Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
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…
Under most circumstances, entire buildings, sections within, and individual rooms are designed speci fically for how they are intended to be used — generally speaking, how it all fits together. More uncommon are spaces with a primary purpose based on experience or observation. That is to say, an architectural construct that is not designed for efficiency…
Please grab a comfortable seat, I’m afraid I have some bad news. 11 of New York’s most cherished arc hitectural landmarks have vanished. The only clues investigators have are a few photos of uncertain origin depicting the buildings in unidentifiable, barren landscapes. It’s never been easier to land a good seat at the Metropolitan Opera ……