Andrew Davis, Author at Archpaper.com

July 6, 2017

After founding their architecture firm, LOT, in 2012, Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis decided to expand into furnishings with their design company, objects of common interest. Based in New York, where they live, and Greece, where they grew up, the multidisciplinary studio has gained a solid following in…

June 26, 2017

In March of this year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state would set aside $1.8 billion for a Bronx infrastructure project to transform the Robert Moses–era Sheridan Expressway into a pedestrian-friendly boulevard, among other improvements. For decades, nearby residents have worried about the deleterious effects…

May 16, 2017

As Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) wraps up work on 520 West 28th Street, the firm’s first permanent project in New York, The Architect’s Newspaper (AN) got an early look at the interiors of the striking new building. Located directly adjacent the High Line, the building occupies a prominent…

May 11, 2017

+Pool, the initiative launched in 2010 to install a public pool in the East River, is now sponsored by Heineken and recently launched a community involvement website to mark the partnership. Heineken has sponsored similar projects, like James Murphy’s

May 4, 2017

The Architecture Lobby, Yale School of Architecture’s Equity in Design, and Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Women in Design have collectively launched a new accreditation program to promote fair labor conditions in architecture firms called

May 2, 2017

Finally, a digital archive of historic New York City photos that geolocates to your smartphone! This new app mines the digital collections of three NYC cultural institutions, placing the images onto an interactive map of the city. Working with Brooklyn Historical Society, the

May 1, 2017

This article appears in The Architect’s Newspaper’s April 2017 issue, which takes a deep dive into Florida to coincide with the upcoming AIA Conference on Architecture in Orlando (April 27 to 29). We’re publishing the issue online as the Conference approaches—click here to see the latest articles to…

April 27, 2017

Today precisely marks the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 in Montreal, the renowned world's fair that captured the creative spirit of late 20th-century architecture and design. To commemorate the occasion, Canada Post and architect Moshe Safdie unveiled a stamp which…

April 27, 2017

Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel Associates recently completed construction of the new Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the first academic building in the U.S. to use a Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) as its primary structure. (See images of the building under construction here.) Targeted for LEED…

April 26, 2017

The Architectural League of New York has announced the winners of Support, the 2017 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers. Currently in its thirty-sixth iteration, the League Prize seeks to nurture young designers and architects whose talent and contributions to the field merit…

April 25, 2017

Since early 2016, when images surfaced showing the skeletal condition of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center, construction has continued at a fast pace in the Village of Goshen, New York to renovate and expand the iconic Brutalist building. New pictures reveal the scope…

April 20, 2017

This article appears in The Architect’s Newspaper’s April 2017 issue, which takes a deep dive into Florida to coincide with the upcoming AIA Conference on Architecture in Orlando (April 27 to 29). We’re publishing the issue online as the Conference approaches—click here to see the latest articles to…

Andrew Davis

Posts written by this author:

Architecture firm LOT on pop-up culture, robotic fabrication, and the firm’s new design company

More details emerge for plan to raze Robert Moses–era expressway

New images revealed of model unit in Zaha Hadid’s 520 West 28th Street

+Pool gets a corporate sponsor and new website

A new initiative targets fair labor practices for architects

New app transports you through NYC’s historic cityscape with archival photos

An historic skatepark is replicated—and memorialized—in Tampa

Habitat 67 made into commemorative stamp as building turns 50

UMass Amherst completes cross-laminated timber Design Building for architecture, other programs

Architectural League announces the winners of 2017 Prize for Young Architects + Designers

Update: Renovation of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center nears completion

Philippe Starck crafts nautical dream world for new Miami restaurant