Inspiration: Industry

Schumacher’s presentation was met with significant pushback from the audience, including one member who asked, “Why not privatize the air we breathe?”

To set their hospitality projects apart from the rest, designers, architects, consultants and develo pers flock to one of the fastest-growing trade fairs dedicated to great hospitality design: Boutique Design New York (BDNY). The show’s seventh edition took over New York City’s Javits Center last week, where we roamed 100,000 square feet of exhibit space to…

To celebrate the opening of our 5th Annual A+Awards, we're taking a look back at 80 winning projects from around the world. Want to get in on the action? Check out the A+Awards page to find out how to enter.

To celebrate the opening of our 5th annual A+Awards, we’re taking a look back at 80 winning projects from around the world. Want to get in on the action? Check out the A+Awards page to find out how to enter.

Architect Laertis-Antonios Ando Vassiliou seems to have channeled his inner Snow White fantasist for his latest conceptual project: a concrete home located in a pine forest that features glass ceilings and a swimming pool.

Most people wouldn’t associate hackers with artists, but given the way technology has infiltrated — and innovated — just about every creative sphere, such an association doesn’t seem far-fetched after all. That’s where Hacking Arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) comes in. Now in its fourth year, the festival consists of a conference,…

Since the Future of Shade competition began in 2013, competition partners Sunbrella® and Architizer have received hundreds of entries that intriguingly reconceive the way Sunbrella performance fabrics provide shade — and expand fabric’s role in shaping our built environment. In some cases, the imaginativeness of a submission is matched by the renown of its author.…

The simplicity of the building materials — bare, uninsulated cinder blocks — lends the space a mood of precariousness, reflecting the unpredictable quality of life in the midst of conflict.

New York City is full of secrets. Behind each building’s stony façade are tens, hundreds or even tho usands of people, engaged in any number of activities. The busyness of the metropolis presents numerous challenges for architects, who must carve out niches that meet clients’ diverse needs in an urban environment with limited space and an…