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If architecture is like frozen music as Johann Wolfgang said, then perhaps Chicago-based power-poppe rs OK Go didn’t get the memo. The walls, floors, ceilings and furnishings in their latest video — a commercial for a sale at Chinese furniture store Red Star Macalline — are constantly on the move, melting and flowing in time with…
A street corner in Turin, Italy, got a major upgrade when Luciano Pia created an urban jungle at an apartment complex that is more like a treehouse than a housing block. 25 Verde not only makes an oasis in the city with lush, green spaces, but it is also biomimetically designed to be sustainable: When…
Socrates Sculpture Park and the Architectural League of New York have named Cambridge and Philadelph ia-based firm IK Studio the winners of the 2015 Folly Program. Their winning design, Torqueing Spheres weaves a series of intertwining, sculpted forms into a meandering curved folly that encourages social interaction. The design is uniquely suited for its context —…
The winner of the 2013 Pitching the City event may well be one of the coolest ideas to infiltrate Ne w York in the last decade. As the world’s largest crowd-sourced civic project, + POOL has revolutionized our concept of recreation in the city. Very soon, we will be able to swim in an outdoor pool…
Public voting for the 2015 A+Awards is now open, which means that YOU have the power to select the v ery best architecture in the world. With the A+Awards, recognizing the best projects is no longer domain of a small group of judges — everyone gets a say in who will be crowned victorious in over…
When Italian-Spanish illustrator Federico Babina draws architecture, he does not simply draw archite cture. His illustrations radically reimagine his subjects, leaving us with new visions of what the architecture means. Drawing can be productive as a method to arrive at a design, but it can also help us re-interpret built work after it is completed. All…
Far be it for us to call it a trend, but all kinds of new buildings bear an uncanny resemblance to e veryday objects: a can of ham, for example, or a sandwich accoutrement. While you may be sick of looking toward the skyline and seeing the contents of your fridge, you could be open to…
A convergence of culture and commerce, the Design Miami/ fairs bring together design enthusiasts, co llectors, gallerists, academics, designers, and critics from around the world to engage with museum-quality gallery exhibitions, innovative commissions, talks and installations celebrating 100 years of avant-garde industrial and conceptual design. Since 2008, Design Miami/ has commissioned early-career architects to build a…
Public voting for the 2015 A+Awards is now open, which means that YOU have the power to select the v ery best architecture in the world. With the A+Awards, recognizing the best projects is no longer domain of a small group of judges — everyone gets a say in who will be crowned victorious in over…