Inspiration: Collections

Concerns about sports, recreation, wellness, well-being and general health are at the forefront of s cience, research, education — and architecture.

Celebrate the harmony between man-made structure and natural environment with these Norwegian reside ntial designs.

Over the past 10 years, the A+Awards have highlighted designers playing with materials, textures and colors to create the best sanctuaries for health.

Architects are confronting how to best preserve aging cast-iron structures and are finding new possi bilities for the material in changing urban contexts.

Bofill and his team, operating out of a former cement factory on the outskirts of Barcelona, designe d surrealist housing projects like Walden 7 and Muralla Roja.

Architects are increasingly conscious about the impact their designs have on the environment. A+Awar ds winning projects have lead the way.

Traditionally built from wood, architects are reinventing the traditional sauna typology with new ma terials, techniques and forms.

Architects are designing safe havens and attractive environments where insects, birds and bats can f lourish.

Consider creative new ways that this malleable, rosy-hued metal can be used to cover walls, illumina te nooks and create bold statements.