Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
Sad news emerged from San Francisco last week, as we learnt that Architecture For Humanity — the int ernational non-profit organization that changed the game for humanitarian design — had closed down on January 1st. Founded by Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr in 1999, the seminal organization was born from a simple idea: that architects and…
The frustrations of turning on a traditional ceiling fan may include (but are not limited to) the fo llowing scenario: Tug the light. The light comes on. Oh, you tugged the wrong string. Tug the other string. Nothing happens. Tug it again twice and the speed is too low. Tug it again once and the speed…
Handel Architects was the 2014 Popular Choice Winner in the Typology Memorials category with the Nat ional September 11 Memorial. Michael Arad's eight-acre design sprawls across the new site of the World Trade Center, inviting visitors to reflect on the city's past and future while sitting under white oak trees or walking around the 30-foot-deep reflecting pools.
From the woods of Finland to the American Midwest, Saarinen Houses, a new book from Princeton Archit ectural Press, traces Eliel and Eero’s journey across the Atlantic over the course of 200+ pages (and as many beautiful photographs). The common theme is house-as-gesamtkunstwerk, designed from the coordinated furniture to the harmonious relationships with the landscape. The…
How do you become the world’s largest provider of real estate services? Not by merely brokering tran sactions, according to Georgia Collins. “At our best, we’re like city planners,” the CBRE senior managing director says of her work heading the western US division of CBRE’s Workplace Strategy practice. “Our focus is on helping clients make better…
PK Arkitektar won the 2014 Jury Award for the Single Family Home 1,000-3,000 sq ft category with Árb org. This vacation house sits quietly beside Iceland's Hvítá River on top of a moss-covered hill.
Why should we save the original Taco Bell? Because it is a seminal moment in the history of American architecture. There are nearly 6,000 Taco Bell restaurants in the U.S., and they all descended from that original Downey, Calif., location. Anyone who grew up in the 80s or 90s remembers those mission-style buildings, and we…
JNZNBRK was the 2014 Popular Choice Winner in the Architecture+Art category for Behaviours of Light. This temporary installation sculpts light through suspended transculent and semi-reflective triangles.
ISIS (aka ISIL, The Islamic State) is a force to be reckoned with, a rebel group that has their sigh ts set on altering the geopolitical landscape forever. They’re just as likely to provoke the US or Russia, but they are probably more of an immediate threat to their neighbors in the region, mostly the countries…