Inspiration

In the past few decades, in addition to the traditional role of collecting, preserving, and sharing collections, galleries and museums are increasingly becoming involved with supporting local, national, and international communities. Beyond exhibition spaces, cultural institutions house a myriad of mixed-use spaces, including process labs, artist-in-residence wings, and immersion rooms. Given that today’s cultural institutions…

A short while ago, we published an in-depth feature on designs for the dead covering every typology from Thomas Willson’s towering, pyramidal mausoleum to Katrina Spade’s highly organic alternative. It appears that architects have come a long way since Willson’s outlandish monument to mortality; just as Spade illustrated that a contemporary approach to the handling…

Recognizing that one can’t compare apples to oranges, Marvin Windows and Doors expanded the scope of its annual Architects Challenge, now in its seventh year: six distinct categories were formed to include both residential and commercial as well as traditional and contemporary projects. “Marvin’s products complement diverse design styles, given their flexibility,” says Christine Marvin,…

Easily identified by their dramatic V-shaped silhouette, butterfly roofs provide a visually striking alternative to traditional roof design. Two downward sloping surfaces meet to form a middle roofline, creating a shape that resembles a butterfly in flight. Typically found atop homes in the southwestern United States, the butterfly roof is an iconic feature of mid-century…

Don your pads, grab your bat, and prepare your wicket … it is season for cricket, and it appears the sport is occupying the collective minds of entire nations at present. In England and Australia, all eyes are on the current Ashes series, while in Sri Lanka, the country’s Board of Investment is reminiscing about…

Over the last 26 years, the Brick Industry Association (BIA) has been honoring outstanding U.S. proj ects that deftly — and prominently — incorporate clay brick with its annual Brick in Architecture Awards. The judges of the 2015 competition have spoken, and 49 projects spanning 21 states were recently awarded in nine categories for their excellent…

With 90+ categories and 300+ jurors, the Architizer A+Awards is the world’s definitive archite ctural awards program. Following the culmination of the 2015 program in May, we are pleased to showcase at some of the 100+ winners. In partnership with Cadillac, this series of profiles offers an exclusive look at several firms that push the boundaries…

Architecture dramatically affects how we learn. In the last 20 years we have made serious advancemen ts in understanding the impact of physical environments on development, memory, and retention. The importance of light quality, acoustics, materials, and spatial organization shows that great design can make a real difference. Austria, known for dramatic buildings like Zaha Hadid’s…

In Chicago, during NeoCon 2015, Allsteel demonstrated its forward-thinking adaptability to a changin g workplace by unveiling its reconfigured 14,000-square-foot Chicago Resource Center. Designed in collaboration with a team from IA Interior Architects, a series of 16 vignettes was laid out over the 11th floor of the city’s Merchandise Mart like a neighborhood of city blocks…