Ware Malcomb announced Feb. 7 that Joshua Thompson has been promoted to Director of Interior Architecture & Design in the firm’s Downtown San Diego office. In this role, Thompson is responsible for the leadership of the office and continued growth of the Interior Architecture & Design Studio.

Ware Malcomb announced Jan. 12 that Yamini Mudaliar has been promoted to Studio Manager of Architecture in the firm’s Atlanta office. In the role, Mudaliar will help lead the growth and management of the Atlanta Architecture Studio and manage select projects.

Ware Malcomb announced Jan. 5 that Lynne Orlowski has been promoted to Director of Interior Architecture & Design in the firm’s Phoenix office. In the role, Orlowski is responsible for leadership and continued growth of the Interiors Studio in the region.

The Office of Charles F. Bloszies FAIA has just completed their second project for Blu Dot, the leading design retailer, in San Francisco. At the foot of Potrero Hill in San Francisco, Bloszies and Blu Dot’s team have reimagined a pair of vacant buildings to create a new, neighborhood-friendly adaptation and a simplified, soft-modern backdrop for the successful Minneapolis-based maker of modern furniture.

The Metal Construction Association is proud to announce the launch of the 2022-2023 Metal Architecture Academy. Part of Architectural Record’s Continuing Education Center, the new academy is comprised of eight courses including an on-demand webinar, a multi-media course and six written courses.

Ware Malcomb, an award-winning international design firm, announced on Sept. 27 that Catalina Rocha has been promoted to Studio Manager in the firm’s Vaughan, Ontario, office. As Studio Manager, Rocha is responsible for leading the Architecture team and managing clients and select projects.

Ware Malcomb, an award-winning international design firm, on Aug. 18 announced the promotions of Ilbret Adeh to Studio Manager of Interior Architecture & Design and Melani Dannenberg to Studio Manager of Architecture in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Adeh will help lead the growth and management of the office’s Interior Architecture & Design Studio and manage select projects. Dannenberg will help lead the growth and management of the office’s Architecture Studio and manage select projects.

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.

Woolpert has hired Paul Heflin as a market director, leading architecture, engineering and interior design strategy for Woolpert’s private sector clients. The licensed architect has decades of experience in design and construction management, business development and international business operations.

Architecture, art and advisory firm Svigals + Partners has announced the completion of the New Haven Innovation Labs, an incubator space for startup bioscience research organizations located inside the historic John B. Pierce Laboratory building in New Haven, Conn.