Inspiration: Collections

From Asia to North America, these top cities are leading the way in architectural advancement.

Despite their narrow and in some cases tiny building footprints, these homes feature interior spaces that achieve shocking levels of expansiveness and openness.

From the Sydney Opera House to the Sistine Chapel, incredible roofs uplift and inspire.

Rural architecture embraces nature, each project intensifying the character of place.

Supergraphics are large environmental graphics usually applied over walls or floors. Forming a kind of altered space, they are used to build identity and transform perception.

Differing greatly in both scale and typology, these projects exhibit a breadth of flexibility while still remaining fixated on the diffusion of sunlight and connection to natural elements.

Unconventional adaptations and radical innovations of greenhouse design.

Flourishing with foliage, this year’s recognized projects featured bold experimentations and applica tions of greenery along various building faces.

Architects have been involved in set design for all kinds of performance since the time of Palladio, and opera is no exception.