Counter Culture: The Under-Appreciated Evolution of Surface Design in Architecture
Celebrating the humble counter.
Inspiration
Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
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The Cultural Currency Urban Redevelopment: Lessons From Finland’s Oldest City
New music halls, groundbreaking museums, and inclusive public realms offer a case study in rethinkin g cities as sites of community interaction.
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From Studio to Site: Navigating the Transition from Architecture School to Professional Practice
Recent graduates: here's some practical advice for how to navigate the transition from architecture school to professional practice.
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The Rise and Fall of the Starchitect Olympic Stadium (and What Paris Is Doing Right)
Could this be the end of an era? See how Paris 2024 is avoiding ghost venues and redefining the Olym pic legacy.
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Ode to Joy: 3 Steps Architects Can Take To Make Buildings Less Boring
Thomas Heatherwick's 'Humanise' campaign offers three speculative scenarios for shattering the archi tectural blandemic.
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Building Bridges With BIM: How Collaborative Design is Revolutionizing 21st Century Architecture
Building projects are becoming more complex, and cross-border and cross-disciplinary collaborations are now a norm rather than an exception.
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Historic Fabric, Modern Framework: How 19th Century Architecture Is Shaping Adaptive Reuse Today
While the internet buzzes with Y2K nostalgia, architects are looking further into the past: in adapt ive reuse, the 19th century is all the rage.
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Iterating for Iteration’s Sake: Rethinking the Purpose and Process in Architecture and Design
Is it truly necessary to exhaust every possible person, shape, angle, direction, size and color?
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Modern Classics: Visiting Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium In the Present
Spending your afternoon wandering the corridors of an old tuberculosis ward is a niche hobby, but 40 ,000 annual visitors can't be wrong.
