Inspiration

Metal mesh is the ultimate keeper of secrets — it incorporates just enough perforations to entice yo ur curiosity, without ever giving too much away.

Folded floors explore continuity and fluidity to encourage movement and capture new perspectives.

Do you think you can pick which of these are real wood and which are imitators?

Responding to solar orientation and building form, architects use brise-soleil to establish powerful relationships between light and space.

Mirrored metals are a marvelous thing. Architects are choosing to harness composite panels as a ligh t and durable material choice.

Formwork gives space definition.

A look into how the world’s largest window panels were made.

Collaborating with masterful manufacturers to achieve their goals, here are seven projects with rece ssed windows that thrive within a tricky practice.

This article has been produced in collaboration with BuiltWorlds, a media network and community comm itted to exploring, understanding and driving innovation across the built environment. This is part three of a three-part series by Walker Thisted, BuiltWorlds producer and resident architect, from when he visited New York for the fifth annual Architizer A+Awards. While he…