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Exploring the relationship between water and urban life, Blue Urbanism focuses on the ways architect ure can facilitate how we perceive and value our ties to the sea. Taking case studies from across the world, this series will take a critical look at the ways contemporary cities are evolving alongside the environment. Architecture dances with the…
Not counting a few recent cold snaps, the unseasonably mild weather has conjured visions of outdoor living and entertainment for many, us included. So to celebrate spring, we highlight 10 favorite, recent residential and hospitality furnishings that have been designed to withstand the elements. Anglepoise Anglepoise: Original 1227 Giant OutdoorA while back, we shared about…
Explore possibilities for converting inner-city land covered with shuttered industrial facilities.
From Piet Blom’s Cube-Houses to the iconic Erasmus Bridge, the city’s architecture reveals the evolu tion of its design culture over the last three decades.
From low-rise housing blocks to high-rise towers, these Mexican apartment buildings are at the foref ront of urban housing for the 21st century.
These spanking new facilities provide spaces not only for opera, but a number of performing arts enj oyed by the public.
Some people really don’t like to commute. Recent technologies may have altered previous conditions r equiring work to be done in centralized locations, allowing more flexibility for people to decide where they live, but there’s a fine line between choosing to live near one’s work and choosing to live above, below or within it. That’s the…
Zaha Hadid, one of architecture’s most cherished and controversial figures, has sadly passed a way, cutting short an extraordinary and groundbreaking career. Hadid was the first woman to receive both the Pritzker Prize in 2004 and the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Gold Medal in 2016 for her achievements, which brought us some of the most…
The single, stand-alone movie theater has transformed quite a lot in its short life. Lone screens we re originally mainstream staples (one for every town) and took on a life as local social centers, with the architectural attention to boot, before dying off to make way for anonymous, one-size-fits-all megaplexes. As this transformation matures into the…