Paul Keskeys
It can be a pretty difficult task predicting the future of movement, as “Back to the Future II” writ er and director Robert Zemeckis will testify. After all, it appears that the hover boards made famous in that cult movie are not yet the real deal, and flying cars remain the stuff of utopian dreams. Indeed,…
Last year, Penda highlighted its ability to design beautiful interiors for compact living, scooping a coveted A+Award for the cleverly detailed Ice and Snow Apartment in Hebei, China. Further evidence of this skill is now on display at the beginning of 2016, as this increasingly renowned firm unveils its latest innovative interior: a bespoke gallery…
Photographer Hlinka's images look like something straight from a movie poster for Wes Anderson’s “Gr and Budapest Hotel.”
“98% of what gets built and designed today is pure shit.” Frank Gehry took the award for the most re markable quote of 2014, when his sharp-toothed retort to a Spanish journalist caused an entire profession to look itself in the proverbial mirror. Even the most outspoken architects would have a tough time rising to that…
Following the completion last year of his most significant New York project to date — the Whitney Mu seum of American Art — Renzo Piano is wasting no time in returning to the Big Apple. The Italian architect’s firm has revealed images of a proposed skyscraper entitled the Soho Tower, a luxury residential building set to…
The architectural profession can be a slow-moving beast, but for the more adaptable, avant-garde fir ms out there, a single year can change everything. From Brooklyn-based SO – IL to the Australian Austin Maynard Architects, here are Architizer’s top firms to keep an eye on in 2016: Artes Amant Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1. SO – IL…
“This is the beginning of the timber age.” — Andrew Waugh, Waugh Thistleton Architects, November 201 5 Last year, the idea that timber-framed buildings could be at the forefront of sustainable urban development was consolidated, with a number of prominent firms buying into the “forest to frame” philosophy advocated by the winners of the US Tall…
Zaha Hadid looks likely to be spending a good portion of her summer on Rio de Janeiro’s famous Copac abana Beach this summer, but she is unlikely to be relaxing on the sand with a cocktail in hand. The British-Iraqi architect has teamed up with Arup and Mello Afonso Engineering to commence work on her firm’s…
The emptiness and muted lighting of each scene creates a wistful atmosphere.