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Area 6 Parking facility, Toronto Pearson International Airport
The Parking Facility was developed in two phases. Phase 1 included an enclosed pedestrian link over Viscount Road to the People Mover Station, vertical transportation systems, development of surface...
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Osterwold+Schmidt On Fire: A Sneak Peek At The Firm's 2014 Projects
As we enter the final 10 days before the last deadline for entry to the 2014 A+ Awards, we're profiling one previous winner everyday. Yesterday, we gave you a glimpse of what Dutch firm Mecanoo has in...
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Papabubble in Yokohama
Takumi Ota Photography When we were asked for renovation, the client was in need of installing partition between kitchen and shop. We intend to design a space that resonates with movements of candy...
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The Problem Of Public Space In Asia’s Megaprojects
In the 1980s, Donald Trump took advantage of a New York City density bonus that permits office towers greater floor area in exchange for provision of a public plaza. But when Trump Tower opened on...
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Casa Teresa
Photography by David Frutos The owners’ urban calling is behind site’s location. A quiet street in Elche’s San Jose area with almost no traffic. The plot dimensions are 7m x 10.5m, in a street that...
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Preserve Or Demolish: A Guide To Contested Architecture
Last week, the Atlantic Cities published an article about the merits of preserving Michael Graves's Portland Building. The structure—with its trompe l'oeil classical columns, garish colors, and grid...
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Block 13 + 14
Photographer: Jan Bitter In the coming years the centre of Almere Buiten, a small satellite city just west of Almere Centre in Flevoland, the Netherlands is being upgraded to function as a renewed...
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Vertical Bunkers: Why To Hide In A Skyscraper During A Nuclear Fallout
Sure, New Yorkers may have severe vitamin D deficiencies, but in the event of a nuclear fallout, well, we're better off than most everyone else. Indeed, the soaring built environment of a tall city is...
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Mulberry House
Located at the corner of Houston and Mulberry Street in Manhattan's NoLita neighborhood, Mulberry House consists of 8 full-floor, 3 bedroom residences, and one triplex penthouse. Its proximity to the...
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Hong Kong Design Institute
How can a place on the one hand fulfill an ambition for synergy, aiming to harmonize the channels linked to design and on the other hand express the identity of each specialty? How can it open itself...
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Seven Sights From Sundance: Star-Worthy Utah Homes
Celebrities in designer snow boots, film directors in offbeat Comme Des Garçons parkas, and of course, those opulent log-clad chalets—it must be Sundance! The indie film festival, launched by Robert...
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Lampenwelt Office Building
herbertarchitekten were asked to design the new headquarter of europes biggest lighting-online-store - lampenwelt.de The challenge was to transform a former school building, constructed in the 1960s,...
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10 Campus Buildings Architects Designed For Their Alma Mater
Foster and Partners recently completed a nondescript piece of architectural ho-hum on Yale's New Haven campus—an extruded glass box with a predictable floating roof. Even the interior courtyard’s...
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Design On The Edge: The Architecture Of Cartel Border Tunnels
There is a reason why Breaking Bad was so addictive. Sustaining a border-crossing drug trade requires ceaseless ingenuity to evade authorities. Subverting US border walls and patrol eyes, Mexican drug...
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Designing For Earthquakes: 7 Contemporary Buildings That Provide Buffers...
Next month, the AIA Center for Architecture will debut Considering the Quake: Seismic Design on the Edge. The exhibition will address how the specifics of structural design are often merged with...
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Illuminating Illustrations Of Kowloon Walled City Challenge Its Reputation As...
A glitch in the urban fabric of former Hong Kong, Kowloon Walled City used to be the most densely populated area in the world. With an average of about 40 square feet of space to a person, the complex...
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House in La Bilbanía
Photographs: Joseba Bengoetxea We can not understand this profession just looking into our world. As in any other, the relationship with the customer is key; it is a bidirectional job and ultimately a...
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