Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
When author Benjamin Grant typed in “Earth” on a mapping program back in 2013, he made an accidental discovery that would fundamentally change his view of the world and send him down a path of discovery for the following three years of his life. “The project really started as a mistake,” says Grant, the author…
When asked whether she considers herself the “architect for the agnostic” in her designs for cultura l spaces, Annabel Selldorf, principal at Selldorf Architects, weighed the suggestion of art as religious experience. “We create and assign spaces to enable the experiences of such transcendence,” she proposed, “and traditionally art and architecture have done this in unison.”…
Architizer’s A+Awards — the world’s largest awards program for architecture and products — is open for entries! The early entry deadline is November 4. Click here for more information on how to submit your project or product. If there is one thing that is predictable about architects, it is that they are eternally unpredictable. New…
Love him or hate him, Donald J. Trump is a man with a vision. His presidential campaign, especially in its early months, was embodied in a single, potent idea: a building project of grand scope that evoked the hubristic emperors of old. “We’re going to build a wall,” he’d tell the crowds assembled at his…
As secluded and private abodes, modern lake houses explore themes of transparency and relaxation.
Wright's unbuilt design is an exuberant demonstration of Modernism perched on the edge of a cliff.
Customers no longer want to simply choose, but to play a role in the design process, too — according to the independent market research company eMarketer. Now there’s an intuitive Online Configurator that can fulfill this desire by offering a simple and fun introduction to the world of USM, one of the world’s most creative…
What is the Habitat III Conference, and what does it mean for architecture today? The event, which t ook place in Ecuador’s capital city this week, united more than 25,000 international delegates around the challenge of setting out the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda. This agenda lays out the expectations for the U.N.’s work in cities…
When it comes to program, the Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) will be a truly unique museum. According to Sharon Johnston, one of the founding partners of the Los Angeles–based firm behind the project, Johnston Marklee, the building is “the first freestanding building in the United States dedicated solely to works on paper.” But while the…