Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
At Architizer’s 2016 A+Awards gala on May 12th, a series of brilliantly intricate models were unveil ed, built using every architect’s childhood construction toy of choice: LEGO bricks. The scale replicas of these architectural projects — some completed, some under development — were a testament to the creativity of the architectural profession today, but also highlighted…
These wooden façades that are operable at the will of the inhabitants, allowing for customizable deg rees of shade and privacy.
“I started the business a few days before I turned 30, and I thought I knew everything,” reflects de veloper Ian Gillespie. “That’s how I could start my own business! And then I got to 40 and thought ‘now I know everything.’ But as long as now, at the ripe old age of 50-something, I’ve realized…
“We do not have a disciplinary model that suits the students and paradigms of today,” argues Eisenma n.
What’s in a name? That depends who’s giving it. In the case of high-profile architecture, a large nu mber of buildings have official names, but the more distinctive forms among those structures tend to attract popular sobriquets bestowed on them by the public. These nicknames can run the gamut from humorous to disparaging and are often…
Many architects would look back on their K-12 school buildings and shudder. Overcrowded, poorly vent ilated rooms, glazed windows that prevent “distraction” by obscuring healthy sunlight and hallways covered in garish murals dominate the traditional American public school. Luckily it is the people, not the buildings, that make or break one’s school experience. Still, one cannot…
Few civic complexes capture the imagination like the Smithsonian. As the world’s largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 research centers and affiliates worldwide, the Smithsonian’s collections are housed in diverse buildings around the National Mall and throughout the world. Established in 1846 “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge,” the Smithsonian Institution…
Founded in 1978 by architect Steven Holl and bookseller William Stout, Pamphlet Architecture is a zi ne-like publication that explores experimental thinking in architecture. It has done so for the past 38 years by continuously giving designers — renowned ones like Zaha Hadid and Lebbeus Woods as well as emerging firms and architecture students — a…
The circular-patterned façades in this collection operate in sharp contrast to the constructed form of the buildings and the spaces within them.