New Skins: 8 French Museums Rethinking the Urban Façade
These façades combine cultural expression with advanced material assemblies. They are new skins that balance monumentality and articulation.
Inspiration
Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
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Weathered Wonder: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekten Proposes a Dramatic New Overlook in Alsace, France
The Oslo-based firm won an international competition to design an observation deck at the site of an old quarry and abandoned railway.
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Architectural Details: The Salvaged Façades of Collage House
Composed of salvaged materials, S+PS Architects’ Collage House is a poetic amalgamation of the surro unding urban landscape.
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Overflowing With Nature: Growing Façades in Vietnam
A growing trend in Vietnamese architecture can be found in the green façades and hanging gardens spr outing throughout the country.
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Architects Given Just Days to Submit Proposals for Trump’s Border Wall
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will start accepting bids for President Trump’s border wall as early as March 6.
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Constructing a Comeback: SHoP Unveils Ambitious Plans for the Tallest Tower in Detroit
SHoP Architects and Hamilton Anderson Associates reveal new images for their massive development in downtown Detroit.
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“The Project of a Lifetime”: o2 Architecture Revives a Mid-Century Modern Classic in Palm Springs
O2 Architecture designed two new projects in Chino Canyon: one a contemporary, sustainable design fr om the firm; and a vision from the late modernist architect Al Beadle.
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Studio Gang Completes a Second Stunning Boathouse Project on the Chicago River
Studio Gang designs a new boathouse for Chicago’s South Side riverfront.
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MVRDV Takes On the Entire City of Glasgow
The Glasgow City Council has called upon MVRDV and Glasgow-based firm Austin-Smith:Lord to regenerat e the international city’s urban core.
