From Quebec to Texas, 10 Offices Flexing Space in New Ways
In the modern workplace — whether it’s a tech startup, a studio, a classroom, or a video game development company in Texas, Wisconsin, or California — flexibility is key. With the unpredictability of...
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This house in the suburbs of Tokyo is surrounded by natural elements like vegetable fields and flower gardens. It is designed to be as small as possible based on 2 ideas; how to create different kinds...
View ArticleDiller Scofidio + Renfro Take on Jean Nouvel in Paris
While New York architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro get skewered in the media for tearing down the Folk Art Museum, their installation work flies relatively under the radar. They got their start in the...
View ArticleJodenbreestraat
In August 2013 the City of Amsterdam gave the go-ahead for the redevelopment of an old store room under one of their offices on Jodenbreestraat, in Amsterdam, into a multifunctional plaza. This plan...
View ArticleEscape From Literally Everything in This Concrete Bunker Retreat
Here in the Netherlands, a former war bunker has been given new life as a vacation home, courtesy of B-ILD of Belgium. The bunker, cave-like and below grade, has very little internal room, prompting...
View ArticleMetal Fabrics®
Since 1925, the global architecture and commercial design communities have relied upon our expertise in delivering customized solutions. With a wide variety of options available, together with our...
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RITA CATINELLA ORRELL WAS PREVIOUSLY PRODUCTS EDITOR AT ARCHITECTURAL RECORD AND THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF SNAP, A QUARTERLY BUILDING PRODUCTS MAGAZINE. SHE LAUNCHED DESIGNYTHINGS.COM, A CURATED LIST OF...
View ArticleCasa/Atelier Rua do Almada
In 2014 this building was awarded an honorable mention in Prémio João de Almada, one of the most important awards in Portugal in the area of rehabilitation in architecture. This work aimed to develop...
View ArticleInside the First Fall Benefit to Reclaim NYC's Rivers For Everybody
Kanye was there. As was an Olympian. And Jane, of Jane's Carousel. Each of them had turned out to support +POOL, the world's first water-filtering, floating pool, and its innovative, hipster founders....
View ArticleNavajo Nation Division of Transportation Office Complex
The Navajo Division of Transportation (NDOT) Office Complex is an innovative milestone for NDOT, and is the first of its kind for the Navajo Nation. The facility houses five main NDOT administration...
View ArticleTurner Residence
A plinth and a pavilion. Nestled into the hillside, the long, solid plinth contains the private rooms of the house. Atop this plinth sits a transparent living and dining pavilion that opens up...
View ArticleEau de Louis Kahn: Experience Kimbell Art Museum in a Bottle
In Forth Worth, Texas, travertine marble, glass, meticulously chosen shades of concrete, and generous swaths of natural light come together to create Louis Kahn’s sublime Kimbell Art Museum. North...
View ArticleWatch How a Mod Mosque Gets Built
There is a focus so often on buildings as images, and possibly even more so, a thirst for buildings as ruins, that we can sometimes forget what exactly goes into their construction. Each intricate...
View ArticleTorre Puig
In collaboration with RAFAEL MONEO and LUCHO MARCIAL, GCA ARCHITECTS designed this Architectural project. The design of the interiors was also done completely by GCA ARCHITECTS. The tower strictly...
View ArticleContemporary Transylvanian Architecture Is Nothing Like Dracula's Lair
In the high mountains of Transylvania, Count Dracula lurks in his castle, longing for the blood of the English country. Or so Irish author Bram Stoker set the scene for his 1897 horror novel. The...
View ArticleF.Dome.75 - Geodesic Dome Kit
Love playing pool or table tennis, but haven’t got enough room inside of the house? Or is it a gym that you want to set up? Well, the F75 geodesic dome can be just the right solution for you! Whether...
View ArticleThese Urban Hackers Took Drones to the Top of Hong Kong
Recently, young people in Russia and Asia have been "skywalking," or scaling the world's tallest buildings, often illegally. They capture the whole thing on camera, offering some of the most...
View ArticleDOMO DOM
Domo House is a one-person house with the full program necessary for comfortable living but with one restriction – minimization of required surface. The one-person house provides the potential...
View ArticleWales' Architectural Awakening: Norman Foster's New Cardiff Master Plan and...
This week, Foster + Partners and the City of Cardiff revealed their master plan for the city’s Central Square. This massive effort seeks to add nearly one million square feet of newly built...
View ArticleVilla CP
Villa CP is a restoration project in which a 21st-century house has been created inside an old stone structure. The existing stone walls have been largely rebuilt, with enormous openings towards the...
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