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The 4th annual Architizer A+Awards are now open for entries! Help us celebrate great architecture an d 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 winners…
Our recap of the major trends from Cersaie continues with a look at concrete and cement influences i n Italian tile as well as both visually stunning and subtle-but-sophisticated new graphics, patterns, and artwork. WELCOME TO THE CONCRETE JUNGLEThe trend toward emulating concrete and cement in porcelain stoneware doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone in…
At the intersection between art and architecture, some unexpected moments of inspired design can eme rge, and so it proved in Milan, Italy, this summer: in partnership with architectural firm BDP, artist Wolfgang Buttress has scooped the International Prize for Best Pavilion Architecture for his UK Pavilion at the 2015 World EXPO in Milan. The structure…
At a party held last night in Tribeca, New York City, paint and coatings giant Benjamin Moore reveal ed its 2016 Color of the Year. Carl Minchew, the company’s Vice President of Color Innovation and Design, said it best at the affair, “Probably a little controversial, probably a little interesting.” That’s because the Color of the Year is...
Recurring themes were aplenty at the 2015 edition of Cersaie, the preeminent international tile and bath show held in Bologna, Italy, each fall. If there was one overarching theme to sum up most of the tile trends observed, it was probably “what’s old is new, again,” though “new twists” was a close second. In either…
To celebrate the opening of our 4th Annual A+Awards, we’re taking a look back at some of our f avorite projects from 2015. Want to get in on the action? Check out the A+Awards Page to find out how to enter. On September 22, we officially announced the Fourth Annual A+ Awards, the largest awards program…
Following up on our post from last year “Treehouses to Indulge Your Childhood Dreams,” w e revisit the topic with a fresh stock of treehouse designs. These houses range from dwellings to follies and all capture the drama of occupying the forests’ dense canopy. Drawing on the embedded association of the treehouse, the designs bring to…
Architizer is excited to announce a brand new set of categories for this year’s A+Awards designed to celebrate the details that make up truly great architecture. get every crafted element of your building recognized on a global stage! Find out how to submit your project here. Earlier this week, we explored six projects that exemplify…
The Windy City’s Merchandise Mart is the home of superlatives. When it was completed in 1930, the 4. 2-million-square-foot building ranked as the biggest in the world. Today, it is still Chicago’s number one commercial building. And, within this behemoth, the 650,000-square-foot Design Center is the world’s largest venue of its type, while the separate ground-floor…