Inspiration

Spanish studio selgascano transforms a 12,000-square-foot second-story space into a verdant office f or Second Home Lisbon.

Stefano Boeri Architetti envisions a two-tower design covered in trees for China’s up-and-coming sou thern Jiangsu district.

“Will there be more and more beaches as the water level changes? Will our cities become as nice as V enice, which has water everywhere?”

These museums not only contain works of historical and artistic value, but are constructed to engage with Portugal's exceptional legacy of architecture and design.

Kéré’s pavilion references the shape of the central tree in his native village of Gando, Burkina Fas o.

Each located in a major metropolis, these basements reveal a truism of city living — every square fo ot counts.

Elissa Brown’s directorial debut film, “Windshield: A Vanished Vision,” is an intimate look into her grandparents’ collaboration with modernist architect Richard Neutra.

The mountain range, which sprawls into several nations, is home to many distinct cultures, and, as a result, many heterogeneous architectural styles.

The following projects and their authors are examples of successful socially-conscious design thinki ng.