With a legacy of 35 years, the Festival of Trees is an annual fundraising event for FIU’s Interior Architecture students and programs. Each year, Festival of the Trees sponsors underwrite designers who design and build their unique holiday creations and donate the art pieces to the fundraising event. The “trees” are set on display at the gala opening and at the end of the evening the attendees are provided with the opportunity to make a donation to obtain and claim…

AIA Greenville and Nichols Architects presents design awards and check to Greenville County Animal Care AIA Greenville’s inaugural design-build competition raised $5,250 to benefit Greenville County Animal Care’s Safety Net Foster Program, which supports people in crisis who are at risk of losing their pet(s) due to a temporary hardship or unexpected emergency. AIA Greenville, Nichols Architects, participants and sponsors gathered at Southernside Brewery to celebrate the successful conclusion of the PAWchitecture competition that raised funds through the auction of…

  Jay King for Greenville Journal Bespoke dog houses. Extravagant cat condos. No, it’s not the latest trending topic for social media influencers, but rather the focus of a novel competition among local architects and designers benefiting an increasingly important program at Greenville County Animal Care. The PAWchitecture design and build animal furniture competition kicked off in July and challenged local architecture teams to create custom dog houses or cat condos that will eventually be sold at auction. The proceeds will…

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has selected ten recent standout developments from around North America as the recipients of its 2023 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence. By Josh Niland for Archinect Each project is said to embody the best practices in land use and development and will go up against regional winners from Europe and Asia Pacific for overall top honors at the 2023 ULI Global Awards for Excellence. “The program evaluates submissions on overall excellence, including achievements in marketplace acceptance,…

AIA Greenville, a local section of the South Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects, is pleased to announce its inaugural PAWchitecture Greenville design-build competition benefitting Greenville County Animal Care’s Safety Net Foster Program. The competition will bring together local architects, designers, builders and students to create one-of-a-kind, high design dog houses and cat condos for bid in a community auction that will take place this fall. Miami-based Nichols Architects brought the idea to Greenville after participating in PAWchitecture through the Miami…

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Greenville and Greenville County Animal Care will partner to create dog and cat homes for a good cause. by: Christine Scarpelli Watch the News 7 WSPA coverage above AIA Greenville announced its new design and build competition in June featuring local architects and designers creating one-of-a-kind dog houses and “cat condos”. They did so in efforts to raise awareness and funding for Greenville County Animal Care’s Safety Net Foster Program. The program supports owners facing…

The idea for PAWchitecture originally came from the Nichols Architects firm in Miami, which executed a similar project last year through Miami’s AIA chapter and the Miami Center for Architecture & Design. By Eli Kibler The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Greenville chapter on Tuesday announced its new PAWchitecture design-build competition, which aims to bring together the city’s top builders, architects, and designers to create high-end cat and dog condos. The structures will be auctioned off to raise money that…

Nichols Architects partners with AIA Greenville, brings creative community together to make a difference. Holly McKissick Greenville, South Carolina – July 18, 2023 – AIA Greenville, a local section of the South Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects, is pleased to announce its inaugural PAWchitecture Greenville design-build competition benefitting Greenville County Animal Care’s Safety Net Foster Program. The competition will bring together local architects, designers, builders and students to create one-of-a-kind, high design dog houses and cat condos…

Hospitality Design presents the jury-selected finalists of its 2023 project awards Over the course of three days, our 10 judges carefully evaluated nearly 750 entries via Zoom to select the finalists of the 19th annual HD Project Awards. The distinguished panel considered design innovation, function, sustainability, purpose, and overall impressiveness of each of the submissions (which debuted between December 2021 and March 2023). This year’s projects portion spans 26 categories, including Visual Identity, Hybrid Spaces, Lodges + Camps, a comprehensive Guestrooms…

Horizen by Nichols Architects takes Best Pet 🐈 Furniture Award! Over the last few months, our team worked super hard to design a piece of furniture that could serve both pets and humans, creating a “cat tower” filled with playful spaces and surprises. The concept design was created by @awgeezdave our partners at @moonlightermiami cut the wood for us and we had an incredible in-house assembly team @josex_fcoyula @jrodr.teto @fuzzy_guzzy17 @ariiii_1 @alixandrafleming @annietheeone @thaal_gais These one-of-a-kind designer pet homes &…