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Arup has been the most familiar name in engineering for the last half-century, the global firm involved in buildings designed by Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, and many others. But who was Ove Arup? The firm has made Ove Arup: The Philosopher Engineer, a 2015 documentary directed by Taghi... John Hill

The Glass House has posted a couple videos from its annual summer party, one of Philippe Petit performing an "Aerial Surprise" and the other a "walking history" with photographer David McCabe. John Hill

In late August the six winners of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced. Now the Aga Khan Development Network has uploaded short videos that feature architects and clients... John Hill

Musician Max Cooper takes repetition in the built environment to absurd extremes in a hypnotic short film featuring seamlessly edited special effects directed by filmmaker Kevin McGloughlin. John Hill

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art's Louisiana Channel has released a "cordial conversation" between Swiss architect Jacques Herzog and Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, "two long-time friends and titans of architecture." John Hill

A new short film from Seeker dives into the design and construction of AI SpaceFactory's MARSHA prototype, which won the NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge earlier this year. Although designed for Mars,... John Hill

A new short film from PLANE—SITE reveals the playful design process of Colombian architect Giancarlo Mazzanti, head of Bogotá's El Equipo Mazzanti. John Hill

Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello of Rael San Fratello have turned a small portion of the US-Mexico border into a literal playground with the installation of pink teeter totters that allow children — and adults — on both sides of the wall to play together. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project wraps up with an interview with Francisco Aires Mateus, founder of Lisbon's Francisco Aires Mateus Arquitectos. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with Stéphane Beel, founder of Ghent, Belgium's Stéphane Beel Architects. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with Madrid's Atxu Amann, co-founder of Amann-Cánovas-Maruri. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with interviews with two Paris-based partners at Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Antoine Chaaya and Joost Moolhuijzen. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with architect Enrique Sobejano, co-founder of Madrid- and Berlin-based Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with architect Fabrizio Barozzi, co-founder, with Alberto Veiga, of Barcelona's Barozzi / Veiga. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with architect Ricardo Bak Gordon, founder of Lisbon's bak gordon arquitectos. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with architect Andrés Jaque, founder of Madrid- and New York-based Office for Political Innovation. John Hill

3XN's Kim Herforth Nielsen talked with Louisiana Channel inside the newly opened Olympic House - IOC Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, about the formal and sustainable aspects of their design. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with architects Hilde Daem and Paul Robbrecht, founders of Ghent, Belgium's Robbrecht en Daem architecten. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with Portuguese architect João Luís Carrilho da Graça, founder of Lisbon's carrilho da graça arquitectos. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with Spanish architect Juan Herreros of Madrid's estudio Herreros. John Hill

Itinerant Office's second edition of its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project continues with an interview with Belgian architect Freek Persyn of 51N4E. John Hill

Itinerant Office continues its "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" project, which featured interviews with 11 Italian and Dutch architects last year, with 13 more conversations, this time with architects from Belgium, France, Portugal, and Spain.... John Hill

Following I.M. Pei's death last week at the age of 102, CBS has uploaded a couple clips from its archive, one focusing on the Louvre Pyramid in Paris and the other on the JFK Presidential Library in... John Hill

Last month, the twenty shortlisted projects competing for the 2019 Aga Khan Award Architecture were revealed. This month, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture has been unveiling short... John Hill

What began as a small conference in Monterey, California, in 1984 is now made up of two main annual events — TED and TEDWomen — and numerous other talks, conferences, and events. Here we highlight a few architecture-related talks recently posted to TED's YouTube page. John Hill

Are drones and Droneports the future in places like East Africa? The technology and infrastructure required to serve drones is the subject of AERIAL FUTURES: Lake Victoria Challenge, which took place in Mwanza, Tanzania, last year and is documented in a short film. John Hill

For one week last month, Chicago's Luftwerk, with architect Iker Gil, displayed Geometry of Light at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona. Spirit of Space has released a short film that captures the immersive effects of the projected grid of light. John Hill

Arata Isozaki, the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, explains in a short film how his approach to architecture was born from the destruction of World War II, leading... John Hill

Itinerant Office's "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" consists of interviews with eleven architects heading firms based in Italy and the Netherlands. Here we highlight Stefano Boeri, founder of Milan's Stefano Boeri Architetti. John Hill

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art's Louisiana Channel sits down with Frank Gehry in his Santa Monica studio. The architect, who turns 90 at the end of this month, speaks about everything from flunking a drawing class when he was young to his advice for a post-Trump world. John Hill

Arte filmmaker Anais Le Guennec sets her sights on Manhattan with "History of New York Skyline," an overview of the island's centuries-long architectural history in just twelve minutes. John Hill

Chris Downey, a San Francisco-based his architect who lost his sight at the age of 45 after an operation, spoke with 60 Minutes about his decision to remain in the profession and how he designs for other blind people. John Hill

Itinerant Office's "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" consists of interviews with eleven architects heading firms based in Italy and the Netherlands. Here we highlight Marco Casamonti, a founding partner of Italy's Archea Associati. John Hill

Itinerant Office's "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" consists of interviews with eleven architects heading firms based in Italy and the Netherlands. Here we highlight Simone Sfriso, co-founder of Venice's TAMassociati. John Hill

Singapore's WOHA describes its Kampung Admiralty, which won World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival 2018, as a "club sandwich," a stacking of functions... John Hill

Itinerant Office's "Past, Present, Future: about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond" consists of interviews with eleven architects heading firms based in Italy and the Netherlands. Here we highlight Mario Cucinella, founder of Bologna's Mario Cucinella Architects. John Hill