Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
Biophilia proposes that humans have a deep-seated attachment to the world around them. Indeed, becau se human evolution has almost exclusively taken place in nature, then affinity for it is encoded into our biology. Remove the forces that stimulated our species’ formation — you can take the boy out of the country, as it were —…
The futuristic metropolis of Tokyo and its scenic bay have long invited outlandish concepts for dras tic development. For evidence, look no further than the gargantuan Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid. However, a recent proposal from Kohn Pedersen Fox and Leslie E. Robertson Associates takes architectural ambitions for this vast urban center to a whole new level. The…
Celebrated British designer Tom Dixon is a busy man these days — a very busy man. From opening his f irst permanent store in New York City back in November to designing several new product collections including some commissioned by other major brands, it seems as if Dixon hasn’t had a moment to himself. Yet there’s…
“My purpose is to deliver thoughtful, original modern architecture that is as accessible as it is be autiful, as humanist as it is disciplined.” Richard Meier’s powerful words could well apply to any of his firm’s carefully detailed designs over the past 50 years, but yesterday he was referring to a project that is, in many…
A stellar array of minimalism was on display at the winter edition of Maison and Objet in Paris last week. Furniture manufacturers known for streamlined designs kept it lean, while porcelain manufacturers lauded for ornament got into the modern game. Lighting seemed to take cues from the midcentury, the Far East and the luminary who…
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…