Architect César Pelli, co-founder of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and designer of some of the world’s tallest buildings and other iconic landmarks, has died at the age of 92.
According to a report in Roll Call, the Senate has begun searching for a new architect of the Capitol. The previous architect to hold the position, Stephen Ayers, FAIA, stepped down in November.
Illinois-based architecture, engineering, and forensics consulting firm Raths, Raths & Johnson (RRJ), expands its leadership team. George R. Mulholland, SE, PE, The Construction Specifier author Sarah K. Flock, NCARB, BECxP, CxA+BE, and Patrick E. Reicher, SE, REWC, REWO, CCS, CCCA have been promoted to principals of the 53-year old forensic consulting practice.
Multi-discipline consulting corporation Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) announced the launch of JMT Architecture and the purchase of Baltimore-based RCG Architects, the city’s oldest operating architectural institution.
A recent federal case addressed a common question arising among design firms: What use can a departing employee make of designs created while at a prior firm? In Gensler v. Strabala, the large international architectural firm filed suit in federal court against its former design director.
