Reports on the latest and greatest from the architecture and building-product industries.
Vitrocsa USA won the 2014 Jury Award for the Product+Access category and was the Popular Choice Awar d winner for the Product+Access category with Vitrocsa Sliding Glass Wall. Marcel Fontijn reveals how many pieces and parts it takes to assemble a simple sliding door.
Marte.Marte Architects won the 2014 Jury Award for the Architecture+Living Small category with Mount ain Cabin in Laternser Valley. Rising from the steep Austria hillside, the house blends into the forest landscape with its use of ash-colored concrete and heavy oak doors.
SOLISCOLOMER y Asociados Arquitectos was the 2014 Popular Choice Winner in the Architecture+Learning category for Escuelas en San Juan Cotzal. Their work as part of the "Schools Nebaj" program includes the rehabilitation of seven educational facilities in neglected areas of Quiché.
The canary yellow L.A. home where “Fahrenheit 451” author Ray Bradbury resided for more than 50 year s was demolished last week, according to the Los Angeles Times. The culprit: none other than Thom Mayne. The Pritzker winner has never been known to be nostalgic; in the wake of MoMA’s decision to raze the Tod Williams…
Karatzas Architects and Photography was a 2014 Popular Choice Winner in the Architect+Photography & Video category for Morphogenesis. Pygmalion Karatzas' work inspires viewers to cultivate their understanding of the built environment through his unique perspective of experiencing architecture.
Sad news emerged from San Francisco last week, as we learnt that Architecture For Humanity — the int ernational non-profit organization that changed the game for humanitarian design — had closed down on January 1st. Founded by Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr in 1999, the seminal organization was born from a simple idea: that architects and…
Handel Architects was the 2014 Popular Choice Winner in the Typology Memorials category with the Nat ional September 11 Memorial. Michael Arad's eight-acre design sprawls across the new site of the World Trade Center, inviting visitors to reflect on the city's past and future while sitting under white oak trees or walking around the 30-foot-deep reflecting pools.
From the woods of Finland to the American Midwest, Saarinen Houses, a new book from Princeton Archit ectural Press, traces Eliel and Eero’s journey across the Atlantic over the course of 200+ pages (and as many beautiful photographs). The common theme is house-as-gesamtkunstwerk, designed from the coordinated furniture to the harmonious relationships with the landscape. The…
PK Arkitektar won the 2014 Jury Award for the Single Family Home 1,000-3,000 sq ft category with Árb org. This vacation house sits quietly beside Iceland's Hvítá River on top of a moss-covered hill.