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In a bold new attempt to get more people to appreciate architecture, the American Institute of Archi tects has unveiled a fresh public awareness campaign with a highly memorable tagline. The call for people to “Please Give a F*ck About Architecture” comes after last year’s initiative — charmingly entitled “Look Up” — failed to win the…
Some people really don’t like to commute. Recent technologies may have altered previous conditions r equiring work to be done in centralized locations, allowing more flexibility for people to decide where they live, but there’s a fine line between choosing to live near one’s work and choosing to live above, below or within it. That’s the…
Zaha Hadid, one of architecture’s most cherished and controversial figures, has sadly passed a way, cutting short an extraordinary and groundbreaking career. Hadid was the first woman to receive both the Pritzker Prize in 2004 and the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Gold Medal in 2016 for her achievements, which brought us some of the most…
Every two years, many of the world’s top architects and design professionals gather to discuss topic al issues pertaining to the built environment in the heart of the country’s stunning mountainous landscape. Hosted by the Alberta Association of Architects, this year’s conference will be held in the iconic Banff Springs Hotel, a Scottish Baronial-style castle nestled…
Designers continuously redefine the boundaries of architecture. From making simple, glazed connectio ns to the outdoors to intricate tile façades hung by wire, architects continue to reimagine the relationship between interior and exterior, form and envelope. Screens play an important role in that investigation, elements that help us control environmental conditions while transforming how we experience…
The single, stand-alone movie theater has transformed quite a lot in its short life. Lone screens we re originally mainstream staples (one for every town) and took on a life as local social centers, with the architectural attention to boot, before dying off to make way for anonymous, one-size-fits-all megaplexes. As this transformation matures into the…
Architizer continues to explore how architects experience the emotional realm during the process of design — presenting the points of views of some of the profession’s most actualized practitioners. Today, Perkins+Will’s Elina Cardet — recently named interior architecture and design director at the firm’s Miami office — shares her experience with the emotional aspects of…
When New York City’s Whitney Museum of American Art reopened in a new downtown location last year, i t introduced natural light and views that the previous Breuer brutalist home lacked. But to balance the new building’s cool glass-and-metal aesthetic, architects Renzo Piano and Cooper Robertson also incorporated seas of wood flooring that lend the gallery…
As the foundational material of many structures — and the key to their structural integrity — concre te is an essential and strikingly common building material for a diverse range of buildings. In addition to its strength and durability in ensuring a building remains standing, concrete also has certain material properties that lend themselves well to…