Practice: Materials

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

When German bath manufacturer Duravit – who will celebrate its 200 year anniversary in 2017 – launch ed its United States division in 1996, product design had an anonymity problem. The period was sandwiched between an age made golden by greats like Charles and Ray Eames and a current era that abounds with everything from design…

With a downtown storefront office space that often hosts panel discussions and gallery openings, Sea ttle’s b9 Architects frequently focuses on community. Owner Bradley Khouri, AIA says that for their wide range of projects, including yoga studios, homes and mixed-use developments, fostering communal experiences onsite and creating dialogue with the greater Seattle area is paramount to…

The emergence of New York–based practice Only If wasn’t so much a matter of “if” as “when.”