Reports on the latest and greatest from the architecture and building-product industries.
No matter what shape or size a building, how architecture interacts with light and shade can transfo rm a space from a beautiful building to an ethereal and memorable one. In recent times, architects have been playing with light as an integral feature of a building’s life through a variety of ways, from graphic and colorful…
Known as America’s grandest and oldest exposition of contract interiors, NeoCon returned to Chicago’ s Merchandise Mart with a plethora of exciting designs for the various commercial markets, from office and education to hospitality and healthcare. We scoured the show floors to share our favorites with you but also took the time out to get inside…
Tomorrow marks the opening of Herzog & de Meuron’s extension for London’s Tate Modern. Sixteen y ears after the firm’s transformation of the Bankside Power Station into the original Tate Modern building, the Switch House will provide the iconic cultural institution with a new 10-story space topped by a 360-degree lookout of the city. Set above…
The 158-year-old lighting brand Louis Poulsen is making a major investment in the U.S. market with i ts first-ever permanent brick-and-mortar stateside showroom in Los Angeles. Positioned in the Helms Bakery District, a design hub of the sprawling metropolis, the grade-level showroom is the first step in a series of efforts that will increase brand awareness…
While many contemporary architects have shunned traditional brick materials in favor of flashy glass and steel, this ancient and reliable building method can still be put to use in ways that are exciting and innovative. Brick has been used for thousands of years in constructing a number of different building typologies, but this material finds…
This museum is one of the deepest buildings of its kind, both physically and metaphorically.
The Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo is known to pull out all the stops to ensure that its projects f it the needs of the surrounding environment. The front page of its official website clearly states the firm’s mission to “combine architecture, interior design, urbanism and landscape to create unforgettable spaces.” Mecanoo has brought this integrative approach…
Technology. You can’t escape it — certainly not on the floor of the AIA expo last month in Philly. W hether in the form of virtual reality goggles at some booths or augmented reality demonstrations in others, advanced technology was all around us. But we’re really here to talk about the tech tools that you most…
It’s no surprise that the phrase “chained to your desk” has negative connotations. The notion that o ne must stay put to get work done is deeply rooted in our society, but deeper than that lies the reason for its associations of dread: People don’t like to sit still. From jail cells to frozen passports, restrictions…