David Zwirner 20th Street
For David Zwirner’s second location in Chelsea, Selldorf Architects designed a 30,000 square foot building that is the first LEED certified commercial gallery in the US. The neighborhood’s...
View ArticleDive in: Exploring the Allure of the Swimming Pool
The home swimming pool—that enduring icon of the southern California landscape—has come to signify an oasis of leisure and a sense of well-deserved accomplishment in the American popular imagination....
View ArticleWatch This Slackliner Cross Over a 200-Foot Reservoir Drain
And we thought scaling the Shard sounded scary. Flaviu Cernescu has made all the recent headline-grabbing building-climbing look like child's play. The extreme sportsman last week "slacklined" across...
View ArticleHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
More than 700 of the state’s top adult health researchers will be housed in the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (North). The 20,200 square meter 10 story building includes five levels of...
View ArticleDaoiz and Velarde Cultural Center
As part of the Daoiz and Verlarde complex of former barracks, this project preserves a representative sample of Madrid’s industrial and military heritage. From the start, the idea was to respect the...
View ArticleThe Architect’s Guide to Life in Video Games
Video game architecture is speculative in its nature, transcending conventions of the real and presenting endless artistic possibilities. It creates micro universes—vehicles to sustain alternate ideas...
View ArticleCan Temporary Bamboo Structures Help Shelter Hong Kong's Homeless?
Hong Kong Island is celebrated for its dense array of towering skyscrapers and compact residential buildings, which give it one of the most beautiful skylines in the world. But such alluring...
View ArticleAcademy of the Jewish Museum Berlin in the Eric F. Ross Building
The Jewish Museum Berlin constructed a one floor 25,000 square foot academy on the site of the Blumengrossmarkt in the existing hall. It offers public programs together with a library, additional...
View ArticleHow to Create an Urban Oasis in One of the Densest Cities in the World
With almost 40% of its pollution spewing from brick kilns, the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka is clearly in a construction boom. Trying to keep apace with its multiplying population—which is one of the...
View ArticleStarry Street
Not far from where the Jialing and Yangtze rivers meet in the historic inland seaport of Chongqing, a new mixed-use complex called Starry Street has become a popular home address and favorite leisure...
View ArticleAttention Students: Architizer Is Seeking Interns
Architizer is searching for two new content interns interested in gaining experience in the architecture and design media industry in our New York City office. This is a part-time, three-month gig for...
View ArticleUniversity of Oregon Hatfield-Dowlin Complex
Akin to football players on the line of scrimmage braced to dominate their opponents, so too stands the 145,000 square foot Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, a physical representation of the strength and...
View ArticleVeronica Beach House
Veronica House was a great opportunity to explore the relationship between Peruvian architecture and international styles. The intervention was also seen as the meeting between the artificial and the...
View ArticleMenil Opens Latest, Drawing-Specific Collection
The Menil Collection in Houston will add a new building to its impressive fleet, which already includes the main Renzo Piano building, the Cy Twombly Gallery, a site-specific installation by Donald...
View ArticlePhotos Show Post-Soviet Experiments in Capitalist Pomp
Following the fall of the USSR, the former Soviet Union was eager to cast off its dour past and explore the flashier, gaudier language of capitalism. What was once a landscape dominated by modernism...
View ArticleMi Casa
In October 2010, Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects was commissioned by Peter and Melanie Domb to design a house of modern design, with minimal impact on the environment, and able to accommodate...
View ArticleThis Is Your Building: A+ Public Voting Opens Today
A note from Marc Kushner AIA, coFounder of Architizer Today the Autodesk-sponsored public voting for the second annual Architizer A+ Awards opens, and it gave me a moment to reflect back on why this...
View ArticleAutodesk Workshop
This project consists of a workshop, laboratory, and office space that is intended to be used as a “maker” facility but also as a demonstration space for Autodesk’s operational software. Located in a...
View ArticleOhio State University South High Rises
Based on concepts established by the design team’s housing master plan, the renovation and additions to the Ohio State South High Rises result in increased capacity and a vibrant student residence...
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