Catharsis: 8 Therapeutic Spa Designs That Awaken the Senses
Sit back, relax and prepare to enjoy spaces that awaken the senses.
Inspiration
Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
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Weaving Solid Surfacing Into Architecture
Most architects and designers know that solid surfacing has capabilities that extend far beyond kitc hen countertops and bathroom sinks. These manmade surfaces have been “sculpted” into everything from unique architectural elements and freestanding furniture to builtins and fixtures for some years now. Today, we’re highlighting a handful of recent cutting-edge and inspirational projects that incorporate…
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Extending BIM Into the Future of Project Workflows
As the current standard for delivering complex projects, BIM software isn’t going anywhere anytime s oon, and the key to getting the most out of the latest technologies is extending BIM into every stage of a project’s lifecycle. BIM models and processes have always contained huge amounts of useful data, but as Stephanie Egger, evangelist with…
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Futurism Is Fashionable: Louis Vuitton Reimagines the Catwalk at Oscar Niemeyer’s Iconic Museum
High fashion is all about aspirational fantasy. Flicking through Vogue, one cannot help but imagine the fabulous lives implied by the photo-spreads. The clothing is just one dimension of the idea of glamour, which is the real product on display. And for the fantasy to be sustained, the idea needs to seem just a little…
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The Great Gabion Part II: 9 New Examples of Architecture Beyond the Wall
Architects prize the gabion wall, traditionally used as a landscape material, for its bold, textured look
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Duravit and Architizer Celebrate the Rio Olympics at This Year’s Summer Party
It’s become somewhat of a New York City design community tradition, and recently it returned for its fifth year — the annual Duravit summer party cohosted by Architizer. With the Rio Olympic Games right around the corner, the festivities took on an Olympics theme, which, in a sense, was a throwback to the very first…
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The Psychology of Color: 8 Clean and Clear Applications of White
It’s hard to think of a color more strongly associated with cutting-edge architecture than white.
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Sands of Time: 8 Conceptual Projects Rethinking Cultural Architecture in Egypt
Expanding beyond the iconic Giza pyramid complex and the Great Sphinx, the following collection look s at modern Egyptian cultural projects.
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X-Ray Vision: Tomoyuki Tanaka Opens Up Tokyo’s Train Stations With Intricate Ballpoint Drawings
For the most part, commuters don’t stop to notice the complexity of the systems they use to get arou nd each day. Like water and electricity, the smooth operation of the rail system is mostly taken for granted, commanding attention only when something goes awry. Counteracting our collective apathy, Tomoyuki Tanaka’s ballpoint drawings of Tokyo’s train…
