Inspiration

Monument Valley by Ustwo is an award-winning game for iPhone and iPad that combines architecture and video games, in which the user journeys through puzzling isometric-perspective spaces. While architecture appears in the background of many games, architecture takes center stage in Monument Valley. Praised for its serene aesthetics and mind-bending optical puzzles, the game won…

Geomorphic architecture is characterized by hard-edged angles, beveled finishes and outcropping appe ndages.

The modernist egg, the minimalist rectangle and the classic clawfoot are all beautiful freestanding- tub options to anchor a residential bathroom.

Mirrors have had a place as a building material for a long while, from the Hall of Mirrors in Versai lles to the John Hancock Tower in Boston. Speaking to the later example, the glassy material is especially popular as glazing on windows and other external walls, as a rather attractive skin. Its characteristics – luminance,…

Architects use brise-soleil as solutions to overheating in many hot climates with long days of direc t sunlight.

Considering environmentally friendly design and numerous benefits of the earthship, a 100-percent-su stainable housing form.

Enrique Norten's architecture aims to completely blur the boundaries between public and private real ms.

Large-scale projects and masterplans are reshaping urban morphology. What do these redevelopments lo ok like at the scale of architecture?

Known to some as the Banksy of India, street artist Daku (Hindi for “bandit”) has often taken a crit ical stance on controversial contemporary issues with his work. His latest text-based installation, titled Time Changes Everything, prompts reflection rather than agitation. Mounted perpendicularly to the façade of a white building in Delhi’s Lodhi Colony, letters cast…