Inspiration

From 'Midnight in Paris' to 'Tron: Legacy': These films should be on every Architecture 101 syllabus .

In a video series realized in collaboration with Architizer, Dezeen sat down with Amanda Levete to d iscuss her “all-time favorite building” by the late architect Zaha Hadid: the BMW Building. To Levete, the BMW Building is most representative of “Zaha’s strong preoccupation and obsession with the scale of large infrastructure projects.” The building, located in…

Monument Valley by Ustwo is an award-winning game for iPhone and iPad that combines architecture and video games, in which the user journeys through puzzling isometric-perspective spaces. While architecture appears in the background of many games, architecture takes center stage in Monument Valley. Praised for its serene aesthetics and mind-bending optical puzzles, the game won…

Geomorphic architecture is characterized by hard-edged angles, beveled finishes and outcropping appe ndages.

The modernist egg, the minimalist rectangle and the classic clawfoot are all beautiful freestanding- tub options to anchor a residential bathroom.

Mirrors have had a place as a building material for a long while, from the Hall of Mirrors in Versai lles to the John Hancock Tower in Boston. Speaking to the later example, the glassy material is especially popular as glazing on windows and other external walls, as a rather attractive skin. Its characteristics – luminance,…

Architects use brise-soleil as solutions to overheating in many hot climates with long days of direc t sunlight.

Considering environmentally friendly design and numerous benefits of the earthship, a 100-percent-su stainable housing form.

Enrique Norten's architecture aims to completely blur the boundaries between public and private real ms.