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Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are not your usual starchitects. Ever since rising to prominence 20 years ago, when they won the competition to transform Gilbert Scott’s Bankside Power Station into the iconic Tate Modern, they have reveled in the art of surprise. While many giants of the profession have honed their signature styles…
The skyline of downtown Los Angeles has long been restrained by statutes requiring flat rooftops and the looming catastrophe in the back of every Angeleno’s mind: an earthquake. Recent changes to local laws and the continued revitalization of the historic core have paved the way for an impressive new development to challenge those limitations —…
What can music teach us about architecture? When it comes to the storied history of modernist design in Southern California, Gabriel Kahane can give a musical lesson or two in this historic building genre. Released last year, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter’s latest album “The Ambassador” features ten tracks about ten street addresses in his birthplace of…
When Antoine Roset accepted his father Pierre’s offer to join Ligne Roset in 2006, the French furnit ure manufacturer entered its fifth generation. The younger executive’s family loyalty is not limited to the people who share his surname. “We have more than 900 employees working for the company, and one of the most important things for…
Some day soon, every day will be “Dollar Oyster Day,” thanks in part to architects. You never would think that oysters would become a demographic that designers came to rescue, but it is happening through a number of upcycling these days, both designed as temporary pavilions and through other initiatives. Oyster reefs once dominated the…
“Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are fomenting the biggest revolution in architecture since the inv ention of steel, concrete, and the elevator. It is a media revolution.” Architizer cofounder Marc Kushner’s recent Op-Ed on how social media is changing the way we consume architecture felt all the more prophetic this week, as Facebook’s brand new headquarters in…
For the third year running, Architizer is excited to partner with Sunbrella for the Future of Shade Competition to design beautiful spaces using fabric. With the growing interest and increasingly diverse range of entries in the past two editions of the annual competition, this year sees its expansion to three distinct categories — Humanitarian, Wellness…
Two projects, unveiled on the same day last week, shed light on some of the issues that contemporary architects face, from the beginning of a project to the end. They couldn’t be more high-profile yet they also couldn’t be more different in their origins and public reception. But something tells us that both projects are…
Today is April Fool’s Day, which is a good opportunity to reflect on the topic of rendering as design fiction. Architectural rendering relies heavily on Photoshop to drive its narratives, as post-production allows designers to visualize worlds with insanely good-looking people riding bikes across plazas and brunching al fresco under a hazy lens flare. These…