Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has been preoccupied with some extraordinarily grand plans across the globe since the beginning of the year, but this week he has revealed a project on a more modest scale, revealing a series of renderings for the Serpentine Gallery’s annual pavilion. BIG has conceived an installation it calls “the unzipping of…
Corrugated sheets are composed of metal that is galvanized and cold-rolled to produce an instantly r ecognizable building material. This pattern is commonly used in agricultural or industrial buildings because of the high bending strength of the sheet in the perpendicular direction, as well as the low maintenance needed. Today, the benefits of corrugated sheets are…
Ideas require space. Produced through a lengthy process or a creative spark, ideation and innovation are intimately tied to our surrounding environment.
Emerging from progressive studios, public works and social-enterprise investments, integrated design has entered mainstream architecture. For no surer sign that this highly collaborative process has become a new best practice, look to the residential projects in which most of the industry works: architects of single- and multifamily buildings are assembling teams of partners and consultants…
This month at Chamber Gallery in Chelsea, photographer Andrew Zuckerman presents the first capsule o f his curated series called “Human Nature.” Framed around works by Steven Holl Architects, Levenbetts and Leong Leong, the show is an introspection on the cube as form, element and inspiration. Leong Leong’s contribution to the show, A Toolkit for a…
Architects, citizens and New Yorkers rejoiced several weeks ago when Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to revamp the perpetually infuriating confusion that is Penn Station. Since the original Penn Station was torn down in the early 1960s to make way for an office tower and Madison Square Garden, the city has mourned the loss of…
Together with Kaohsiung-based MAYU Architects+, Mecanoohas won a competition to design the new Taina n Public Library in Taiwan. With much-nuanced experience in library design, the Dutch practice focused on the translation of values to materiality. The new Tainan Public Library “represents the meeting of cultures, generations and histories,” say the architects. These qualities will be…
Architizer is excited to partner with Sunbrella® for the fourth annual FUTURE OF SHADE COMPETITION, which is dedicated to exploring space-building potentials of fabric. Over the years, the competition has generated interest from architects and designers all over the world, attracting innovative solutions that advance the technological and aesthetic potential of Sunbrella products. This year,…
Chilean architecture is having a moment. Since the end of the country’s dictatorship in 1990, there has been a rise in the number of architecture schools as a result of a new economic system that permits private universities. This has been partnered with an evolution in the approach of Chilean architects, from remote coastal areas…