Sarah Buckley . Articles 2020 review of the National Competency for Architects The National Standard of Competency for Architects is coordinating a review of the National Standard of Competency for Architects (NSCA). Jun Aoki’s Louis Vuitton ship Jun Aoki has designed French design house, Louis Vuitton’s, latest and largest flagship store in Osaka, Japan, announcing its opening on February 1. Fender Katsalidis’ luxurious Canberra hotel Fender Katsalidis’ 11-storey hotel and mixed-use building at Canberra’s Garema Place has been granted development approval, as the city undergoes urban renewal. Frank Lloyd Wright’s school closes Frank Lloyd Wright’s School of Architecture at Taliesin (SoAT), a 90-year old standing legacy, is set to shut in June after the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation failed to reach a financial agreement. Renzo Verbeck’s Burning Man temple Architect Renzo Verbeck and artist Sylvia Adrienne Lisse have designed this year’s temple for Burning Man Festival 2020 in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Australia’s climate change action is green With Australia having its warmest and driest year, and for the world, its second warmest year on record, experts say inaction on climate change is detrimental to the liveability of our cities.
