Alden Rose
Architects: Showcase your next project through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newslett er. The Japanese design giant Muji has long pioneered a simple, modern aesthetic. Their home goods have become synonymous with a kind of generic, anti-brand philosophy, the unassuming and yet delightful tools of everyday. Muji products often take on an archetypal quality, parsed down to…
Plywood has created a new aesthetic paradigm for Japanese architects.
Half a century later, architects are still drawing from the lessons of the Metabolists.
The subtle presence of fire animates an otherwise ordinary construction material.
A robust partnership between the government and housing associations draws many architects to partic ipate in housing projects across Denmark.
The wall, in its most elemental form, is a tool for delineating space. Separation arises from the wall establishing limits to space, creating mass and volume. The archetypal dwelling of fours walls and a roof has long been destabilized, but the function of the wall remains. As the delineation of space moves outdoors, it…
The outdoor shower is the architect’s answer to the waterfall. Merely because of its proximity to na ture, the outdoor shower becomes an elevated space. Outdoor showers engage with a site and landscape in a way unique to many functional spaces. At the same time, architects needs to consider privacy and sight-lines for each shower, as…
The noodle bar is a distinct typology that has come to represent a space to share the culinary histo ry and build on the legacy of the noodle.
As the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games are upon us, lets take a moment to appreciate some of the archi tecture that helps make it all happen. Beginning with the first Olympic games in 776 BC in Athens, these stadiums house the world’s top athletic competitions. However, building for the Olympics has always had its unique…