Inspiration: Collections

Designing a large-scale contemporary building using this structural archetype still presents structu ral challenges and can spur impressive innovations.

The story of France's evolution can be traced through the country's waterways and docks.

The incredible ability for imagery to send a shiver down one’s spine translates into very real feeli ngs of wonder and awe in built projects.

These projects take tree-houses and cabins to a whole new level.

Each project is multipronged including several separate wings or cabins, which together create the s ense of a self-contained village.

Her extensive collection of design for tables, chairs, lamps and dinnerware took center stage at Des ign Shanghai.

Explore weightiness in Swiss museums, from concrete Brutalism to James Turrell's ethereal mountain S kyspace.

By using in-house design to imagine and erect these inspiring spaces, the following eight architectu re firms took on a task that is just as challenging as it is exciting.

At each one of these homes, consideration is taken in order to create peace, lightness and serenity — the color white is used as an intentional tool in achieving such ends.