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Hey, Architects! Here, for your browsing pleasure, are 15 brands who approach the building material market with both specialized offerings and highly versatile prefab solutions for any project, from windows and doors to tiles and flooring. These economical and energy-efficient solutions have been specified in a wide variety of global projects — read on to…
Architecture is an inherently visual design medium, yet the form and layout of our built environment is immeasurably more significant to those of us who cannot see. Earlier this year, we looked at the design of spaces that zone in on specific senses, such as the extraordinary, pitch-black void of James Turrell and Tadao Ando’s…
Drawing inspiration from Amuneal’s in-house archive of industrial and architectural artifacts, the F rankford Panel System is a fully modular panel system designed to be configured for any environment. Showcased at Amuneal’s incredible ICFF booth last month, Frankford combines highly engineered models and artisan-finished materials to create unique panel configurations.
Ball-Nogues demonstrates the architectural potential of recycled paper pulp with their Pulp Pavilion at Coachella 2015.
What should drive the form of a Manhattan residential tower? Should it be program, as Bjarke Ingels argues in his trailer for the recently unveiled 2 World Trade Center? Or perhaps it could be contextual constraints like those that have made SHoP’s pencil-thin high-rise the most slender Midtown tower yet? Or perhaps it should simply…
It’s impossible to overstate the significance of the forthcoming Cornell Tech campus on Roosev elt Island, a major project for New York City by any measure. Where “The Bridge” by WEISS/MANFREDI will host a hybrid of academic and corporate programming within buildings boasting highly visible sustainable features, the students’ living quarters will possess equally impressive sustainable…
Architecture has come a long way since the time of drawing boards, T-squares, and dividers. How do c ontemporary firms deploy software and hardware solutions in an increasingly competitive market when superior workflow is measured in seconds, bytes, and pixels? Architizer recently conducted a survey of architects [PDF] to glean how they use technology, and the…
A sliver of land wedged neatly in the middle of the East River, Roosevelt Island has a fascinating a rchitectural history dating back to the 18th century: the 1796 Blackwell House remains intact as the sixth oldest house in New York City. Home to a penitentiary and hospital prior to its rebirth in the last half-century…
Realize SketchUp’s full potential with this handy cheat sheet.