Paul Keskeys
Architectural renderings depicting real proposals can often be highly misleading, with rose-tinted f ilters deliberately designed to convince skeptical clients or city councils of a project’s worth. However, with the right person in charge of modeling and compositing, even the most fictitious of concepts can appear highly plausible and incredibly compelling. Digital visualizer Alex Hogrefe is…
Opening to the public at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this Sunday, “A Japanese Constellation ” brings together the works of many of Japan’s foremost architecture firms. The exhibition is a veritable supernova of Modernism and Minimalism, with a stunning selection of models, drawings and photographs displayed by an illustrious lineup including Toyo…
Fascinating photographs of Foster + Partners’ futuristic new Apple campus — currently under construc tion in Cupertino, California — have been revealed. Published by Mashable, the images show building work rapidly progressing on site: glazing and cladding is now being applied to the exterior of the tech giant’s vast, circular structure. The building is set for…
A conceptual design for what would be the world’s tallest observation tower has been revealed by Car lo Ratti Associati. Commissioned by a mystery client, Italian architect Carlo Ratti has conceived “The Mile,” a cloud-bursting column of public open space — inspired by New York City’s very own Central Park. “Imagine you take New York’s Central…
There has been a proliferation of striking contemporary designs for mosques emerging from architectu re studios in recent times, with Henning Larsen, BIG and Rux Design all producing radical reinterpretations of this age-old typology. London-based firm Amanda Levete Architects may have conceived the most modern mosque yet, though, triumphing in a key competition to design a…
Ban's contemporary dwelling in Yamanashi, Japan, channels the spirit of one of Mies van der Rohe’s g reatest works.
A computer-generated demonstration offered a tantalizing glimpse of how the product could animate th e exterior of luxury skyscrapers across the globe.
On the 27th of February 2016, visionary French architect Claude Parent passed away aged 93. Describe d by philosopher Paul Virilio as a “utopianist of the territory,” Parent was known as a “supermodernist” who frequently confounded the architectural expectations of his peers, producing spectacular and often subversive projects to test the rigid principles of Modernism. Claude…
In the past, the term “mobile home” might have brought to mind visions of RV parks full of glossy fi berglass trailers and the shimmering shells of classic Airstream campers. The designers of the VISTA Tiny Home have other ideas. They have unveiled a mobile cabin clad with warm cedar and Corten steel, creating a compact…