How can museums be more inclusive and welcoming of the world around them? It starts with thoughtful approaches to planning and design, says architect Erin Flynn, a leader in the cultural practice at Cooper Robertson, with success through a wide-ranging focus on diversity, starting in the earliest phases of programming and conceptual design.

HGTV has motivated viewers to wallpaper, paint, stain and more for a home renovation. The home improvement network also has inspired generations of new architects, like Allison Winn, a third-year interior design student at the University of Oklahoma’s Gibbs School of Architecture in Norman, Oklahoma.

As everyone looks to the new year ahead and the trends that will define it, we’ve noticed one comprehensive theme across the interiors spectrum, that of Sophisticated Restraint.

The Ocean Pavilion is a critical piece of urban infrastructure connecting people to the Salish Sea and a global climate-positive future. The Pavilion Campus anchors people together between downtown Seattle, Pike Place Market, the waterfront and the ocean.

The Educational Foundation of the International Furnishings and Design Association is pleased to announce its design student scholarship winners for 2022. Since the early years of this 75-year-old global design industry alliance, EF has awarded scholarships to high-achieving design students.

Reflecting the national focus on National Hispanic Heritage Month, architect Elisa Hernández Skaggs will speak on the design of the newly opened The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture in Riverside, California, known as The Cheech, which NPR called America’s “first major museum” for Chicano art.

A new scholarship fund by the Connecticut Architecture Foundation that honors Pritzker Prize recipient and architect Kevin Roche and his wife Jane has been established by the couple’s children to celebrate their parents’ historic contributions and support architecture students as they step into architecture and design careers.

With new and emerging technologies and sustainable options, some added benefits can be achieved as well, sweetening the results.

Award winners were announced by ATAS for their 2021 Project of the Year competition.