Reports on the latest and greatest from the architecture and building-product industries.
Being an architect can sometimes be a frenetic and stressful job, and from time to time, one couldn’ t be blamed for desperately wanting to “get away from it all”. Now, the perfect project for such an architect could be on the very distant horizon: the Royal Institute of British Architects has launched an ideas competition…
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…
The 2014 Venice Biennale program of national pavilions was titled “Absorbing Modernity,” which had the premise that local, regional, and national cultures had absorbed the modern way of building in different ways. One of the most exciting places that Modernism intersected with traditional aesthetic notions and traditional building techniques was in Africa. Image via Pinterest…
The Vitra Design Museum (VDM) in Weil am Rhein, Germany, will celebrate African design and architect ure with an African theme for the next six months. The programming starts with the exhibition “Architecture of Independence – African Modernism,” which opened on February 20th and runs until May 31st, and “Making Africa – A Continent of Contemporary…
Sydney is home to an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the waterfront: The huge natural harbo r of Australia’s most populous city is complemented by the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, not to mention the building with the world’s most recognizable silhouette, Jørn Utzon’s Opera House. Developers in the city, though, are not content to…
The debate over what kind of environment is most conducive to productivity in the workplace has been raging in recent months — The Washington Post’s Lindsey Kaufman >caused quite a stir when she declared that Google’s adoption of the open-plan office might actually be detrimental to employees, while Kay Sargent argued otherwise, extolling the abolition…
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…