Inspiration

LEGO artist Mike Doyle's architectural models are incredibly detailed and undeniably creepy.

Imagine that over the course of three days, random installations ranging from architectural structur es to interactive art pop up out of nowhere along your city’s main thoroughfare to offer you a bit of a respite from the hubbub or an intriguing sensory experience. That’s just what San Franciscans encountered last month during the Market Street…

In just 30 years, Technical Glass Products (TGP) has revolutionized the way that fire-rated glass is made — transforming it from the glass characterized by heavy wire-mesh inserts to clean, wireless modern glazing. “We’ve gone from a slab steel door with wire and glass in it to a sleek transparent smooth fire-rated glass curtain wall,”…

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Both playful and serious alike, the projects illustrate the power of contrast between architecture a nd nature.

High-performance composite materials are now so common within architecture and interior design, it c an be easy to forget that, like the stone, brick and steel of classic buildings throughout the previous centuries, they originate in the earth. Recognizing this fact, Architizer’s founder Marc Kushner traveled to Cosentino’s global headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Almeria, Spain,…

BRICK & WONDER is a curated platform of the highest-quality homes for sale worldwide. Launched b y LANG ARCHITECTURE in 2016, Brick & Wonder provides access to homes in the marketplace with design integrity that have the capacity to improve how we feel, think, interact and ultimately live our daily lives. Architizer will make a selection…

There are several reasons why LEGO is the world’s greatest toy, but chief among them is versatility. The simple, snappable blocks are magical precisely because they can be used to build virtually any type of structure the mind is capable of conceiving. More than just a toy, LEGO is an artistic medium unto itself. Left:…

If you were one of the estimated 20,000 people to attend Greenbuild 2016 in Los Angeles, but were st uck in the meeting rooms earning CEUs, chances are you may have missed a slew of product offerings and interesting news from the show floor. So we present a roundup of our top picks for recent under-the-radar…