Features revealing the design and development of the world’s most innovative building-products.
In every historical period and architectural style, staircases have been the aesthetic and social he art of a building interior. From the medieval priest relaying a heavenly message from atop a spiraling pulpit to Miamians descending Morris Lapidus’s “staircase to nowhere” to command the attention of partygoers, steps have made the scene. In the 21st century,…
In recent years, architects have warmed up to new aesthetic and materials innovations on tried and t rue cladding materials.
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Architizer spoke with SOM about the relationship between engineering and architecture and whether or not engineers get the respect that they deserve.
Palumbo withheld all physical records of the skyscraper, shrouding the last work of one of architect ure’s greatest figures in obscurity.
Award-winning San Antonio–based firm Overland Partners made an impact in their home state when two o f Texas’ largest and most historic institutions of higher education turned to them for solutions. Specifically, Baylor and the University of Texas at Austin needed new buildings for rapid growth that could merge innovation with tradition and keep costs as…
Last week, the Consumer Technology Association’s CES 2017 dominated Las Vegas with a showcase of mor e than 3,800 companies ranging from software producers and virtual reality innovators to wearable tech brands and home appliance and carmakers. And with health and fitness tech becoming a growing part of CES, there were also smart desks tracking how…
The legend behind mineral wool insulation reaches back centuries — to a discovery made during volcan ic eruptions on the Hawaiian Islands. “When the air hit some of the lava materials, they formed into fibers and the natives realized they could insulate their huts with them,” explains Angie Ogino, technical services leader for Thermafiber Insolutions®, the…
Architizer sat down with the principal of Zaha Hadid Architects to discuss his constant desire to pu sh limits