Articles by Zoe Cooper

Set in stunning locations, these homes strike an impressive balance between the charm of the country side and a dynamic, modern style.

These architects combined the versatility of concrete with the timeless charm of brick.

In this ongoing series, we aim to give you a travel guide to cities around the globe — with an archi tectural twist. These tours offer chances to experience great design that ranges from traditional tourist hot spots to hidden gems within the world’s metropolises. After New York City, Los Angeles, Detroit, Havana and Rio de…

In response to the landscape, Argentinian architects are turning to concrete construction and interl ocking rectangular volumes to accommodate environmental needs and accomplish aesthetic goals.

Schumacher’s presentation was met with significant pushback from the audience, including one member who asked, “Why not privatize the air we breathe?”

Jenny Sabin is fascinated by the intersection of architecture and science. The head of her own exper imental design studio and a faculty member of Cornell University’s architecture department, Sabin is dedicated to applying insights from biology, physics, engineering and mathematics to architecture and material systems. Her interdisciplinary approach has produced mesmerizing projects including Branching Morphogenesis,…

As the weather gets warmer and the days grow longer, outdoor arts festivals are popping up everywher e. For fans of theater, cinema, and live music, open-air theaters and concert venues create new performance spaces for the public to enjoy. When architects take performances outside the confines of traditional venues, the surrounding environment becomes part of…

In a recent exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, a series of vibrant African textiles hung like tapestries from an intriguing custom-built structure surrounded by a display of woven African hats. The special installation was the curatorial vision of architect David Adjaye for the program “David Adjaye Selects,” which closed this weekend. (Incidentally,…

New York is accustomed to transformation. Here, gritty industrial areas become fashionable loft spac es, train tracks become elevated parks and defunct schools are revived as museums. In a metropolis of over eight million people, you’ll hear more than eight million opinions on the evolution of the city. On January 20th at the 92nd Street Y,…