Architectural Drawings: South Africa’s Rural Pavilions in Section
South African architects are drawing a new future by reinterpreting the past.
Inspiration
Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
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Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture of the New Millennium
Explore the emerging tendency to draw on natural forms in literal ways, resulting in sculptural buil dings that evoke clouds, flowers, trees and water.
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From Aalto to Eames: 7 Projects That Prove the Architectural Beauty of Plywood
Alvar Aalto's exploration of shape and form through plywood continues to inspire architects and desi gners today.
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The Future of Architecture: How 3D Printed Concrete Is Subverting the Building Industry
3D printing challenges many traditional building practices — will its benefits be applied on a large r scale once the technology is fully commercialized?
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Back to Black: 6 Onyx Façades That Prove Architects Shouldn’t Be Afraid of the Dark
With so many intriguingly inky options on the greyscale, the many gradients of black remain under-ap preciated and architecturally under-explored.
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A Serbian Success Story: Zabriskie Studio on the Business of Architecture and Learning by Doing
Vladimir Đorić, Lela Alempijević and Milka Gnjato discuss everything from the Mia Dorcol Apartments to the role of designers in public activism.
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MVRDV’s Industrial Take On a High-Tech Architectural Icon
In Munich, WERK12 leaves residents and the broader public alike in "AAHHH."
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Architizer Asks: Patrick MacLeamy On Building Smart
Patrick MacLeamy spent 50 years at HOK, where he rose from Junior Designer to CEO. Today, he is a pu blished author, Chairman of a worldwide industry body and, now, a podcast host.
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Point of Pride: 6 Fresh Takes on Multifamily Housing in Poland
Polish architects are drawing on the legacy of communist-era housing blocks to vibrantly rethink mul ti-unit apartment typologies.
