Inspiration: Stories

We need to have more conversations about the importance of designing better business operations for architecture and design firms.

Home to some of the most advanced flood defenses on the planet, the Dutch metropolis is once again r ethinking its relationship with water.

In the 1980s, Britain's most famous documentarian took on the greedy developers who undermined the d ream of affordable public housing.

Born in the democratic workshops of 1960s Scandinavian software design, participatory design was pop ularized by Italian architect Giancarlo De Carlo.

High-density buildings get a bad rap as anonymous towers. When done right, densification breeds heal thier and more sustainable cities.

Affordable housing, adaptive and resilient architecture, Kunlé Adeyemi's evolving blueprint for buil ding design continues making waves.

Do straight lines stress us out? How can architects lacking the resources of Gehry or Hadid incorpor ate curves in their designs?

Future Retro design demonstrates that “timeless charm’ can still exist in a predominately trend-driv en present.

In cities, green roofs offer valuable environmental benefits such as improving air quality and lower ing urban heat island temperatures.