Inspiration

“We were a part of defining the project, not merely the creative problem-solvers.”

“It was the night before Christmas, and all through the Bauhaus…” December brings with it many familiar things: colder days, longer nights, some pretty extreme weather, and a healthy dose of festive cheer. While some people are already enjoying their Christmas vacation, an architect’s work is never done, and many firms will be working hard…

This selection of homes displays a range of contemporary London residences, from stand-alone homes to penthouses and remodels. 

Blue jeans, cowboys, McDonald’s. When it comes to American cliches, perhaps none have proved m ore resilient — or more influential throughout the world — than the fast-food chain with the golden arches. McDonald’s largely shapes how the rest of the world sees America. With 33,000 stores around the globe, McDonald’s has a presence in almost…

If you’re looking to design a unique building envelope, take a look at some of our favorite exterior screening products.

When New York City–based equities trader Laurence Cohen purchased one of the three floor-through uni ts in Obsidian House, he also heeded signs to treat the new home as a blank canvas. The 38-year-old had spent the previous decade in a low-ceilinged postwar apartment building in Greenwich Village, and Obsidian House’s Tribeca location, history of innovation…

Finding ecologically responsible yet “artful” solutions to the current crises of urbanization is the central concern of the landscape architect, founding principal of the Chinese studio Turenscape.

The shabono consists of a series of thatched roofs pitched in the fashion of a “lean-to,” one of the most basic forms of shelter.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines hygge as “a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality t hat engenders a feeling of contentment or wellbeing (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture).”