Inspiration

Take a walk through the architect’s second building on the University of Iowa’s campus.

Dig up history to discover longstanding traditions of underground architecture.

Nearly 25 years ago, Kiku Obata, founder of London- and St. Louis-based Kiku Obata & Company, fi rst came across glass with a color interlayer. “I walked into a room where there were hundreds of little 2-inch-square colored glass samples,” she recalls. “I stopped and said, ‘What is that?’ and was told, ‘Oh, it’s this glass…

These floating structures inspired by old Paris tell the surreal stories of marginalized communities throughout the city.

Architecture school only lasts a few years, but its costs last a lifetime.

Decorative screens and mashrabiya adorn these contemporary structures, incorporating historical lang uage into modern settings.

MINI LIVING — Breathe is a translucent modular structure that promotes connectivity and conscious li ving within a simple space.

In regions facing extreme winds, harsh winters, earthquakes, and even landslides, these architects h ardly shy away — instead, they apply creativity and novelty to create strong architecture exploding with suspense.

Property Markets Group imagines Parkworks, a revolutionary mixed-use development for a vacant plot n ear downtown Chicago.