Inspiration: Stories

Warning: This floating cabin might unleash your childhood fears.

This feature has been created in collaboration with SPIRIT OF SPACE. Spirit of Space is an award-win ning filmmaking collaborative seeking to communicate the spirit of the people and places that build contemporary architecture, art and design. SHoP Architects has produced some of the world’s most iconic and recognizable architecture in recent years. The firm’s projects…

Wellness can mean different things to different people, from peak physical fitness to clarity of min d to pampered states. And each of these, in turn, can be fostered — or hindered — by spatial or experiential design of the facilities built to support them. We take a look at a handful of projects where design…

The design team modernized a traditional Chinese courtyard home into a new café and office space.

Ark Shelter is a minimalistic, luxury mobile cabin fit for any nature lover.

Architect Mitch McEwen’s project follows a rich tradition of local artists reclaiming Detroit’s aban doned spaces as public commons or art pieces for the community.

Build together. Learn together. That’s the mantra of an architectural course at the University of Ka iserslautern in Mannheim, Germany, where 18 students worked alongside 25 refugees to create a warm, light-filled structure to serve as a temporary home for displaced people. The Community Centre Spinelli Barracks Mannheim is a 500-square-meter [5,400-square-foot] building that was crafted…

Composed of salvaged materials, S+PS Architects’ Collage House is a poetic amalgamation of the surro unding urban landscape.

Spanish studio selgascano transforms a 12,000-square-foot second-story space into a verdant office f or Second Home Lisbon.