From its offices in The Boathouse in Putney, West London, bpr architects has focused its practice on family values since being founded by current director Paul Beaty-Pownall’s parents in 1975. He and fellow director Graham Wilson took over in 1994 and maintain a culture that he describes as a “family of architects all working toward…
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Flood prevention is a perennial concern for architects, and one that is becoming more relevant each year, as climate change continues to cause sea levels to rise and storms to rage with increasing frequency and intensity. As architects across the globe rack their brains for solutions to this dire problem, few have come up with…
Two startling architectural cliffhangers — the cantilevered Biré Bitori restaurant by TALL ARQUITECT OS and the sublime Cliff Retreat, beautifully rendered by Alex Hogrefe — have gone viral on Architizer during the past month. While these conceptual projects were met with a great deal of awe on Facebook, a number of people were skeptical about these…
BIG, the New York and Copenhagen-based architecture firm behind Google’s revamped Mountain View Head quarters, is rethinking the modern sports arena. Its conceptual plan to overhaul the Washington Redskins’ stadium would make the football team’s home a year-round destination, where sports are not the only attraction. “The stadium is designed as much for the tailgating, like…
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…
Architectural renderings depicting real proposals can often be highly misleading, with rose-tinted f ilters deliberately designed to convince skeptical clients or city councils of a project’s worth. However, with the right person in charge of modeling and compositing, even the most fictitious of concepts can appear highly plausible and incredibly compelling. Digital visualizer Alex Hogrefe is…
Ban's contemporary dwelling in Yamanashi, Japan, channels the spirit of one of Mies van der Rohe’s g reatest works.
Continuing our coverage of Chamber Gallery’s architectural exhibition “Unpacking the Cube” curated b y Andrew Zuckerman, Architizer met with David Leven and Stella Betts of New York-based architecture firm Levenbetts at their studio in Chelsea to hear about their contribution to the show. Asked to produce a series of objects reflective of its conceptual process in…