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The challenge of utilizing stone in a fresh and dynamic way has been something of a hot topic lately . Renzo Piano found ingenious ways to modernize the sandstone of Malta in his Valetta City Gate master plan, and there have been numerous examples recently of cool, contemporary designs harnessing the age-old technique of gabion walling.…
Alucobond is the Kleenex of aluminum composite material: comprising two sheets of 0.02-inch-thick al uminum thermobonded to a core material, Alucobond has become synonymous with ACM. One reason why the brand is so trusted by the design community is that it has long been used to resist fire. Just several years after the product’s 1964 launch,…
Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi have been announced joint winners of the 2016 AIA Gold Medal; hailed by the Institute for “built projects as well as literature that set the stage for Postmodernism and nearly every other formal evolution in architecture.” It is a fitting tribute to one of the most influential partnerships in…
Home security, safety, and surveillance systems are getting sleeker in appearance, smarter and more connected, and, many of them, downright easier to install, oneself. And, now that it’s the holiday season — full of travels and festivities — it may be the right time to consider such products. Here are a handful of recent or…
Design Miami/ kicks off its 2015 edition today with, as always, a rather impressive list of headline rs from all of those spheres. Some of them will be part of the Revolution Project, a showcase of limited-edition prefabricated pavilions and homes and the brainchild of real-estate developer Robbie Antonio. Among Revolution’s highlights, architect Zaha Hadid designed…
A series of visualizations offers tantalizing glimpses of a new center for contemporary Chinese cult ure — and illustrates the firm’s astute eye for restraint in architectural renderings.
Any practicing architect will tell you that running a firm is a challenging task that often has litt le to do with designing and more with organizing. Creating invoices, contracts, and schedules as well as analyzing project performance and profitability, tracking billable hours, and other “left-brain” activities are a daily reality for most A/E/C professionals. And…
Architects are all too aware of the fact that by the time HVAC, security, lighting, and other consul tants are through with a project’s ceiling, that plane might resemble Swiss cheese. To remedy this hazard, German industrial and interior designer Uli Petzold founded a new lighting brand that integrates all of the typical ceiling functions without…
This collection illustrates the versatility of models as a medium to convey complex design ideas.