2007, in which we highlighted the … Continue reading CCA Mellon call for proposals →

RCR Arquitectes of Spain have been selected as the 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates. Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta are the first to share the prize three ways, as well as including the third ever female recipient. Founded in 1988 in Olot, Spain, RCR Arquitectes reached early success with a 1989 lighthouse competition. … Continue reading RCR Arquitectes Awarded 2017 Pritzker Prize →

Abstract “If we are to offer a sound advice about how architectural practice ought to function, we must know more about how it functions now” (Cuff 1992: 6) Until the 1970s architectural researchers have focused all their attention on the professional products – buildings and places. The process of design was considered as insignificant; it … Continue reading Ardeth Call for Papers →

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineering students won the first round of the design and build category at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Design Weekend at Texas A&M that took place  January 29 – 30, 2016. Over 100 teams participated in the design weekend. The event was co-sponsored by Hyperloop Technologies and SpaceX. The MIT team … Continue reading MIT Team Wins Hyperloop Pod Design Competition →

Maristella Casciato, former associate director of research at the Canadian Centre for Architecture and expert on 20th century European architecture, has been named the Getty Research Institute’s new Senior Curator of Architectural Collections. “Maristella Casciato is an exceptionally accomplished scholar.  Her wide-ranging interests such as recent in-depth research into architecture of postcolonial India and non-Western contributions to city planning will … Continue reading Casciato Named Getty Research Institute’s New Architecture Curator →

Alejandro Aravena of Chile has been selected as the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate. He becomes the 41st laureate of the Pritzker Prize, the first Pritzker Laureate from Chile, and the fourth from Latin America, after Luis Barragán (1980), Oscar Niemeyer (1988), and Paulo Mendes da Rocha (2006). The 48-year-old Aravena is an architect based … Continue reading Alejandro Aravena Awarded Pritzker Prize →