Inspiration

This feature has been created in collaboration with urbanNext, a multi-platform aimed at developing, disseminating and distributing content centered on architecture through a focus on the contemporary human milieu and its challenges. Architizer features a weekly discussion from urbanNext’s journals to support its investigation of urban conditions and innovations facing the architectural profession today. A…

Proving to be a recipe for success for the third time, Design and Construction Week brought together two of the country’s largest trade expos — the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) and the International Builders’ Show (IBS) — at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Whether they were attending one event or the other —…

While the audacious concrete forms of the Brutalist movement have long divided opinion among the pub lic, their uncompromising qualities are often adored by architects. Occasionally, though, this polarizing genre is graced with a fresh iteration that unites both the public and the profession, and a new extension to the Swiss National Museum in Zurich hopes…

New York is accustomed to transformation. Here, gritty industrial areas become fashionable loft spac es, train tracks become elevated parks and defunct schools are revived as museums. In a metropolis of over eight million people, you’ll hear more than eight million opinions on the evolution of the city. On January 20th at the 92nd Street Y,…

These private residences weld the materiality of classic Southwestern architecture with a keen aware ness of environmental design.

These seven projects show a range of contemporary tower typologies from redeveloped historic defense towers to modern day residences.

The High Line in Manhattan is known around the world as one of the finest examples of urban renewal to date and has spawned numerous projects seeking to emulate its social and economic success. The latest plan comes from Japanese firm Nikken Sekkei, which has secured a major commission with its vision for a vast…

This is a collection of interiors that impart the feel of an exterior urban environment. When used t o greatest effect, this tactic can create a sense of drama, heightened awareness of surroundings and the contrasting sensation of being outside and inside at the same time, while also effectively dividing discrete areas of a building in…

Rafael Viñoly has gone full circle — literally. The Uruguayan architect returned to his home country with the completion of the Laguna Garzon Bridge, a road connecting two coastal cities that forms a ring when viewed from above. Viñoly was tasked with creating a bridge that would form a direct route between the cities of…