Inspiration

PORCELANOSA's showroom is the first building in the United States that includes a rainscreen façade created out of KRION® Solid Surface.

Zinc roofs make sense.

This multistory studio contains a checkerboard façade of glass blocks.

A company called Big Ass Fans clearly has a sense of humor. But when it comes to the health and comf ort of its employees, the manufacturer takes things very seriously. Which is why, when it came to the bathrooms of Big Ass Fans’ 80,000-square-foot headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, only one bathroom fixture made sense: TOTO’s…

Unlike other building finishes, designed to resist weathering and remain static, these naturally mot tled surfaces will age gracefully, changing hues and textures with time.

They are groundbreakers, rebels, visionaries and detectives. Through their work, they’re uncovering new conditions that subvert and reimagine the future of practice.

Use of the .design domain strikes a perfect balance between the broad and the specific, expanding an architect’s purview to align with the wider design community.

Fieldworks are natural landmarks that carve out space for daily life.

The architects used anodized aluminum panels to showcase movement on the façade.