Inspiration

Framing the context while building upon it, South Korean roofscapes subvert expectations.

From a sanitation department garage to an upscale corporate office, 31 projects were announced as Ho nor and Merit winners of the 2016 AIA New York Design Awards earlier this year. While all of them embody great design, we take a moment to look at the material applications that a handful of them employed. Get inspired…

Richard Meier & Partners has released renderings for its 42-story residential tower in New York City. Situated on the East River just below the United Nations, 685 First Avenue will be the firm’s tallest New York structure to date. Proposed as a residential building, the tower will include 556 rental apartments along with a range…

Inventive and playful, the projects share a common desire to engage London’s waterways by rethinking boundaries, edges and public space.

An iconic element of brutalist architecture in London, the Barbican Estate stemmed from reconstructi on efforts following World War II. While its relevance and use have been transformed over time — rendering it one of London’s most sought-after residential developments — it remains a fascinating architectural site, full of intricacies and symbolism. In the following video,…

Efforts to design more environmentally sound architecture in consciousness of Iran’s long summers an d cool winters have inspired designers to develop new features and systems in contemporary architecture.

Mangrove trees are an essential mitigating force against storm surges that plague subtropical and tr opical coastlines. Along with their high salt tolerance, mangroves filter and balance incoming saltwater immersions. Capable of sequestering carbon dioxide up to five times greater than the typical terrestrial forest, mangroves use their in-built quality to collect sediment and adjust surface…

Chicago’s Wrigley Field turned 100 years old in 2014. What makes it so special? Is it the hist ory? Is it the hordes of drunken sorority girls at every game? Is it the legions of bare-belly bleacher bums that buy tickets no matter how bad the team is? Is it the Old Style beer? Yep. But…

The sculptures of David Moreno evoke many things: pick-up sticks, tree houses and the frantic sketch es of Claude Monet. There is something kinetic, even bewitched, about these unique works, which are composed of hundreds of narrow steel rods.