Reports on the latest and greatest from the architecture and building-product industries.
We’ve gotten used to lofty infinity pools and some pretty astonishing cantilevered baths, but aqueou s ideas are being taken to a whole new level in London courtesy of Arup Associates. In collaboration with HAL Architects, the global design and engineering firm has taken on one of its most challenging structural challenges yet: the Sky Pool,…
With cities growing as fast as lightning in the current climate, it seems we are forever negotiating scaffolding and construction hoardings on every sidewalk. Typically, these utilitarian structures are not pretty: they are designed to function as necessary, formed by tunnels of plywood, canopies of plastic sheets and netting, and a spider’s web of steel…
Architecture can generally be differentiated from every other design discipline as a result of one, particularly significant characteristic: scale. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe once exclaimed that furniture design could be even more challenging than conceiving a skyscraper, given the attention to detail necessary on smaller objects. But what if solutions devised at the human…
Ever since James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro realized the first section of the phenomenally successful High Line in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, cities around the globe have sought their own urban splint of greenery and public amenity. From MVRDV’s Seoul Skygarden to Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge in London, many of the biggest names…
We’re used to seeing renowned Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura creating striking modernis t forms on a grand scale, but his first project in the United States looks like being relatively restrained by comparison. The 63-year-old Pritzker Laureate was tapped by developers EastBanc for a key site dubbed the “entrance to Georgetown” in Washington and…
While the design of bridges usually lies within the realm of civil engineers, many architects can’t resist getting involved with this specialist branch of infrastructure. The linking of two landmasses inspires visions of instant urban renewal, forming a literal and symbolic connection between communities and providing all kinds of socioeconomic benefits along the way. Bridges…
As Pei Cobb Freed and Partnerscelebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding this year, the interna tional firm is showing no signs of slowing down in its progress with significant commissions across the globe. This week, the practice revealed designs for a new high-rise building in Shenzen set to form a soaring landmark at the gateway…
Don your pads, grab your bat, and prepare your wicket … it is season for cricket, and it appears the sport is occupying the collective minds of entire nations at present. In England and Australia, all eyes are on the current Ashes series, while in Sri Lanka, the country’s Board of Investment is reminiscing about…
With 90+ categories and 300+ jurors, the Architizer A+Awards is the world’s definitive archite ctural awards program. Following the culmination of the 2015 program in May, we are pleased to showcase at some of the 100+ winners. In partnership with Cadillac, this series of profiles offers an exclusive look at several firms that push the boundaries…