Inspiration

The intense heat, different levels of local construction knowledge and the availability of materials all factor into designs.

When Antoine Roset accepted his father Pierre’s offer to join Ligne Roset in 2006, the French furnit ure manufacturer entered its fifth generation. The younger executive’s family loyalty is not limited to the people who share his surname. “We have more than 900 employees working for the company, and one of the most important things for…

Due to quirk of the 2015 calendar, this year sees the unusual occurrence of Easter overlapping with Passover. For those of you who are celebrating the freedom meal of Passover at home, we have gathered a collection of synagogues that express more chutzpah in channeling an emotional story than your average architecture. Jewish Reconstructionist Congregationby…

In an age of automated everything, the word “smart” usually denotes a wifi or bluetooth connection, or some remote control via app. While Yves Béhar’s August Smart Lock definitely fits that bill, Architizer still applies the word “smart” to design that is based simply on good ideas. Thanks to new technologies, these new ideas can become real products that are more useful and efficient than previously possible, from the convenience of self-cleaning ceramic façades to the wonders of a virtual skylight that can exist underground. Check out these six high-tech 2015 A+Award Products finalists that have used technology to make major breakthroughs in product design that make us wonder why no one had ever thought of them sooner.

Architects are frequently accused of living life with their head in the clouds, preoccupied with fan tastical worlds disconnected from reality. Maybe so, but when those worlds are as beautifully illustrated as those in Nir Levie’s “Outskirts Of Vision”, who could blame us? The graphic artist’s epic 220-page novel chronicles young architect Ben’s adventures in a…

Seven well-designed vineyards to stimulate your architectural palette.

New York needs a lesson in the conservation of its most natural resources and urban ecologist Mariel le Anzelone is here to edify us with the PopUp Forest, an ephemeral forest set to be dropped in the heart of Times Square next summer. Her buzz-worthy Kickstarter campaign has garnered national attention and raised over $32,000 so…

For the third year running, Architizer is excited to partner with Sunbrella for the Future of Shade Competition to design beautiful spaces using fabric. With the growing interest and increasingly diverse range of entries in the past two editions of the annual competition, this year sees its expansion to three distinct categories — Humanitarian, Wellness…

Architects are notoriously unafraid of the dark, at least when it comes to personal style. Black-rim med glasses, black shawl-collar jumpers, black coffee… we have forever been associated with the timelessness of obsidian hues, and even the odd splash of vibrant color won’t deter us: Black will never go out of fashion, and many of this year's A+Award finalists have utilized it in dynamic and dramatic ways.