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Inaugural Angela O’BYRne Alumni Award presented to Maziar Behrooz
Maziar Behrooz (M.Arch '85), founder of MB Architecture and member of the TuSA Dean's Advisory Council, is the recipient of this year's Inaugural Angela O'Byrne Alumni Award. The award is presented to an alumnus coming from a diverse background who demonstrates...
A New Vancouver: How a Tribal Development Could Transform a City
ANY DECENT STUDENT OF history knows that all across North America, cities and towns sit atop land effectively plundered from its original inhabitants. Many of our continent’s best-loved cities, perched on its prolific rivers and sheltered harbors, were once thriving...
Landmarks On Purpose: The Vessel and The Lucky Knot
When future Architecture Textbooks are written, it seems as safe a bet as any that New York’s High Line project will mark an important turning point not just in the history of adaptive reuse but also in our popular engagement with urban design. It’s fair to call the...
Designing Sun-First: Studio Gang’s Solar Carving
Traditionally, a building's design is dictated by its purpose. Its footprint, facade, and layout are planned to house a certain kind of resident, accommodate a type of commerce, or even signify the values of the building’s owner. In best-case scenarios, considerations...
Symbolic Design: The International Olympic Commission Gets a Fitting Home
Every two years, the world gives itself over to a strange, temporary fervor. United by the thrill of competition and the spectacle of international pageantry, we suddenly become experts in obscure sports, aficionados on the finer points of uniforms, and devoted...
Building Beyond the Bottle: The Rise of Cork
For centuries, the bark of the cork oak was so synonymous with a single application that it lent its name to the product: the wine cork. Today, about sixty percent of all harvested cork is used to stop bottles, although its share in that market has been challenged by...
HONOREES CHOSEN FOR 2019 ‘EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE’ CLASS
NEW ORLEANS CITYBUSINESS New Orleans CityBusiness has chosen its 2019 Excellence in Construction and Real Estate class, recognizing professionals that have created a positive impact in the areas of investment, jobs created, and potential impact in the New Orleans...
ANGELA O’BYRNE – AWARD-WINNING AND INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ARCHITECT
GOVCON GIANTS PODCAST Angela is President of Perez APC, an international design-build-develop firm. She was named New Orleans 2016 Small Business Person of the Year and first runner up for National Small Business Person of the Year, by the U.S. SBA. She is...
Golden State, Gold Standard: California Redefines the Sporting Venue
At some point in our nation’s history, a ballpark was just a ballpark. Whether idiosyncratic urban jewels defined by their contexts and boundaries or massive suburban concrete shrines with plenty of parking, sporting venues were relatively simple affairs. You found...
Back on Track: Michigan Central Station Gets a Second Life
When Detroit's Michigan Central Station was dedicated in 1914, it became the tallest train station in the world at eighteen stories. The massive Beaux-Arts structure was designed by the same architects as New York's Grand Central Terminal Warren & Wetmore and...
AIA ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 ASSOCIATES AWARD
THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of the 2019 AIA Associates Award, which is given to Associate AIA members “to recognize outstanding leaders and creative thinkers for...
Wander the Sea: Norway’s Submarine Restaurant
For decades, architectural tourism was about checking off the established icons: the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, the Taj Mahal. Those with more than a passing interest in design might make pilgrimages to Fallingwater, the Bradbury Building, or the...