Inspiration: Collections

Japanese architects are designing schools that shape young minds by encouraging exploration and crea tive thinking.

Art studios can tell the stories of the development and the disasters that occur over the many years that it takes to hone a craft or a style.

Architects are creating urban furniture that transforms circulation spaces from areas that people wa lk through into places that people walk to.

Buildings are made to be inhabited. So, why don't more of our architectural photos use people to tel l stories about architecture?

From a pillow to a bench, it doesn't take much to create a cozy reading space.

Perched on the fertile soil of old lava flows, these structures explore what it means to design with dramatic vistas, rising mountains and iconic craters.

Herringbone is associated with red brick pathways. Now, the familiar zigzag is finding new life thro ugh new material expressions.

From coast to coast, new library designs have been approached as opportunities to create thriving so cial hubs in Canadian communities.

Distilling architectural volumes into a single picture plane forces viewers to confront the monotony of modern towers and to hone in on distinguishing details.