Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
We showed you Cor-Ten homes last week, where economical materials bring a touch of industrial chic t o any home. At a larger scale, buildings like stadiums and museums can also be distinguished by the rusted-rustic texture of Cor-Ten. Of course, it offers practical advantages, as well: controlled oxidation yields a protective skin of rust, which…
Sturgess Architecture won the 2015 A+Awards, Jury Choice and Popular Choice, in the +Engineering Cat egory with Glacier Skywalk. The 15,000-foot-long parabola-shaped cantilever extends over Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies, also providing unobstructed views below through its heat-strengthened glass floor.
Over the past couple of decades, Daniel Libeskind has established himself as the undisputed king of metaphorical architecture. Cities around the globe have received all manner of allegorical structures, from the crystalline formations of the ROM in Toronto to a dramatic shard of shrapnel in Dresden, from shattered fragments of earth itself in Manchester to…
Now in its third year, the Architizer A+Awards continues to grow as the definitive awards program fo r architecture and design: With 300+ renowned jurors and 40,000 voters from the world over, the A+Awards attracts thousands of firms, big and small, to vie for glory in the form of global recognition and a trophy designed by…
Ever since its inception above an Oslo beer hall in 1989, Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta has l ong drawn inspiration from the dramatic natural landscape surrounding the city in which it originated. The studio’s name itself is entwined with the native terrain: Snøhetta is named after the highest peak in the Dovrefjeil mountain range in the…
With 90+ categories and 300+ jurors, the Architizer A+Awards is the world’s definitive archite ctural awards program. In anticipation of the Awards Gala and Phaidon book launch on May 14, we are pleased to share the stories behind the winners of the 2015 Awards program — see all of them here. Taller 6A won the 2015…
The headline statistics attached to the design brief for Terminal 2 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Internati onal Airport might have proven daunting to many an architecture firm — but not so for Skidmore Owings and Merrill, a global studio that has an established reputation for delivering some of the world’s largest commercial megaprojects.
Architizer continues to explore how architects experience the emotional realm during the process of creation, presenting the points of view of some of the profession’s most actualized practitioners. Today, Saxon Henry, author of Four Florida Moderns, interviews Alberto Alfonso, AIA, a founding principal and president of Alonso Architects. The firm is building the new 110,000-square-foot…
Cor-Ten steel has become one of the most heavily used cladding surfaces in recent years. There are g ood reasons: it is cheap and easily procured, and its natural patina adds textural flair to any project. Its industrial look makes it well-suited to contemporary renovations, but it’s worth noting that it is not a new phenomenon.…