Inspiration

Standing as icons of design, these projects represent visionary concepts and ideas grounded in the rhythms and practices of place.

Renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando (together with American artist Elyn Zimmerman) has been named a winner of the 2016 Isamu Noguchi Award, which is awarded “to individuals who share [museum founder] Noguchi’s spirit of innovation, global consciousness, and East-West exchange.” Tadao Ando, 2004; via Wikipedia Past winners of the award include some prestigious names from…

Digitization has changed the way we consume content. The publishing industry was once piled high wit h mid-price printed matter, but consumers now choose between e-books and limited-edition tomes. Audiophiles have eschewed albums for MP3 downloads or live events. Today, there is mass — and there is class. Courtesy iPic Theatres This phenomenal change of business…

Architizer’s A+Awards is the world’s premier awards program for architecture and products. Click her e to enter now, and act fast: the final entry deadline is january 29th. “We’re not here to build for other architects, we’re here to build for all of humankind.” Bjarke Ingels’ quote serves to remind everyone in the architectural profession about…

Using traditional origami techniques, designers can experiment with shifting planes and hard edges t o push formal boundaries.

As housing prices continue to go up and more single professionals move into cities, the increasing d emand for these spaces is inevitable.

Upon visiting the High Line for the first time in May 2004, the team members of James Corner Field O perations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro entered a lost world, far removed from the New York City they were so accustomed to. A decade later, their transformation of this industrial relic into a stunning elevated park…

From a select gathering of modernist decorative arts galleries, Design Miami/ has become second only to Art Basel Miami Beach as the must-attend event of Miami Art Week. The design fair’s tent has grown in vision, as well, as corporate sponsors, young gallerists, students, and others now take a place alongside the original exhibitors. Design…

One of the standout installations at the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial is, undoubtedly, SP IRIT OF SPACE’s collaboration with OPEN Architecture. This innovative group of moviemakers teamed up with Li Hu’s Beijing-based firm to tell the story of the Garden School in the Chinese capital, and new footage has now been released with compelling commentary on…