Reports on the latest and greatest from the architecture and building-product industries.
The futuristic metropolis of Tokyo and its scenic bay have long invited outlandish concepts for dras tic development. For evidence, look no further than the gargantuan Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid. However, a recent proposal from Kohn Pedersen Fox and Leslie E. Robertson Associates takes architectural ambitions for this vast urban center to a whole new level. The…
“My purpose is to deliver thoughtful, original modern architecture that is as accessible as it is be autiful, as humanist as it is disciplined.” Richard Meier’s powerful words could well apply to any of his firm’s carefully detailed designs over the past 50 years, but yesterday he was referring to a project that is, in many…
It is no secret that the world’s urban population is picking up, and, in many cases, urban ren t prices are rising with it. Architects are continually inventing new solutions to confront the challenges of maximum unit count paired with minimum budget, all the while incorporating architecture’s latest technologies and trends into the designs. Design, of…
It’s been a long journey, but Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive will finally celebrate th e opening of its shimmering new addition this coming Sunday. An original proposal for the extension by Toyo Ito was thwarted by global economic turbulence and funding problems back in 2009, and New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro…
As the submission deadline approaches for this year’s A+Awards — the world’s largest awards program for architecture and products — we asked the winners from 2015 about the secrets behind their successes, the exciting new projects on their drawing boards, and their personal architectural inspirations. Up next, it’s architectural movie makers Spirit of Space, a…
the day after Architizer brings the best of architecture and design to NYC with our awards, the pane l at PSFK 2016 will host ceo marc kushner and share important industry insights. The themes that resonate in the A+ winners’ work have implications for anyone involved in the creative process, no matter what they produce. The…
Architizer’s upcoming A+Awards is a study in intersections: between architecture and society, betwee n design and function, between big, lofty theories and tactile real-world application. So why should the trophy, the very thing that all entrants are going before over 300 jurors in order to win, be any different? The trophy was developed in partnership with…
While the architectural world is often preoccupied with awards that serve to adulate prominent indiv iduals within the profession, Architizer’s A+Awards brings it all back to what matters most: fantastic buildings. Focusing on the projects themselves helps architecture firms of all shapes and sizes earn global recognition, no matter where they hail from or what typology…
New York is accustomed to transformation. Here, gritty industrial areas become fashionable loft spac es, train tracks become elevated parks and defunct schools are revived as museums. In a metropolis of over eight million people, you’ll hear more than eight million opinions on the evolution of the city. On January 20th at the 92nd Street Y,…