Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
It is not common to see black buildings because they can’t thrive in just any kind of weather. Becau se the color black easily absorbs sunlight, in geographical locations with not a lot of shade and a lot of direct light, the building will absorb and trap heat inside. This is not a sustainable practice since…
Earlier this year, West Elm, already an arbiter of affordable home style, expanded its influence. We st Elm Workspace comprises six collections of contract-grade furniture for the modern office. Comprising more than 75 pieces, the sub-brand’s lines were designed entirely in-house and produced in collaboration with North American manufacturer Inscape, with high-performance fabrics by Designtex. Architizer…
Fresh Air Photo Bristol, VA and its companion city of the same name, Bristol, TN, straddle the Virgi nia-Tennessee border and share the reputation as country music’s birthplace. The 1927 Bristol Sessions, country music’s first commercially successful recordings – commonly referred to as the genre’s “Big Bang” – are immortalized in the new Smithsonian-backed Birthplace of…
The fourth annual Architizer A+Awards program is now open for entries! Help us celebrate great archi tecture and get your designs recognized on a global stage: FIND OUT HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT HERE. To celebrate the launch of this year’s A+Awards — the world’s largest awards program for architecture and products — we asked the…
When SANAA’s Grace Farms opened to the public last month, visitors were treated to a feast for the e yes — from the sinuous architecture and connecting spaces of The River building to the surrounding landscape’s early-autumn foliage. But equally impressive were a number of the project’s furniture pieces and light fixtures that the Japanese Pritzker…
To date, FormIt 360 is the only conceptual BIM tool that allows you to build 3D models on a tablet d evice instead of merely viewing them — and it’s all about finger control.
Both versatile and pragmatic, sheet metal is quickly becoming a popular choice for modern projects. While it’s currently used in numerous capacities, including as airplane wings and car bodies, architects have begun specifying sheet metal for roofs, walls, and complex façade designs. Manufactured through industrial processes, the metal undergoes many different forming techniques: rolling, bending,…
While the Day of the Dead opening sequence might have stolen the spotlight in the latest 007 movie S pectre, a certain design icon very quietly infiltrated the set — and has made a cameo in just about every James Bond film not via product placement, but by selection. Just take a look back at the…
As any architect knows, a sound substructure literally and figuratively is the foundation of any bui lding. And the key to a solid foundation, of course, is a comprehensive survey and geotechnical evaluation. To that end, the American Institute of Architects has recently released a series of new contract documents that are expressly intended to define…