Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
Following the completion of the largest building in the Netherlands, OMA has returned to its spiritu al home with another conceptual curiosity in Rotterdam. The mixed-use Timmerhuis building has arrived in the heart of the Dutch city, its cascading terraces of glazed cubes now visible above the skyline not far from the distinctive curved form of…
On the one hand quotidian and functional, faucets can also be imbued with design intent and imaginat ion. As demonstrated by the sophisticated styles in this collection, their functional purposes and archetypal forms provide a launching point for the contemporary imagination. The intimate and domestic scale of the faucet allows for subtle design details with big…
Lebbeus Woods' architectural drawings are among the most arresting in history.
Every day, throngs of people use public transit, be it in the form of a bus or train, rarely thinkin g about the depots, stations, or stops that they traverse along the way. But there’s change underfoot as architects and designers focus more on enhancing the commuter experience, as well as revitalizing urban areas, by building…
These eight examples of modern mountain houses provide all of the coziness and warmth of traditional structures, but do so with a modern twist and minimal environmental impact.
One of the ironies of modern “green” architecture and design is that in attempting to build more sus tainable and comfortable structures and make use of the positive aspects of natural daylight we can sometimes accomplish the opposite. All that glass allows us to reduce energy used to light and heat buildings, and there are documented…
A mesmerizing winter light festival that launched in 2014, Geneva LUX is back for a second edition, taking over major streets and public plazas throughout the Swiss city’s downtown area. The program invites both local and international artists and designers to create these installations, which not only demonstrate artistic innovation, but also technical innovation of…
Hansgrohe had firmly established itself as a pioneer in sanitary fittings by the time Philippe Grohe , grandson of company founder Hans Grohe, took the reins of its Axor brand in 2000. 72 years prior, for example, the enterprise had introduced consumers to the first hand shower, and its launch of Axor in 1992 marked a…
Hanukkah is typically known as the festival of lights, where a new candle in the menorah is lit ever y night to celebrate the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. As the story goes, only one vial of oil was found with just enough oil for one day, and yet it lasted for eight full…