Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
When the Eiffel Tower was erected in 1889, it provoked a torrent of outrage among the artists and in tellectuals of Paris, many of whom viewed it as an industrial blight on their picturesque city. The writer Guy de Maupassant is said to have eaten lunch in the tower’s restaurant every day because it was the…
Attendees of this year’s Greenbuild Expo caught a glimpse into what net-zero energy modern housing c ould be in the year 2020 and beyond, using high-performance materials, products and technology that are actually available today. The KB Home ProjeKt — named for its builder KB Home — was designed by KTGY and SmithGroupJJR (interiors) as a…
To celebrate the opening of our 5th Annual A+Awards, we’re taking a look back at 80 winning pr ojects from around the world. Want to get in on the action? Check out theA+AWARDS PAGE to find out how to enter. Architizer’s A+Awards program was created to recognize the world’s best designs. Now open for its fifth…
When author Benjamin Grant typed in “Earth” on a mapping program back in 2013, he made an accidental discovery that would fundamentally change his view of the world and send him down a path of discovery for the following three years of his life. “The project really started as a mistake,” says Grant, the author…
When asked whether she considers herself the “architect for the agnostic” in her designs for cultura l spaces, Annabel Selldorf, principal at Selldorf Architects, weighed the suggestion of art as religious experience. “We create and assign spaces to enable the experiences of such transcendence,” she proposed, “and traditionally art and architecture have done this in unison.”…
Architizer’s A+Awards — the world’s largest awards program for architecture and products — is open for entries! The early entry deadline is November 4. Click here for more information on how to submit your project or product. If there is one thing that is predictable about architects, it is that they are eternally unpredictable. New…
Love him or hate him, Donald J. Trump is a man with a vision. His presidential campaign, especially in its early months, was embodied in a single, potent idea: a building project of grand scope that evoked the hubristic emperors of old. “We’re going to build a wall,” he’d tell the crowds assembled at his…
As secluded and private abodes, modern lake houses explore themes of transparency and relaxation.
Wright's unbuilt design is an exuberant demonstration of Modernism perched on the edge of a cliff.