An Atlas of Es Devlin is the first monographic museum exhibition dedicated to British artist and stage designer Es Devlin, who is renowned for work that transforms audiences. For this first monographic exhibition of her work, Devlin and the curators dug through her 30-year archive, mapping throughlines that connect her teenage paintings to her stage
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office is launching the American-Made Building Envelope Innovation Prize: Secondary Glazing Systems to advance novel solutions for upgrading inefficient windows in commercial buildings to enable decarbonization retrofits and optimize building envelopes for building electrification. Secondary glazing systems currently on the market can improve energy efficiency without needing
Man-made climate change—caused by more than a century of burning fossil fuels and releasing CO2 into the atmosphere—threatens our cities and our collective future. Wood, one of humanity’s oldest construction materials, offers a path to a more sustainable built environment. An emerging system of building materials called mass timber is being used in ways that
The ASLA Awards Program is the oldest and most prestigious in the landscape architecture profession. They honor the most innovative landscape architecture projects and the brightest ideas from up-and-coming landscape architecture students. ASLA bestows Professional Awards and Student Awards and is now accepting submissions. Guidelines and descriptions for each award are available at ASLA’s website.
Surviving Logic is a selection of works by Mark West. The exhibition is comprised of graphite drawings, hybrid collage-drawings, and paintings. West, an architect by training, has developed a practice driven by his obsession with technique. Whether working with concrete or color pencils West discovers processes of production that are revealed to him through the
What does it mean to be a design museum today? This exhibition highlights how Cooper Hewitt acquires new work to shape their collection to reflect current issues and design’s evolving role in daily interactions. Presented on the second-floor galleries, the exhibition will feature objects that represent the museum’s collecting legacy, as well as works brought
On the centennial anniversary of the birth of artist Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011), The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum announced its major touring retrospective and monograph centered on her work and life. This is the first nationally touring retrospective of Takaezu’s work in over twenty years. To coincide with the exhibition, the museum has published
The Goldreed Industrial Design Award (GIDA) is an international event that celebrates exceptional design and its contributions to building a more sustainable and harmonious future for people and the planet. With eight broad categories, GIDA 2024 spans the major areas of design applied to both private and public life, including manufacturing, communication, and technology. Designers,
Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House at The Glass House marks the first time in six years that the innovative house will be on display in North America. In collaboration with The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, 36 architecture students will gain hands-on experience assembling the Pritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru
Boston Design Week seeks to increase public awareness and appreciation of all aspects of design, foster recognition of the vital role design plays in our lives, and bring new audiences to a wide array of design industries and organizations. Our vision is to encourage the public to explore all aspects of design. The 11th Annual
Home + History Las Vegas celebrates Southern Nevada’s captivating history by fostering an appreciation of historic and important architecture in the Las Vegas Valley. By creating a fun and engaging series of events, HHLV promotes, educates and advocates for the preservation of Las Vegas’s architectural resources as well as breeds renewed interest in preservation, urban
This exhibition is a concise yet rich examination of Frederick John Kiesler’s (1890–1965) experimental design practice through the activities of his Laboratory for Design Correlation at Columbia University from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. The exhibition will highlight two of Kiesler’s most essential and ambitious projects developed at the Laboratory: the Mobile Home Library and
