House K-H
The client requested a home for a family of five that integrates the surrounding environment and the changing of the seasons; the building is therefore orientated to the sun and not to the plot...
View Article7 Galleries Amping Up the Art World
The art gallery, as an architectural typology, is not known for being complicated. The basic white cube is de rigueur, its sleek minimalism a way of allowing the space to take a backseat to the art....
View ArticleWatch The Sydney Opera House Come Alive in Light
Sometimes buildings need a fresh set of clothes. Perhaps not really clothes, and maybe not even something physical, but the surface of a building can often be changed much more quickly and drastically...
View ArticleJohn’s Home Modification
When an accident resulting in a leg amputation caused John to lose freedom of movement within the family home, he was worried he might have to move.“I grew up in this house so it was important for me...
View Article7 Tips To Help You Grab Your First Gig After Graduating From Architecture School
Architecture students: the marathon runners of the academic world. You have fought through the pain of sleep deprivation, crashed computers, broken models, survived brutal project reviews, and arrived...
View ArticlePrayer Room Airport Cologne / Bonn
Amid the bustle of daily airport operations there was established a place of rest for around 22,000 passengers, visitors, and airport employees on the base level in the Köln/ Bonn Airport Terminal 2....
View ArticleThis Thai Hostel Proves That Luxury Isn't Always Expensive
Luxury, high-quality design doesn’t necessarily need to be a costly endeavor. Architectural production and architect-client discussions don’t have to revolve around the use of super expensive...
View ArticleHeritage Rooftop Pavillion
The brief for this project was to find ways to expand the internal space of this tight 1930s heritage structure, and as a result the concept proposed a rooftop pavilion, which preserved the existing...
View ArticleThe Cut, AKA the Swiss Army Knife of Kitchens
It’s a lounge. It’s a dining room. It’s where we might “have some of the most interesting conversations of our lives,” according to London-based designer Alessandro Isola. We’re talking about the...
View ArticlePXSTL: Lots
PXSTL is a community arts and urban incentive created by the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The design for...
View ArticleSunscreen Architecture: The Best Visor-Wearing Buildings
It's summer, and the sun is out and glaring from the south (in the Northern Hemisphere), which means it's time to get out your passive cooling technologies. For humans, this means hats and of course,...
View ArticleThe Pencil
“The Pencil” has been created from the most simple and basic construction materials. These materials are all produced in Korea, making them easy to purchase and build with. In particular, the concrete,...
View ArticleSteven Holl vs. Lebbeus Woods: The Fantasy Architecture Throwdown
Through his remarkable ability to convey thought-provoking social and political ideas in drawing, Lebbeus Woods defines architecture in his own vocabulary, and unabashedly redefines the practice in...
View ArticleIvanhoe House
Overlooking the Darebin Parklands in Ivanhoe, this residential project provides an alternative interpretation of life in Melbourne’s urban fringe. Our client’s brief required the construction of a...
View ArticleEdible Architecture: Classic Buildings in Cake Form
Navigating the architectural canon can be a bit tiresome — the stodgy timelines and set-in-stone analysis seems a bit dated in today's world of constantly-in-flux media. To mix up the monotony, a set...
View ArticleHouse of Kariya
This project is a two room, two-story wooden house in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture. There is a boundary at the center of the building, with left-right symmetry on either side. On the first floor are...
View ArticleAperiodix: UN Studio's Love Triangle Tiles Have Infinite Possibilities
In collaboration with a dream team of Brooklyn-based design practices — Ben Sandell, Situ Studio, and Geoff Sosebee — Oso Industries founder Eric Weil unveiled Aperiodix, a new concrete tiling system...
View ArticleRice Office
The design brief for Rice Office was to create an “unoffice”-like atmosphere that is tranquil, inspiring and iconic. The two-level office was conceived as a central white floating object, holding...
View ArticleOffice Jurriëns
The headquarters of building contractor Jurriëns are situated in the industrial zone 'Lage Weide' in Utrecht. They are located next to the shore of the 'Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal' on one side and the...
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