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Consumed by Electronics: CES Goes Self-Aware for Millennials

Lazy, coddled, narcissistic. Over-sensitive. Smartphone-obsessed. The popular media has branded millennials (the generation born roughly between the ’80s and the early aughts) in such broad and...

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Pete V. Domenici Courthouse Sustainable Landscape

]This landscape renovation project transformed a forlorn public plaza into a showpiece of sustainable urban design. Our creative reuse of materials, comprehensive water management program, and use of...

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Beyond the Red Room: "The Architecture of David Lynch" by Richard Martin

Have you heard of "the alley behind the marketplace?" It is one of those neglected places tucked behind the mercantile mainstream, plagued with the odor of failure, struggles, nighttime dreads, with a...

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Rambøll Aarhus

Pluskontoret has been responsible for advice regarding the design of work environments for Rambøll since 2004 and operates today as rent advisor with an ongoing advisory role. In 2008, Rambøll...

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A+Award Winner Q+A: Mark Panckhurst on Blobitecture and the Essential 0.25mm...

HEAD Architecture won the 2014 Jury Award for the Architecture+Branding category with Great Food Hall.

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GÄRDESGÅRD LINE

UHURU’s Gärdesgård Lounge Chair is inspired by the distinct Scandinavian fence style of the same name. The fence, with its angled cross members creating a triangle between the ground and the uprights,...

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Into the Abyss: Photos of the 54-Story Shaft Courtyard of The Tallest Tower...

Africa's tallest tower is not what you might expect. Ponte Tower in Johannesburg is a hulking concrete cylinder that is about as scary as a building can be. Its round courtyard is some 54 stories...

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New York Fragrance Studio

This international producer of perfumery and flavor chemicals in business for over 115 years was interested in a design that would highlight the firm’s history, values, and innovative production...

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This Huge Urban Zipper Machine Can Reverse Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge

While you were busy holding the tip of the Golden Gate Bridge up with your fingers so your friend could snap a picture of you, many San Franciscans were crossing that iconic orange span to get to and...

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Carling Residence

The Carling Residence is the private year-round home for a young couple that relocated from the city to the country. The house is located on the shores of Georgian Bay. The clients wanted the design...

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15 Opinions on Weird Architecture, from Chinese Citizens Who Live with It

This week, the Wall Street Journal picked up on an impressive report from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat [PDF], distilling the record-breaking stats down to the finding that the...

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Compact Karst House

The compact karst house is a proto-house and contemporary redefinition of a traditional karst house. This small, compact stony house’s design suits the needs of the young family while also following...

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The latest Subway PSA's Are a Graphic Design Win

The MTA might annoy you with their fare hikes, constant track work, and lack of a reliable schedule. But when it comes to graphic design, they usually come through — most famously, of course, in...

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Media Library "Grand M"

The new Médiathèque and esplanade unfolding before it are integral parts of a vast urban redevelopment project (ANRU) implemented by the City of Toulouse. The multiple aspirations of this new...

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Such Great Heights: 7 Breathtaking Aerial Photographs by Kacper Kowalski

It's not unusual for architects to diverge from the conventional path of practice, with multiple skills from the profession lending themselves to all manner of creative pursuits. However, once you've...

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Guastavino Tiles

Boston Valley Terra Cotta is proud to carry on the legacy of Raphael Guastavino and his vault system. As a Spanish architect, engineer, and builder, Guastavino is most famous for the architectural...

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Paraglider House

The paraglider house is a 100% wood-frame house with eucalyptus pillars and a curved laminated beam on the roof.

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Bridging the Gap between Design and Management: A New Masters Program at IE...

As architectural practice continues to expand in scope, the Master in Architectural Management and Design program at IE School of Architecture and Design has set out to incorporate the seldom...

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The Great Wall of Saudi Arabia: KSA Planning 600-mile Anti-ISIS Wall...

ISIS (aka ISIL, The Islamic State) is a force to be reckoned with, a rebel group that has their sights set on altering the geopolitical landscape forever. They're just as likely to provoke the US or...

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McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind

McCallum Sather Architects Inc. (MSA) has teamed up with VRM Engineering to design the state-of-the-art facility, McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind (MIMM). This addition to the Psychology...

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