Paul Keskeys
If there is one architect who understands the challenges that Dame Zaha Hadid faced in the upper ech elons of architectural stardom, it is surely Frank O. Gehry. As last week’s news of Hadid’s unexpected death continues to sink in, one of the architect’s most prominent peers has spoken of her impact across the profession —…
Every two years, many of the world’s top architects and design professionals gather to discuss topic al issues pertaining to the built environment in the heart of the country’s stunning mountainous landscape. Hosted by the Alberta Association of Architects, this year’s conference will be held in the iconic Banff Springs Hotel, a Scottish Baronial-style castle nestled…
In 1936, a small architectural firm was founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Louis Skidmore and Nathanie l Owings. Three years later, they would be joined by John O. Merrill, their initials forming an acronym that would become synonymous with skyscrapers, the International Style and global architectural practice. 80 years on, that trio of architects has transformed…
Updated April 4th, 2016. Amidst the cooing over beautiful architecture across social media platforms in recent months, there has been a bubbling undercurrent of tension — and it is all down to the humble treads and risers of domestic staircases. Facebook comments beneath stunning project interiors have revealed concerns amongst some readers about the safety…
The Götz Collection museum showcases the pared-back potential of wood
Two startling architectural cliffhangers — the cantilevered Biré Bitori restaurant by TALL ARQUITECT OS and the sublime Cliff Retreat, beautifully rendered by Alex Hogrefe — have gone viral on Architizer during the past month. While these conceptual projects were met with a great deal of awe on Facebook, a number of people were skeptical about these…
When it was announced that Architecture for Humanity — one of the world’s most well-known nonprofit organizations dedicated to humanitarian design — was closing its doors on January 1st last year, there was collective dismay amongst architects across the globe. Architecture for Humanity had become renowned as a bastion of public-interest design, inspiring architects to…
The first installment of our new series Architectural Details — telling the story behind Toyo Ito’ s impossibly thin concrete roof — illustrated how careful consideration of a project’s defining elements can result in a spectacular example of modern design. However, architect and author Georg Windeck emphasizes that this kind of attention to detail is…
You’d be hard pressed to find an architect that didn’t begin exploring the realms of building design and construction with the help of those little plastic bricks in blue, red, yellow and white. However, there are only a handful of master builders who have turned their love of LEGO into a fully fledged career —…