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Built to accommodate many families for the lowest prices possible, the social housing projects liste d below help countless low-income Parisians and newcomers afford life in the French capital.
It has been a week for reflecting on past predictions of the future, but, in San Francisco this Nove mber, new ones are about to be made. Paola Antonelli — the current Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York — is set to give her thoughts on what’s next…
Chairs are pivotal to the existence of most manmade spaces. Arguably so, architects tend to agree, a s they themselves were the first furniture designers of the early 20th century. The call to duty was out of necessity; the market simply didn’t supply enough decent seating to fill the buildings that architects built. Surely enough, the…
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. 3D-printing technology is revolutionizing the way product designers imagine and realize their ideas. Unlike traditional…
A prize of $10,000 worth of Duravit product was at stake for the company’s third annual Designer Dre am Bath competition, which invites architects and designers to reimagine their own baths outfitted with Duravit’s new products. But, to shake things up a bit, the manufacturer opened the competition to built projects for the first time, so…
Pioneering young architect Tatiana Bilbao has made waves at the inaugural Chicago Architecture Bienn ial with her radical new model for sustainable housing in Mexico. Bilbao’s design is an adaptable reinvention of the traditional pitch-roofed dwelling that can be adapted to expand its footprint, offers a flexible material palette in response to different contexts, and can…
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. Rarely does technology and environment go hand in hand. We create new systems and mechanics…
The fourth annual Architizer A+Awards program is now open for entries! Help us celebrate great archi tecture and 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…
Grouping individual pendants to create a custom chandelier isn’t a new concept. But a spate of LED-b ased products that lend themselves well to such applications are making it possible to design more efficient installations. Pablo’s Cielo fixtures at the Héctor Esrawe showroom in Mexico City. At the Mexico City, Mexico, showroom for designer Héctor Esrawe,…