Practice

In the 1910s, Eritrea — a small East African country bordering with Sudan, Ethiopia and the Red Sea — stood as the industrial center for the administrative territory of Italian East Africa. Powered by Italian Fascists who challenged architect Odoardo Cavagnari to design a “Little Rome,” the Eritrean capital Asmara became a space of experimentation…

Not anyone can elevate the childhood craft of papier mâché and use it to produce a commercially viab le furniture line. But, then, Studio Job isn’t just anyone. From the Paper collection that was conceived for Dutch brand Moooi to a radical 12-foot-tall sculpture of the Burj Khalifa being scaled by King Kong, the Antwerp-based studio…

Long gone are the days when digital tools functioned simply as representational vehicles for great p rojects. By modeling in three dimensions, architects are increasingly using the generative potentials of software during all stages of design. With this change came various compatibility constraints that forced architects to relinquish some of the control by relying on a…

This may be the digital age when everything has gone paperless and people digest literature through tablet readers and audiobooks, yet the love affair with a beautifully or cleverly integrated bookcase continues to endure in design, today. Here are some recent projects that have titillated us with their solutions — and product suggestions for creating…

Architectural Jewelry by Zaha HadidThis isn’t the first time that Hadid has designed jewelry (you ma y recall that she created a line for Lebanese jewelry brand Aziz and Walid Mouzannar), but, whereas those earlier pieces were ornate and full of bling, the pieces she’s designed for Georg Jensen are slightly less flashy yet still elegant.…

Following its announcement of a major expansion to the Asian continent, the WeWork team is setting s tandards across the globe for efficient and comfortable co-working spaces, all the while adapting to its multicultural clientele. With close to 30 locations in New York City alone, WeWork’s growth in the past six years is telling of a…

Artists and craftworkers at the original Bauhaus school, like first female master Gunta Stölzl,helpe d turn the weaving workshop into one of the most successful and renowned departments. Stölzl was famous for combining traditional techniques with new art forms to make innovations, and today’s textile students at the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle have continued those practices…

Drywall is all around us, but it is often misperceived as a building material that doesn’t demand th e skillful manipulation of a traditional construction material. Anybody who has worked with drywall knows, instead, that the product is not so cooperative. Getting that perfect cut of drywall tape demands an expert eye, and embedding the tape…

Austin’s SXSW (aka South by Southwest) may be best known for its music and film festivals, but its i nteractive component is fast becoming a hot ticket, too. The SXSW Interactive Festival showcases digital creativity and emerging technology — and, in a panel by IA Interior Architects this afternoon, how they factor into the design of…