Temporary or Permanent: What Can Architecture Do in Post-Disaster Recovery?
How can architecture help communities recover faster? Consider successful precedents that were const ructed with a tight budget in disaster-prone areas.
Inspiration: Stories
In-depth case studies on amazing architecture and the building-products that helped make it a reality.
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Yamasaki’s Legacy on the New York Skyline
Since 9/11, innovations in skyscraper design abound, but precedents set by Yamasaki in the 1960s pav ed the way for New York's skyline today.
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Ephemeral Architecture: What Happens to Olympic Villages After the Games?
Consider five cases of post-games Olympic Village transformation in Munich, Beijing, London, Rio and Tokyo.
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An Architect’s Guide to Some of Airbnb’s Most Wish-Listed Homes
Ever wondered what some of the most sought-after Airbnbs look like? Wonder no more.
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Studio Gang Transforms a Decommissioned Coal Power Plant Into an Acclaimed Student Center
This innovative adaptive reuse project will nurture the next generation, who face an unprecedentedly daunting and uncertain environmental future.
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Rainbow Residences: Using Raw Earth to Reshape Architecture’s Social Agency
With their mesmerizing cluster of SuperAdobe domes, ZAV Architects forges a new relationship between architects, industry and community.
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“Shamefully Inequitable and Brutally Expensive”: Why Architecture Licensing is Broken
NCARB's recent report on demonstrates that the path to becoming an architect is desperately in need of reform.
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5 Stunning Airbnbs Hosted by Architects
More and more top architects are becoming Airbnb Hosts as a way to share their unique spaces with gu ests.
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“I Wanted To Make a Building About Space, Light and Community, Not About Design”
At the The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl's School, Diana Kellogg draws on tradition to construct cutting- edge architecture for a changing world.
