Interns, Rejoice: Required Hours to Be Reduced by a Third
Every student should share this: The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has finally voted to approve big changes to streamline and overhaul the Intern Development Program...
View ArticleVilla Moerkensheide
This house is centrally positioned on the building plot at the edge of a residential neighborhood and opposite a small forest. An explicit orientation to the sun shapes the tripartite composition of...
View ArticleSpec Perspective: Savor an Endless Summer With Oborain
For decades, advertisers have placed models under waterfalls to convey leisure, romance, luxury — aspirational concepts all of them. An image of outdoor bathing may have felt particularly out of...
View ArticleSelf-Build Heroes: How One University Is Giving Grad Students the Experience...
Imagine laying eyes on your first built project … before you have even left architecture school! One of the most common misgivings that architecture students harbor on exiting university revolves...
View ArticleA Dazzling Solar Beacon Touches Down in NYC's Lincoln Center
As this year’s Fall Fashion Week passes into distant memory, the cultural center that serves as the city’s premiere venue for designer runway shows is making preparations for a more experimental...
View ArticleCasa IPE
A house for people with dogs requires a large amount of open space; even more so when its inhabitants are big fans of plants and outdoor activity. For this project, open space is maximized with a...
View ArticleShould Locals Have a Say in Their Neighborhood’s Architecture?
Residents of Pleasant Avenue in Manhattan’s East Harlem were more than displeased upon seeing renderings for a new Karim Rashid-designed building in their neighborhood: A slender, modern dwelling...
View ArticleVisual and Performing Arts Center - Western Connecticut State University
Amenta Emma Architects, in conjunction with Holzman Moss Bottino, provided full architectural services on the new $75.7 million Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State...
View ArticleWill Climate Change Make Alaska the Next Architecture Hotspot?
In the wake of the New York People’s Climate March and the United Nations Climate Summit this week, the ever-growing demand to curb mankind’s impact on the natural environment is at an all time high....
View ArticleThese Stunning Diagrams Reveal the Inner Workings of UNStudio’s Qatar Train...
UNStudio is fully engulfed in the design phase of their latest project, the Qatar Integrated Railway Project in the capital city of Doha. The creation of the new Doha Metro Network will comprise two...
View ArticleHouse of Fujisawa
This project is a residential two-story unit with a simple and modern design located in Fujisawa. The three-room plan includes a private room on the first floor, separated by a sliding door. There is...
View ArticleThis Tornado-Proof Roof Won National Attention, And So Can Your Project
Winners receive a cash prize, showcasing on Architizer, and (of course) bragging rights.
View ArticleGreenwich Street Penthouse
The penthouse loft at 463 Greenwich Ave occupies the southwest corner of a converted warehouse in Tribeca. The large open space had previously been used as a painter's studio due to the copious...
View ArticleLive From London: Luminous Lights Carved From Marble
Marble, marble everywhere! The preferred building material of the ancient Romans is now at the height of its revival in contemporary design — this past year alone having seen the unlikely block carved...
View Article5411 Winthrop - Flats, Chicago
Our redesign of the 5411 Winthrop for Flats Chicago breathes new life into a classic example of Chicago’s Four Plus One apartment blocks. Moss’s aim is to restore the building’s iconic 1970s drama and...
View ArticleWould Your City Survive an Asteroid Hit?
Earlier this month, a 60-foot asteroid whizzed by Earth, narrowly missing us. But there's always the chance that we won't be so lucky, though nobody anticipates getting smashed by a huge flying chunk...
View Articleskyscape
This two-story house is situated with a main road to the south. The client wanted to secure private spaces and a garden. First, we created an L-shape housing volume (the long side for public, the...
View ArticleCelebrate a Sweet New Year With Honeycomb Architecture
Architects often look to the natural world for inspiration. Sometimes this can result in a project that plays with scale of natural phenomenon, such as Beijing's Water Cube, which was based on the...
View ArticleRestaurant Frantzén
In collaboration with Studio Feuer, Arkitema Architects has designed the Restaurant Frantzén in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. The decor is — like the food — inspired by both Swedish simplicity and advanced...
View ArticlePublicis
One of the main challenges was to be able to integrate all the agencies that make up the Publicis Group, which have different clients and profiles, into the same space. For this purpose a...
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