The proposed procurement change could materially affect architecture firms competing for federal work by narrowing how the longstanding six-percent architect-engineer fee limitation is applied.
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Organizations
The American Institute of Architects — Professional organization and advocate supporting the proposed reform
A substantial U.S. public-space competition has reached its design stage, with a public presentation on September 23. The 30-acre riverfront brief combines ecological restoration, civic revitalization, accessibility and international-local design collaborations.
Location
Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon, United States
Organizations
Portland Parks & Recreation — Client and competition organizer; Malcolm Reading Consultants — Competition manager; BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group — Shortlisted team lead; MALL — Shortlisted architecture partner; Studio Egret West — Shortlisted team lead; West of West — Shortlisted local architecture partner; SWA Group — Shortlisted team lead; PLACE — Shortlisted landscape and delivery partner; Thomas Phifer and Partners — Shortlisted architecture partner
The transfer permanently protects a seminal prototype of British High-Tech architecture and places a formerly private modernist house into public and educational use. A one-day public opening tomorrow is an immediate access opportunity.
Location
22 Parkside, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Organizations
Richard and Su Rogers — Original architects; National Trust — New owner and conservation steward; Bloomberg Philanthropies — Endowment supporter; Sigrid Rausing Trust — Endowment supporter
The transaction combines one of the largest U.S. architecture firms with a respected design practice known for corporate, higher-education and research work. It signals further consolidation in the profession while giving Corgan an immediate Durham and Research Triangle presence.
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Organizations
Corgan — Acquiring architecture and design firm; Duda|Paine Architects — Acquired architecture practice; Morrissey Goodale — Transaction advisor to Corgan
A decisive local preservation development for one of South Florida’s most significant modernist structures. Voter approval gives the long-stalled restoration a credible path toward financing, design and final City Commission review, while leaving important questions about conservation standards, programming and commercial management unresolved.
Location
Miami Marine Stadium, Virginia Key, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
City of Miami — Owner and public approval authority; Oak View Group / Global Spectrum — Voter-approved prospective venue operator and developer of the management, construction and financing plan; Restore Miami Marine Stadium — Preservation advocacy organization; Richard J. Heisenbottle Architects — Architect responsible for previously completed renovation design and permitting identified by the City of Miami; Hilario Candela — Original architect; Jack Meyer — Original structural engineer
The July data is a direct national indicator of future nonresidential construction activity. The continuing contraction affects firm staffing, mergers and acquisitions, project starts, and the design pipeline nine to twelve months ahead.
Location
United States
Organizations
The American Institute of Architects — Publisher and survey administrator; Deltek — ABI program partner
Removing the fixed experience-duration requirement would significantly alter the route to becoming an architect in the UK and could influence international debates about competency-based registration, access and workplace culture.
Location
United Kingdom
Organizations
Architects Registration Board — UK statutory regulator and rulemaking body
The referendum is the most consequential recent South Florida preservation development: it advances the long-stalled revival of Hilario Candela’s waterfront modernist landmark while opening major questions about restoration design, public access, programming, financing and stewardship.
Location
Miami Marine Stadium and Flex Park, 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, Miami, Florida
Organizations
City of Miami — Owner and public project authority; Oak View Group / OVG360 — Proposed venue manager and restoration funding partner; Breakwater Hospitality Group — Local project and hospitality partner; Bring Back Marine Stadium — Preservation and public-advocacy campaign
A highly local housing-delivery story with immediate public deadlines, the initiative tests a small-scale pathway for transferring newly constructed homes to working Miami-Dade households through education, qualification, and a public lottery.
Location
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Organizations
Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust — Program lead; JL Brown Development Corporation — Development partner for the newly constructed homes
The contractor appointment moves a significant American cultural and landscape project toward delivery: a new museum, restoration of a historic mill, and a 325-acre art-and-nature preserve designed as one connected destination.
Location
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Organizations
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art — Client and operator; Kengo Kuma & Associates — Design architect for new museum building; Schwartz/Silver Architects — Associate architect; Field Operations — Landscape architect; Turner Construction Company — Joint-venture construction partner; Wohlsen Construction — Joint-venture construction partner
A major US sports-architecture commission with regional urban-design consequences: HNTB is being asked to create an arena centered on hockey intimacy while integrating retail, entertainment and public gathering spaces. The project also raises timely questions about suburban venue planning, transportation and public financing.
Location
The Shops at Willow Bend, west of the Dallas North Tollway, Plano, Texas, United States
Organizations
Dallas Stars — Client and prospective arena operator; HNTB — Lead design firm; City of Plano — Prospective public owner and municipal partner; Centennial — Willow Bend redevelopment partner; Levin Holdings — Development partner; Cawley Partners — Development partner
The proposal could materially change how internationally educated and nontraditional candidates demonstrate academic competence for entry to the UK architecture profession. A live September deadline creates an immediate opportunity for analysis and stakeholder interviews.
Location
United Kingdom; consultation and assessment conducted online
Organizations
Architects Registration Board — UK statutory regulator and consultation authority
