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In the past, the term “mobile home” might have brought to mind visions of RV parks full of glossy fi berglass trailers and the shimmering shells of classic Airstream campers. The designers of the VISTA Tiny Home have other ideas. They have unveiled a mobile cabin clad with warm cedar and Corten steel, creating a compact…
Zaha Hadid. Oscar Niemeyer. Rem Koolhaas. Frank Gehry. Peter Zumthor. The list of architects commiss ioned to design the Serpentine Gallery’s annual summer pavilion down the years reads as a definitive who’s-who of the profession, and 2016 is no different, with man-of-the-moment Bjarke Ingels revealing a typically slick set of renderings for the preeminent installation. BIG’s…
From the delicate innovations of the fashion industry to the mind-bending accomplishments of 3D-prin ting technologies, Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial moves beyond any one form of art and offers a diverse insight into the future of design. Amid the work of creatives such as Neri Oxman, Jenny E. Sabin and the Haas Brothers, the curators of…
Hyperions, the latest conceptual proposal to come from the firm of ecological architect Vincent Call ebaut, is named after the tallest tree in the world, a sequoia in Northern California. The name is fitting, as the striking “garden towers” combine a sensitivity to the natural world with an architect’s eye for grandeur. The proposed site for…
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has been preoccupied with some extraordinarily grand plans across the globe since the beginning of the year, but this week he has revealed a project on a more modest scale, revealing a series of renderings for the Serpentine Gallery’s annual pavilion. BIG has conceived an installation it calls “the unzipping of…
Together with Kaohsiung-based MAYU Architects+, Mecanoohas won a competition to design the new Taina n Public Library in Taiwan. With much-nuanced experience in library design, the Dutch practice focused on the translation of values to materiality. The new Tainan Public Library “represents the meeting of cultures, generations and histories,” say the architects. These qualities will be…
Architizer is excited to partner with Sunbrella® for the fourth annual FUTURE OF SHADE COMPETITION, which is dedicated to exploring space-building potentials of fabric. Over the years, the competition has generated interest from architects and designers all over the world, attracting innovative solutions that advance the technological and aesthetic potential of Sunbrella products. This year,…
Last weekend, Foster + Partners saw work begin on one of its most significant cultural projects in t he United States to date, breaking ground on an expansive addition to the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida. Foster’s three pavilions — united by a monumental canopy of reflective steel — will result in…
Moshe Safdie is renowned for conceiving radical solutions for high-density residential projects, and the architect recently added another unusual scheme to this section of his portfolio. Safdie’s firm has completed Sky Habitat, a pair of apartment towers in Singapore linked by three aerial “streets.” Safdie’s Bishan housing development attempts to break free from the perceived…