British-born Freear joined the design-build program at Auburn University in 2000, and has made scalable, low-cost housing solutions for impoverished rural communities a primary focus.

Sponsored in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, the annual competition will award $2 million to fund the construction of proposals that demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits of mass-timber construction. 

This year’s 16 winning projects include an early education center in Detroit by Marlon Blackwell Architects and a girls school in Rajasthan, India, by Diana Kellogg Architects.

RECORD speaks to the former longtime president of Walt Disney Imagineering about his career with the entertainment juggernaut as he steps into a new role at Gensler.

Already nicknamed the "mini-Bean," the British-Indian artist's yet-untitled version of his famous 'Cloud Gate' sculpture in Chicago is now on display on a well-trod intersection in TriBeCa. 

This month's dates and events includes an exhibition of the colorful work of British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori at the Design Museum in London.

The winning design for Times Square Arts’s 15^th annual Love & Design competition features four artificial hedgerows arranged in a heart-shaped configuration. 

The AIANY-organized panel discussion comes months after workers at a Brooklyn firm established the profession's first private-sector union.

City Harvest celebrates its 40th anniversary with a new headquarters in Brooklyn that includes an event space and demonstration kitchen.