Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
It is no secret that the world’s urban population is picking up, and, in many cases, urban ren t prices are rising with it. Architects are continually inventing new solutions to confront the challenges of maximum unit count paired with minimum budget, all the while incorporating architecture’s latest technologies and trends into the designs. Design, of…
Limestone is an ancient material deposit that composes almost 10% of all sedimentary rock found on t he planet. It has been used by architects for thousands of years: everything from the Pyramids of Giza, to the rapidly industrializing cityscapes of the 19th and 20th centuries, to Mies van der Rohe’s classic Barcelona Pavilion features this…
It’s been a long journey, but Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive will finally celebrate th e opening of its shimmering new addition this coming Sunday. An original proposal for the extension by Toyo Ito was thwarted by global economic turbulence and funding problems back in 2009, and New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro…
We conclude our coverage of the 2016 Design and Construction Week (aka Kitchen and Bath Industry Sho w and International Builders’ Show) by looking at some of the appliances that got us excited, from the innovation, buzz and design standpoints. They run the gamut from cooking and cleaning equipment to outdoor living products. Bertazzoni: Full Kitchen…
With standing water in the shower base, even the most elegant and responsive bathroom can become a n ightmare. This is where companies like QuickDrain USA come into play, with a great offering of low profile channel drainage systems for showers and wet areas that not only do the job, but look as unobtrusive and sleek as you need them to be.
Take a quick inventory of your favorite outdoor spaces and a common theme will likely become apparen t: Outside = Public. While popular public areas are often defined spatially as voids, it is much less frequent that built forms can be described as truly public. This is a collection of outdoor, open-air structures intended for the…
As the submission deadline approaches for this year’s A+Awards — the world’s largest awards program for architecture and products — we asked the winners from 2015 about the secrets behind their successes, the exciting new projects on their drawing boards, and their personal architectural inspirations. Up next, it’s architectural movie makers Spirit of Space, a…
Today, we’re continuing our coverage of the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show with a look at some of th e best products we saw that are new or recent for kitchens, sans appliances (which will be in tomorrow’s report). Highlights range from super sturdy and sleek granite sinks and touchless faucets to new surfacing styles and…
the day after Architizer brings the best of architecture and design to NYC with our awards, the pane l at PSFK 2016 will host ceo marc kushner and share important industry insights. The themes that resonate in the A+ winners’ work have implications for anyone involved in the creative process, no matter what they produce. The…