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Schemata Architects’ New Candy Colored Collection
There are different levels of brilliance to Iro, a furniture collection designed by Tokyo-based Schemata Architects’ Jo Nagasaka. On the surface, there is the obvious sheen of candy-hued resin...
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Het Bushok
In the center of the lake district between Loosdrecht and Kortenhoef, a dingy snack bar has been replaced with a studio and gallery. The Cor-Ten steel building is placed over a concrete basement, both...
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Veronica Armchair
The first piece of furniture designed by Zalszupin since the 1960s, the "Veronica" armchair furthers the designer´s explorations with curvilinear forms. Available in a variety of 14 FSC-certified...
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Inside the Urban Gondola Explosion: 8 Cities Taking Transit Sky High
The city of Seattle has been making strides toward expanding its public transit options for residents over the last decade. While the automobile remains the most popular form of getting around the...
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Long Courtyard House
This project is a contemporary addition to a turn-of-the-century terrace house in inner Sydney. By reorienting the courtyard to the side of the block, the project challenges the typical terrace...
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School Isabel Besora
This school sits on a small triangular plot facing a railroad on one side and a set of residential brick buildings on the other. The implementation of the building appears to be at the edge of the sun...
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False Frontin': Our Favorite Dishonest Facades
Reinforced concrete and increasingly strong interior steel beams have almost made buildings' exterior envelopes a relic of the past. While a building covering still provides crucial protection from...
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The Aluminum Cabin
Situated in a beautiful archipelago, this seaside cabin replaces a former dilapidated and impractical cabin dominating the site. The restrictive planning regulations and zoning of the area has...
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Flush With Beauty: A Designer Public Restroom in Japan
What do you think of when you hear the words "public toilet?" Off-white tiles that were selected to minimize costs? Damp floors that never seem to dry? The subtle smell of Lysol? Stalin-era toilet...
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Tight-Knit: Kvadrat's New Elastic Textiles by the Bouroullec Brothers
French industrial designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have a long history of collaboration with Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat, often on an architectural scale. Together, they’ve carpeted the...
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NYPD 121st Precinct
Staten Island is the New York City borough with the fastest-growing population. Because of this, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) recognized the need for an expanded law enforcement presence...
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Echoppe Poyenne
This project involved the renovation of a double "Echoppe”, the traditional housing in Bordeaux, into a modern house. The street-facing façade is the only element which has been conserved and is built...
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Insulation That Stays Where You Spray
While the season suffers through an identity crisis, slipping between springtime and arctic vortexes from day to day, the good news is that interior temperatures don’t have to budge. Icynene, the...
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Production Hall
In 2013 a third pavilion for Trumpf Grüsch CH was completed in the alpine Prättigau Valley, complimenting the first two from Barkow Leibinger and oriented in a similar fashion along the Cantonstrasse,...
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A+ Projects are Changing the Face of Cities
Rising sea levels, blighted neighborhoods, overcrowded housing, and the rising costs of living: these are just a few of the problems faced by cities across the globe as our urban areas continue to...
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Cut and Frame House
This residential project aimed to reorganize the ground floor layout of a two-story, semi-detached house and replace a shed at the rear of a garden with a writing hut. Both clients work from home and...
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Retail Therapy: A+ Winners Make Shopping Fun Again
Ever been to a rest stop in rural Tennessee? It's fun to go in for a minute and grab some corn nuts and an ironic souvenir, but the spaces themselves leave much to be desired. In fact, most retail...
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MR House
This commission involved the construction of a shelter for a family that would encompass two large areas. In the first, the space around the fire and the kitchen was designated as a module without...
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Billionaire Building Blitz: Inside the World's 10 Most Expensive High-Rises
Over the past year, an entirely new building typology has materialized: that of the super-tall, impossibly-skinny, and ultra-extravagant residential condo tower. Each month a new design by a famous...
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Three White Walls Front Ripple House
This stark white residence is located in Tsukuba-Mirai City, Ibaragi Prefecture, about an hour from Tokyo. The riverbank which the site of the house overlooks is among the prominent spots of Ibargi...
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