Inspiration

While the classic image of the Mediterranean villa has devolved into a grab-bag of styles, contempor ary architects have reimagined these homes.

There's an unconscious inclination to associate the color green with balance and harmony, as well as with nature itself and, by extension, growth.

This collection of projects demonstrates the continued appeal of this essential material and its div erse modern applications.

How often do architects redesign a kitchen layout because the refrigerator door continues to bump in to other elements, opens the wrong way, or sticks out past the line of the counter? Not only are these bulky appliances sometimes a pain to integrate into the design of a kitchen, but they also localize all food and…

Whether helping a project stand out from its surroundings, or as a complement to them, it’s impossib le to divorce this color from its deeply reflexive meaning.

The 50th anniversary of Expo 67 in Montreal is coming up next year, and architecture firms are takin g note. Expo 67, after all, was not an ordinary world fair: It still holds the record single-day attendance for a world fair with 569,500 visitors, and it introduced the world to such famous structures as the brutalist…

Yesterday we reported on some of the highlights from Coverings 2016, focusing on the Italian conting ent at the show. Today we take a look at the headliners from two other major players in tile production: North America and Spain. Natucer CrossvilleNewer photography of the moon’s surface, as well as images captured from the Mars Exploration…

A new generation of architects have reinterpreted the tenets of corporate modernism in ways that con tinue the tradition while tweaking their formal values.

On June 24, The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) will open the doors to its newest bu ilding, the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion. Designed by Rem Koolhaas’s storied firm, OMA, the 48,900-square-foot (14,900-square-meter) Pierre Lassonde Pavilion nearly doubles the 83-year-old museum’s available exhibition space. OMA describes the structure as a “gateway”: an inviting, contemporary space…