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Photographer Iwan Baan travels the world, living out of a suitcase and hotel rooms exclusively, in o rder to document architectural marvels in far-flung locales like the middle of Africa and China. For an advocate of aerial vantage points, drones are often the only way to get up in the air and show the surroundings and…
Studio Mode was the 2014 Popular Choice winner for the Typology Bars & Nightclubs category with NIGH T FLIGHT. This live-music club is designed to make visitors feel like they are dancing and dining under a glittering sky full of stars.
The Architects’ Journal recently published an enigmatic set of renderings, displaying what architect Richard Weston describes as a new genre of high-rise building: the “contextual tower.” The angular skyscraper — officially named after its address, 1 Undershaft — is intended to correlate closely with its surroundings, its form dictated by a careful analysis of adjacent…
Anagrama won the 2014 Jury Award for the Typology Libraries category and was the 2014 Popular Choice winner in the same category with Niños Conarte. This children's library and cultural center fosters a love of learning through its geometric and colorful design.
Images courtesy NL Architects. When Chinese president Xi Jinping called for the end of all of the &# 8220;weird architecture” in China, Dutch designers NL Architects must not have gotten the memo. Their design for a chain of hotels is one of the weirdest yet, in a very good way. Each one is shaped — in…
The success of the High Line in New York has spawned a new generation of reclaimed-urban-infrastruct ure-parks. São Paulo, Brazil might be the latest city to find a patch of elevated greenery in the dense metropolitan fabric. The question is, do they reeeally want one? The answer is looking like a “yes,” given the current status…
Vitrocsa USA won the 2014 Jury Award for the Product+Access category and was the Popular Choice Awar d winner for the Product+Access category with Vitrocsa Sliding Glass Wall. Marcel Fontijn reveals how many pieces and parts it takes to assemble a simple sliding door.
Fashion Week is in full swing in Milan, long a capital of both haute couture and high design. The tw o worlds intersect in the eclectic and variegated interiors of the labels’ flagship stores — architecture may not be subject to the biannual cycles of fashion, but it certainly goes a long way toward complementing the…
Steven Holl has firmly established himself as a go-to-guy for new museum projects. He got his start with the iconic façade for the Storefront for Art and Architecture back in 1993, a collaboration with the artist Vito Acconci. While that was a small project that is but a sliver of space compared to his buildings…