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It’s become a See-and-Be-Seen event every spring in New York City that attracts both locals and visi tors from all over the world who want to discover the best finds in contemporary design. And the fair, now in its 28th year, has become such an integral stop on the international A&D show circuit that the city…
Last night’s A+Awards gala was a joyous celebration of great architecture and the talented people th at help bring it to reality. However, this year’s joy was tinged with sadness, because 2016 is no ordinary year for the profession: It has recently suffered the loss of one of its brightest stars, Dame Zaha Hadid, who passed…
Global architecture firm Snøhetta has had a pretty stellar 12 months, and is set for another landmar k moment on Sunday. The firm’s much anticipated extension of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is set for its grand opening, allowing the public their first look inside the huge, glacial addition to Mario Botta’s postmodern original.…
Architects are utilizing different concrete aggregates, textures and forms to create expressive spac es and break from tradition.
These modern abodes combine eco-conscious design strategies with simple materials.
When designing pools in enclosed spaces, architects have the ability to control the way a body of wa ter interacts with a variety of building elements.
Through a continuing partnership with Phaidon – the premier global publisher of the creative a rts with over 1,500 titles in print – Architizer will once again compile this year’s Jury and Popular Winners of the A+Awards into a hard cover book. The book is available for pre-order, and will be available for purchase at the…
Some years ago, the ever-whimsical luminaire designer Ingo Maurer developed a lighting product of a different sort. Instead of a chandelier made to resemble birds in a tree or floating circuit-board strips, the simply named LED Wallpaper was a non-woven covering with integrated LEDs creating a field of isometric shapes. Ingo Maurer Since then, niche…
There has been talk of 3D printing revolutionizing the construction industry for some time, but fant astical visions of outrageously intricate prototypes and robot builders have been tempered by suspicions amongst many that the technology is a novelty, lacking the practicality for use on a mass scale. With this in mind, experimental design firm Branch Technology’s…