Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
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.
In what has become a grand tradition for, the internet turns into a minefield of fake news à la The Onion on April 1st, a.k.a. April Fools’ Day. Here are some of our favorite design-related stories from online publications doing their best one-day Onion impression, complete with hilariously questionable Photoshopping. Image via Hyperallergic (courtesy the…
We were captivated by the three winners of eVolo’s annual skyscraper competition, but what made this year’s contest even more remarkable was the incredibly high standard of concepts and visualizations across the board: Even the honorable mentions list includes some truly jaw-dropping renders and outrageous ideas. Here, we take a look at five of our…
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…
During the decades following World War II, Americans experienced a drastic shift in both the domesti c and the professional landscape. In response, both US-born and émigré architects, designers, and patrons helped to disseminate the midcentury aesthetic and worldview to a broad American audience. Yesterday saw the opening of Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism at…
The more cynical amongst us have long suspected that the growing forest of supertall residential con dominiums in Midtown Manhattan is as much about big egos as it is about great architecture. Now, the marketing department in charge of selling the multi-million dollar apartments in SHoP Architects‘ slender skyscraper on West 57th have added fuel to…
Google is known for their playful April Fool’s Day pranks and hoaxes. Their first, MentalPlex, was an actual hoax. In 2000, when search engines were still in their formative stages, they tricked people into thinking about what they wanted to search for, and then delivered humorous error messages, like “Error 001: Weak or no signal…
Do you have an innovative concept for a hotel? This is your chance to shake up hospitality. The John Hardy Group, an international leader in hotel real estate development, is now calling for entries for its annual Radical Innovation competition. Since Radical was founded, more than $100,000 has been awarded to firms and creative thinkers…
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…