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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2h

JUST ANNOUNCED: 🏆 Appleby Blue Almshouse by Witherford Watson Mann Architects has won the 2025 RIBA Stirling Prize, celebrating it as the UK’s best new building — a landmark in social housing design for senior residents. 📸 Philip Vile

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 5h

What's your view of cover letters in the architectural hiring process: Are they a relevant medium to learn more about an applicant or an antiquated ritual in need of new formats? Chime in below (also, let us know if you're a job seeker or someone reviewing applications).

Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 5h

Time to rethink cover letters? 📄 Archinect’s latest feature explores the state of cover letters in today's hiring landscape and how tools like ChatGPT & TikTok are redefining the ways architects present themselves to employers.

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In Architecture, Cover Letters Will Evolve or Die

Amid a cultural shift driven by technology and new media, the traditional cover letter may be losing relevance among job recruiters and applicants alike. To conclude our mini-series investigation into...

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 7h

🚀 This week’s Archinect Jobs roundup highlights 24 architecture and design firms in New York City hiring Project Managers and Project Architects. Take a look if you're a match! #ArchinectJobs #ArchitectureJobs #NewYorkJobs #NYCJobs

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20+ featured Project Manager and Project Architect roles in New York City

This week's edition of our curated career roundup from the Archinect Job board features 24 architecture and design firms in New York City hiring for Project Managers and Project Architects. To explore...

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 8h

Featured Jobs today at Columbia Cabinets; Paul A. Castrucci; Douglas C. Wright; Margaret Sullivan Studio; Leroy Street Studio; KAT ROSE SIMON DESIGN & lots more! eomail4.com/web-vers...

Today's Employer of the Day is Arquitectonica ↓

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 9h

The Bahrain Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, designed by Lina Ghotmeh, has won the Gold Award for Best Architecture and Landscape. The wooden structure is made of 3,000 pieces inspired by the form of a traditional dhow ship. 📸 Iwan Baan, Ishaq Madan

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 10h

The Louvre has shortlisted design teams for a major overhaul, including Sou Fujimoto, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Amanda Levete, and SANAA. Plans include new eastern entrances, expanded reception areas, and a new museographic space for the Mona Lisa.

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DS+R, Sou Fujimoto, SANAA, Amanda Levete among shortlist for Louvre overhaul in Paris

The shortlist has been revealed for the design team to lead the overhaul of the Louvre Museum in Paris. The “Louvre – New Renaissance” project was announced in January, with the competition launched i...

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 1d

Mexican landscape architect Mario Schjetnan and his firm, Grupo de Diseño Urbano, have won the 2025 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, honoring designers advancing social justice through landscape architecture.

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 1d

Get Lectured continues with a highlight of the University of Kentucky College of Design's Fall 2025 speakers and accompanying lecture series poster. #ArchinectGetLectured #ArchitectureAcademia #ArchitectureEvents

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 1d

Check out this week’s curated list of architecture and design firms hiring now on Archinect Jobs, with openings in New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seattle. #ArchinectJobs #ArchitectureJobs #DesignJobs

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Searching for new architecture and design jobs? DIAA, Montalba, Michael K. Chen, MGA, and Office of: Office are hiring

Take a look at our latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs: This week's featured employer highlight includes job openings in New York City, Los Ang...

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 1d

Check out SCI-Arc's Fall 2025 events, featuring lectures by Shigeru Ban, Steven Holl, Thomas Heatherwick, Christopher Sharples, Reza Daneshmir, and Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, plus exhibitions of Ban’s work and thesis projects. @sciarc.bsky.social #ArchitectureAcademia

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Lectures by Holl and Heatherwick and exhibition of Shigeru Ban among upcoming SCI-Arc Fall events

SCI-Arc has published details of its upcoming event programming for Fall 2025, including lectures by Steven Holl and Thomas Heatherwick, and an exhibition of the work of Shigeru Ban. Taken together, t...

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 1d

Featured Jobs today at Vidi Consulting; Michielli + Wyetzner; BKSK; Andrew Goodwin Designs; Fogarty Finger; Period; The Architectural Team & lots more! eomail4.com/web-vers...

Today's Employer of the Day is Gehry Partners ↓

Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about applying to architecture school? 🎓 Archinect’s guide lists upcoming info sessions and open houses (online and in person) for programs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning & Real Estate Development. #ArchitectureAcademia

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These Architecture Schools Have Info Sessions and Open Houses Coming up This Fall

Thinking about applying to architecture school, but not sure where, when, and how? You're in luck: Archinect has compiled upcoming information sessions and open houses (online and in-person) from a va...

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2d

Kitsap Cabin by Studio DIAA (They're currently hiring on Archinect Jobs!) 📸 Kevin Scott #ArchinectProjects

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2d

Populous has revealed new details as the $2.6B Los Angeles Convention Center breaks ground. The design expands and modernizes the venue, adding 190,000 sq ft of exhibit space, a 98,000-sq-ft rooftop ballroom, and landscaping by OLIN.

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2d

Some inspiring architectural designs we recently liked on Archinect firm profiles. Details and more projects at archinect.com/news/a...

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2d

Meet Your Next Employer explores the work of ISTUDIO this week. The firm is currently hiring a Project Manager/Project Architect in Washington, DC, on Archinect Jobs. #MeetYourNextEmployer #ArchinectJobs #ArchitectureJobs #WashingtonJobs #DCJobs

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2d

Featured Jobs today at Marmol Radziner; Walker Workshop; BNDL; DesignCell; DAHLIN; Group 4 Research + Planning; Crescent Capital; Hutker & lots more! eomail4.com/web-vers...

Today's Employer of the Day is MA | Morris Adjmi Architects ↓

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2d

Ai Weiwei’s new installation Camouflage at NYC’s FDR Four Freedoms Park covers the memorial in camouflage netting, inviting reflection on vulnerability, protection, and freedom. Visitors can add their own beliefs to the work. 📸 Andy Romer Photography

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2d

LA-based SPF:architects shared updates on two major cultural projects across the city. The news follows their recent feature in Archinect's Meet Your Next Employer series — with open roles for intermediate and project architects now live on Archinect Jobs.

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 2d

🏆 Chinese architect and academic Tiantian Xu, founder of DnA_Design and Architecture, has won Le Prix Charlotte Perriand at the 2026 Créateurs Design Awards — honoring architects who advance innovation, social responsibility, and community engagement.

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