Reports on the latest and greatest from the architecture and building-product industries.
FIGMENT, the summer-long art and design festival that pops up on Governors Island every summer, has selected not one but two pavilions to be built for its 2015 summer “City of Dreams” program. The two designs are well underway, but they need your help to make it across the finish line. They are both seeking…
“Architects spend an entire life with this unreasonable idea that you can fight against gravity.” Pe rhaps Renzo Piano had a point: Architects are suckers for the drama of cantilevers, and the perpetual tension that comes with that perfect structural balancing act. As always, Many of this year’s A+Award Finalists have employed cantilevers to create defiant, dynamic architecture, counterbalancing the functional advantages of extra space on the upper stories with the formal theatre of an architectural overhang. Here are 5 of the best – don’t forget to vote for your favorite finalists over here!
Every little bit counts when it comes to caring for the environment. Reusing, recycling, and choosin g eco-friendly products all go a long way — at least when enough consumers take part. Larger entities, including the United States federal government, have to do their part, too, or else their bad habits will drown out the efforts…
The idea of Gesamtkunstwerk is alive and well and can be found at Klingelhöferstrasse 14 in Berlin, where the Bauhaus Archiv is currently hosting its final exhibition before it closes for renovation.
Socrates Sculpture Park and the Architectural League of New York have named Cambridge and Philadelph ia-based firm IK Studio the winners of the 2015 Folly Program. Their winning design, Torqueing Spheres weaves a series of intertwining, sculpted forms into a meandering curved folly that encourages social interaction. The design is uniquely suited for its context —…
The winner of the 2013 Pitching the City event may well be one of the coolest ideas to infiltrate Ne w York in the last decade. As the world’s largest crowd-sourced civic project, + POOL has revolutionized our concept of recreation in the city. Very soon, we will be able to swim in an outdoor pool…
Public voting for the 2015 A+Awards is now open, which means that YOU have the power to select the v ery best architecture in the world. With the A+Awards, recognizing the best projects is no longer domain of a small group of judges — everyone gets a say in who will be crowned victorious in over…
A convergence of culture and commerce, the Design Miami/ fairs bring together design enthusiasts, co llectors, gallerists, academics, designers, and critics from around the world to engage with museum-quality gallery exhibitions, innovative commissions, talks and installations celebrating 100 years of avant-garde industrial and conceptual design. Since 2008, Design Miami/ has commissioned early-career architects to build a…
Public voting for the 2015 A+Awards is now open, which means that YOU have the power to select the v ery best architecture in the world. With the A+Awards, recognizing the best projects is no longer domain of a small group of judges — everyone gets a say in who will be crowned victorious in over…