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Customers no longer want to simply choose, but to play a role in the design process, too — according to the independent market research company eMarketer. Now there’s an intuitive Online Configurator that can fulfill this desire by offering a simple and fun introduction to the world of USM, one of the world’s most creative…
What is the Habitat III Conference, and what does it mean for architecture today? The event, which t ook place in Ecuador’s capital city this week, united more than 25,000 international delegates around the challenge of setting out the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda. This agenda lays out the expectations for the U.N.’s work in cities…
When it comes to program, the Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) will be a truly unique museum. According to Sharon Johnston, one of the founding partners of the Los Angeles–based firm behind the project, Johnston Marklee, the building is “the first freestanding building in the United States dedicated solely to works on paper.” But while the…
This article is part of a series that that tells the story of how Source — Architizer’s new marketpl ace for building products — helps architects create brilliant buildings. HEAD THIS WAY For more information on the platform. Very occasionally, a unique program can drive the design of every architectural element in a building, from the…
Earlier this month, the architect and educator Peter Zellner announced plans to start a new, cost-fr ee institution for architectural education — the Free School of Architecture — next summer in Los Angeles. His announcement followed closely on the heels of an op-ed he wrote for the Architect’s Newspaper, which delineated his critique of architectural education’s…
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 the A+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…
Whether rising from deserts, riverbanks, mountains or forests, the houses in this collection all emb ody this mediation, embracing in their own ways the uneven topography of the landscape.
From designing Facebook’s original headquarters in Palo Alto, California, to a workstation for contr act furniture brand Kimball Office, Studio O+A has demonstrated time and time again that it can conceive projects of any scale always with a fresh eye. In particular, the firm’s impressive ability to embody its clients’ cultures within workplace interior architecture and…
Large monuments have been around for as long as human civilizations have. There are a few theories a s to why mankind often chooses to build so big. One of them suggests that it’s conspicuous consumption: the demonstration of prosperity by intentionally wasting resources on big, uninhabitable things. A more popular notion is that of collective…