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When it launched in 2013, Dekton — a universal architectural application material — stormed out of t he gate: the ultra-compact surface already accounts for 10 percent of manufacturer Cosentino’s U.S. market share. No doubt, performance partly explains the surfacing’s immediate appeal. To produce Dekton, Cosentino — who also manufactures Silestone — employs what it calls…
New Zealand is an architectural treasure trove. Influenced by various cultures and building traditio ns from around the world, the island country holds incredible works of commercial, residential and cultural design. These projects are intimately tied to the country’s past and geography. Surrounded by ocean, New Zealand includes two main islands and a number of outlying…
Following the completion last year of his most significant New York project to date — the Whitney Mu seum of American Art — Renzo Piano is wasting no time in returning to the Big Apple. The Italian architect’s firm has revealed images of a proposed skyscraper entitled the Soho Tower, a luxury residential building set to…
The ability to blur the lines between interior and exterior is in high demand.
Built at a variety of scales with widely varied formal expressions, the projects begin to show how t he country’s rapid development has begun to shape its new cultural architecture.
IN OUR CONTINUED EXPLORATION OF how architects experience the emotional realm during the process of creation, Michael Brady — founder of architecture, engineering and interiors firm MICHAEL BRADY, INC. — discusses how his emotions ebb and flow during design development with Saxon Henry, the author of Four Florida Moderns. Saxon Henry: I have emotional responses…
“This is the beginning of the timber age.” — Andrew Waugh, Waugh Thistleton Architects, November 201 5 Last year, the idea that timber-framed buildings could be at the forefront of sustainable urban development was consolidated, with a number of prominent firms buying into the “forest to frame” philosophy advocated by the winners of the US Tall…
“Color does not add a pleasant quality to design — it reinforces it.” —Pierre Bonnard The witty rema rk by the French Post-Impressionist painter and printmaker perfectly describes how color can be used not only as an aesthetic garnish, but as a useful design tool to create organization strategies. Arguably so, color can be used to…
If there is one thing architects never seem to have quite enough of, it’s time.