Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
OMA’s latest project is a protective case of sorts, like a super-sized version of something you migh t buy at, say, Muji to store documents or doodads. In the case of the Garage Museum in Moscow — open as of last week — the precious contents are works of contemporary art. Founded in 2008 by collector…
Since time immemorial, architects have encountered a wide variety of contextual and physical site co nstraints during the planning and construction of projects. Yet these environmental conditions are often driving factors in the development of a project and can also inspire a variety of different site approaches, building layouts, and circulation paths. Case in point, dunes:…
L: Google London headquarters by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, via Dezeen; R: “Wang Family Ancestral Hall” by Ai Weiwei, via Designboom. Google Searching (for a New Architect): Thomas Heatherwick is fast becoming Larry Page’s go-to architect. Following his collaboration with Bjarke Ingels on the Googleplex in Mountain View, rumor has it that the British designer…
Diba Tensile Architecture won the 2015 A+Award, Popular Choice, for the Highways & Bridges Category with Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge. The bridge connects two parks with an undulating, multilevel pathway on which users might linger.
When we think of the major design centers and global capitals of architecture, Arkansas is usually n ot the first place that comes to mind. However, more and more great architecture is beginning to emerge from the so-called Natural State — which celebrated its 179th birthday over the weekend, on June 13 — with modern projects…
Arper refers to it as work-life while Knoll says it’s a r/evolution. The work-life r/evolution is one way to describe the many vogue terms brands are using to nominalize the newest in contemporary commercial furniture design on display at NeoCon, at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart from today, June 15, until Wednesday, June 17. Knoll, for one,…
Now in its third year, the Architizer A+Awards has grown each year since its launch in 2013, and thi s year saw the launch of a number of new initiatives in what has quickly grown into the biggest international award program for architecture. From the first-ever A+Awards book, published by Phaidon, to a billboard in Times…
Although urban development often seems like a zero-sum game, the efficiencies of high density and th e fragile beauty of nature need not be mutually exclusive. Tokyo has long been a locus of high-rise housing experiments, where Japanese architects have addressed the lack of space by creating some truly extraordinary houses. Indeed, Tokyo’s citizens remain steadfast…
L: Frank Gehry by Rohit Chawla, via Icon; R: Santiago Calatrava by Gisela Svedberg, via the Guardian . Frankly Speaking: Now the dust has settled after completion of his characteristically flamboyant Chau Chak Wing — a.k.a. the Paper Bag — Frank Gehry sat down with Icon’s Edwin Heathcote in Sydney for an in-depth chat. “There are…