Singapore's Newest Jewel

Singapore welcomes it's newest luxury resort, (Photos: RENDY ARYANTO/Visual Verve Studios) the JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts. The dual-tower hotel was designed by London-based architecture firm…

Sydney Park – a vibrant recreation and environmental asset for Sydney

The Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project is a seamless intersection of design, art, science and ecology, an outcome achieved by the collaboration landscape architects Turf Design Studio and…

Disney Artists Are Sharing Concept Art From ‘Inner Workings’

By Amid Amidi (from Cartoon Brew) It looks like the artists who worked on the latest Disney short, the Oscar-shortlisted Inner Workings, have been given the greenlight to post their artwork online.…

Team Felixx – jvantspijker wins design competition in Gufunes, Reykjavik

The Dutch design offices Felixx and jvantspijker, together with Orri Steinarsson, have won the international urban design competition in Gufunes, Reykjavik. The task was the strategic redevelopment…

A Progress Report from the Cutting Edge of Resilient Design

Resilient Bridgeport / Rebuild by Design “We don’t know what resilience policy will look like in the new administration. There are lots of unknowns, but we can take solace in what we do know,” said…

OMGEVING wins landscape design competition in Vietnam

OMGEVING, a member of the B-DNA partnership[1] and for this competition named ‘OMG-designers and partners’, was awarded the joint first prize in the prestigious international design competition for…

Meet ArtU’s Hearthstone Team

Being a hero sometimes means playing your cards right. This past Fall semester, Academy of Art University assembled its first-ever ArtU Hearthstone collegiate Esports team. The Urban Knights Esports…

Best Books of 2016

Capability Brown: Designing the English Landscape / Rizzoli Press There were so many great books this year that honing in on just ten favorites was too challenging. Whether you are looking for a…

Loop’s Giant Illuminated Wheels Take Over the Place des Festivals

This winter the Quartier des spectacles Partnership invites Montrealers and visitors to discover Loop, an original installation on the Place des Festivals, on the Quartier des spectacles. The work,…

Academy Alumna Works on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Congratulations to Academy of Art University graduate Lindsay Elgin for her work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! Lindsay graduated in Spring 2016 with a degree in Production Management from the…