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Ever caught yourself referring to Brunelleschi’s Dome or Gehry’s Guggenheim when you weren’t talking about design?

Invaluable advice from an architect whose journey might be just like yours

Parking facilities are typically massive, nondescript concrete structures, but one firm aimed to imb ue one with character — and bring it down to the human scale. The Athena Parking Structure at the University of California, San Diego, Medical Campus “is a bulky thing — a behemoth that’s seven stories tall, and it’s in a very…

Companies specializing in VR software are making strides in engineering a product that fits within t he work-flow of architecture and construction.

Designing with light is no longer reserved for the innately talented or skilled creative. A new modu lar Internet-of-Things product is affording every layperson the ability to compose a work of art with light, too — and it’s as simple as peel and stick. Nanoleaf — the fledgling company behind the world’s only dodecahedron-shaped lightbulb —…

Samantha Raburn is a newly licensed architect at Stantec Architecture in Plano, Texas. Her blog, The Aspiring Architect, recounts her journey to become qualified and acts as an insightful guide to all those following a similar path into the profession.  During my five years of architecture school, I often wondered how applicable the projects and…

One of New York City’s most compelling pieces of Brutalist architecture — the "AT&T Long Lines Build ing" located at 33 Thomas Street — has been revealed to be one of the National Security Agency’s central spy hubs in the US.

Architizer attended Autodesk University this week to experience the new tools transforming work-flow s both in the studio and on the construction site

This article was originally featured in PIN–UP magazine. PIN–UP is a biannual architecture and desig n magazine (“Magazine for Architectural Entertainment”) that regularly features interviews with renowned architects as well as critical essays and contemporary architecture and design photography. Architizer will feature an article from its NEW POWER GENERATION series from its latest issue every other week.