Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
Roundabouts have long since been associated with the European driving experience. More recently, the se circular one-way road junctions are being used not only to help traffic flow efficiently without the need for signals, but also as a platform for new urban interventions that connect pedestrian, bicycle, and car traffic. From multi-colored glass pavilions to football…
Everyone appreciates a beautifully outfitted bathroom, whether it’s in a residential, hospitality, o r office environment — and doubly so when one is an architect or interior designer. So, when world-renowned A&D figures transition from specifying to actually designing the bath fixtures, the expectations run high and the outcomes frequently deliver (with some exceptions, of course).…
For architects, designers, and their IT support, working on shared Revit® models outside of the offi ce can create costly and time-consuming headaches. Previous work-around solutions like VPNs with virtual desktops open up security vulnerabilities, add expensive hardware, and create long wait times for changes to save and update on the central server — minutes that…
With cities growing as fast as lightning in the current climate, it seems we are forever negotiating scaffolding and construction hoardings on every sidewalk. Typically, these utilitarian structures are not pretty: they are designed to function as necessary, formed by tunnels of plywood, canopies of plastic sheets and netting, and a spider’s web of steel…
French architects have an abundance of colorful characters throughout their country’s history to tak e inspiration from, from Charles Garnier and Gustave Eiffel to Philippe Starck and Jean Nouvel. Indeed, those practicing in Gallic lands are spoiled for choice when discussing the impact on contemporary architecture from Calais to Cannes, and Strasbourg-based studio Dominique Coulon and…
Take a second look: this Dutch “farmhouse” isn’t what it seems, but a glass building that houses com mercial and recreational spaces. The technology that enabled architecture firm MVRDV to conjure this illusion is actually none other than digital ceramic printing, which, by fusing ceramic inks to glass via firing or tempering, is more commonly used…
Architecture can generally be differentiated from every other design discipline as a result of one, particularly significant characteristic: scale. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe once exclaimed that furniture design could be even more challenging than conceiving a skyscraper, given the attention to detail necessary on smaller objects. But what if solutions devised at the human…
Ever since James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro realized the first section of the phenomenally successful High Line in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, cities around the globe have sought their own urban splint of greenery and public amenity. From MVRDV’s Seoul Skygarden to Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge in London, many of the biggest names…
Far from the days of Woodstock, the rise of festival culture has evolved from niche grassroots gathe rings to massive multi-faceted events. Growing in scope and size, these art and music focused events have provoked a new typology in ephemeral architecture, spaces that are meant to be experienced in situ: the festival pavilion. Given that the…