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Africa’s tallest tower is not what you might expect. Ponte Tower in Johannesburg is a hulking concrete cylinder that is about as scary as a building can be. Its round courtyard is some 54 stories tall, and tops out at over 560 feet. This tube to the sky is something out of a science fiction…
HEAD Architecture won the 2014 Jury Award for the Architecture+Branding category with Great Food Hal l.
Winners have been selected for Bee Breeders architecture competition to design a temporary pavilion for the education of tolerance — social, political and religious — in Moscow’s Red Square. The site fronts the Kremlin and other major Russian landmarks, was the seat of the 20th century Soviet government. Military parades and other demonstrations in the…
Leave it to the Brits to come up with something so funny and true that it ends up being a little ter rifying. Austerity is an update of Monopoly, but instead of robber barons and railroads, there are global financiers and the Shard. It is a fitting parody of the classic Parker Bros board game that…
Is the optimal workplace open plan or cubicle? The jury’s still out. That’s why flexible workspaces that toe the line between the two are now a large part of the task furniture market. And if it turns out those aren’t what you’re looking for, a new, more sustainable range gives you the option of trial…
Terreform ONE won the 2014 Jury Award for the Architecture+Communication category with Bio City Worl d Map of 11 Billion.
After my hour-long commute with luggage via the L and A subway lines, I find myself on the AirTrain shuttle, making sure I don’t miss my stop. I know once I find it, I will have a nice little jaunt via elevated tram across a highway junction and a couple of odd access roads. Up…
Who are the Architizer A+Awards jurors, you ask? Well, members of the esteemed panel comes from all walks of life, including architects, curators, photographers, developers… and even one LEGO-Certified Professional. That’s right, A+Juror Adam Reed Tucker has the LEGO equivalent of LEED certification, but for building intricate, accurate scale models of iconic architecture out of…
What is the difference between a representational drawing, such as a rendering, and an interpretatio n of a built project by an illustrator? Buildings are drawn for several reasons, but the rendering never seems to capture the serene feeling of an illustration. Perhaps Isozaki’s screenprints did. Why did that trend fade away? Illustrator Thomas Danthony has…