Inspiration: Collections

While not an integral part of Japanese building traditions, the courtyard has become increasingly pr ominent in present-day Japan.

“Seeking everyday magic.” This is the tagline for Manuel Pita’s Instagram page (@sejkko). In this re porter’s opinion, however, the sentiment is too humble: Sejkko doesn’t find everyday magic as much as he uses his artistry to infuse magic into the everyday. The tool he uses to achieve his alchemy is one that will be familiar…

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South Korea has emerged as one of the most highly urbanized countries in the world. Much of this dev elopment centers around its capital city, Seoul, where over half the population lives in high-rises. This dense urban condition has radically defined South Korea’s architecture and its formal language. Surrounded by diverse building styles from the country’s…

Modern layouts and sleek materials make these tiny homes both cost effective and striking dwelling p laces.

Although it was later embedded in a specific philosophical and moral stance towards architecture, th e Brutalist movement originated in a more basic appreciation of the exposed, unadorned appearance of concrete — béton brut. The raw beauty of the building material, championed by Le Corbusier and countless others since, has symbolized not a visual poverty in…

Previously on Architizer, we have discussed photorealism, a genre of painting that aspires to the un canny illusionism of photographs. There is a converse to this, of course: photos that capture scenes of such boldness and clarity one would think they were looking at a painting. Instagrammer Yener Torun is an expert in such photographs. He…

It's possible to have the best of both rural and contemporary 21st-century agricultural facilities t hat hearken back to traditional agricultural typologies.

Curtains may not be a hot topic in architecture, but these tactile textiles do have the power to rad ically transform our perceptions of space.