Inspiration: Collections

Between eclectic building traditions and distinct natural conditions, Thailand’s architecture has ev olved alongside a growing tourism industry.

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…

The recent boom in modern extensions and remodeling of traditional abodes has created new opportunit ies for architects to practice their creativity under site-specific circumstances.

Whether triangles are used in even conformations to create a shell-patterned skin of a building, or they are employed in a variety of sizes to create 3D surfaces, triangulated façades make a statement.

As the story goes, during the recess between world wars, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed a startli ngly modern home for a Jewish businessman and his new wife in Czechoslovakia. The Villa Tugendhat, a building of dramatic vertical and horizontal lines marked by a large room with floor-to-ceiling windows, managed to survive many instances of…

Photography studios are a curious type of space. Not quite open-air art studio, and not usually havi ng a fixed formal layout, they are part of a range of building typologies that can morph and change according to needs. There isn’t a single template that guides the design of a photography studio, and as such, they…

Located on an ancient lakebed bounded by river valleys, Taipei is a world all its own. Known for its blended mix of cultures and traditions as a global metropolis, the city is continuously redefining its architectural identity. Traditional design elements like wood construction, an axis of symmetry, key bricks and enclosed courtyards are often creatively…

On Friday, we shared some of our favorite product highlights at Milan Design Week designed by fellow architects, both up-and-coming and established. Today, we continue our Milan recap with 11 more of our top picks not by architects, from tile and veneer to tables and even a rocking horse. ALPISwedish design group Front played with…

Yellow exerts a powerful presence wherever its used, and its implications should be considered caref ully.