Articles by Ushma Thakrar

These innovative projects rethink the normative building-ground relationship.

The wood used to make the concrete molds is often sandblasted to exaggerate the impression of the gr ain left on the concrete.

The scale at which laser cutting is employed by architects has changed dramatically in the last few years.

Since the Modernist period, architecture has had the combination of service and living spaces as one of its core considerations. Functionalist architects, following in the tradition of machine aesthetics, sought to celebrate the spaces that allow for the operation of a building. This philosophy was epitomized by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier’s body of work —…

Since Swiss-French modernist architect Le Corbusier wrote his seminal “Five Points Towards a New Arc hitecture” in 1926, the discipline has seen countless interpretations of modernism and an ever-diversifying range of trends throughout the postmodernist period. The following series of contemporary homes all follow at least the very first of Le Corbusier’s foundational principles: the supports.…

These wooden façades that are operable at the will of the inhabitants, allowing for customizable deg rees of shade and privacy.

These museums are constructed using a single cladding material, blurring the line between roof and f açade.