Inspiration: Collections

Mirrors have had a place as a building material for a long while, from the Hall of Mirrors in Versai lles to the John Hancock Tower in Boston. Speaking to the later example, the glassy material is especially popular as glazing on windows and other external walls, as a rather attractive skin. Its characteristics – luminance,…

Architects use brise-soleil as solutions to overheating in many hot climates with long days of direc t sunlight.

Considering environmentally friendly design and numerous benefits of the earthship, a 100-percent-su stainable housing form.

Large-scale projects and masterplans are reshaping urban morphology. What do these redevelopments lo ok like at the scale of architecture?

The importance of “place” in architecture is often used to communicate the extraordinary relationshi p between a building and its site. “Place” is more than simply location, it is the agglomeration of well designed elements that evoke a visceral emotion within a building’s occupants. When considering this concept of “place” for mobile architecture, the definition becomes…

Portuguese architecture has a long history of pragmatism, engineering sensible solutions for public spaces. The Baixa district in downtown Lisbon was designed in the 18th century to place all of the public squares in proximity to the town hall, arranged to meet modern needs of efficiency and order. These were spaces of transportation or commerce,…

Seattle architecture has earned a reputation for integrated, systems-based design approaches.

The design is highly utilitarian, splitting the program of the house between private and public livi ng spaces with a breezeway or “dogtrot.”

  Tight deadlines, public presentations, keeping up with countless clients, consultants, and contrac tors … as an architect, one can get pretty burnt out during the heat of summer — I for one could do with taking off into the wilderness every once in a while! Of course, when it comes down to it I’m still…