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While climbing up the U.K. national rankings over the last 20 years, the University of Hertfordshire has also been busy developing an ambitious plan to completely reimagine its two campuses. After years of planning and months of construction, the first major part of this redevelopment was completed in March: a brand-new science center, by architecture…

Modern layouts and sleek materials make these tiny homes both cost effective and striking dwelling p laces.

A typical MIR artist is "a bit emo yet analytical, very stubborn and quite introverted."

Although it was later embedded in a specific philosophical and moral stance towards architecture, th e Brutalist movement originated in a more basic appreciation of the exposed, unadorned appearance of concrete — béton brut. The raw beauty of the building material, championed by Le Corbusier and countless others since, has symbolized not a visual poverty in…

Previously on Architizer, we have discussed photorealism, a genre of painting that aspires to the un canny illusionism of photographs. There is a converse to this, of course: photos that capture scenes of such boldness and clarity one would think they were looking at a painting. Instagrammer Yener Torun is an expert in such photographs. He…

This feature has been created in collaboration with urbanNext, a multi-platform aimed at developing, disseminating and distributing content centered on architecture through a focus on the contemporary human milieu and its challenges. Architizer features a weekly discussion from urbanNext’s journals to support its investigation of urban conditions and innovations facing the architectural profession today. “The…

According to new data released by NCARB (the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards), the architectural profession is “healthy and growing.” The organization’s annual study of U.S. architects shows that the number of people studying, practicing and securing licensure in 2015 all increased, reflecting the robust state of the construction industry following years of fragility…

Somehow, they survived without succumbing to cabin fever — or should that be ‘dome fever’? Six stoic individuals — including one architect — have finally emerged from a small dome upon the volcanic surface of Hawaii, having spent 12 months inside the geodesic structure in order to simulate conditions that astronauts would face on a…

There is much discussion these days about the need for architects to attend to the needs of their en vironment rather than impose their personal visions from up on high à laHoward Roark. This is, of course, a mature, responsible position and one that most architects eventually come around to anyway. But still, the injunction that,…