Top 10: Architecture Gone Wild
Photo: courtesy of LEAPFactory Nothing beats the great outdoors — except when they involve below-freezing temps, blinding blizzards, murky fogs, and perilously rugged terrain. (Look for a story later...
View ArticleHoney, I Shrunk The Office (Building)
Taisei’s Tecorep in action, pulling down a 105-meter building An ugly tower can be a permanent blot on a city’s skyline. How to fix that? Either populate the surrounding blocks with large high-rises...
View ArticleThe Best Bathroom You’ve Ever Seen, Just Watch Out For The Bugs!
It’s the outhouse refined. The “Superlative Space” room (original Japanese name: gokujo no heya) is an immersive installation that brings the garden into the bathroom, or vice-versa. Designed by...
View ArticleCan New York Turn Its 11,000 Payphones Into Public Smartphones?
Best Creativity: NYC Loop, by FXFOWLE. When Mayor Bloomberg announced New York City’s Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge last winter, we were excited to see how designers would reimagine these idle...
View ArticleColumbia University’s All-Digital GSAPP Abstract Causes Architecture Students...
Story by Karen Wong, New Museum deputy director and A+ Awards juror. Something was afoot on the Columbia University campus last Wednesday. As dusk set in, students of the Graduate School of...
View ArticleSpectacular ‘Rain Room’ Coming To MoMA In May!
Last fall, we spotlighted a mesmerizing exhibition by UK-based rAndom International called “Rain Room.” While we at Architizer sadly missed out on the installation in London, we are thrilled to...
View ArticleThe Ghosts Of Buildings Captured By 3D Scanning
Images by Scott Page Design One of the most difficult aspects in any renovation or adaptive reuse project is building an accurate set of working drawings based on the as-built condition of a site....
View ArticleSneak Peek: Six Amazing Things You’ll Find At Dwell On Design This Weekend!
Dwell on Design, the largest modern design event in the US, lands at the Los Angeles Convention Center Friday and … it’s going to be amazing. More than a trade show, Dwell on Design is a veritable...
View ArticleThe New Architecture Of (Electrical) Power
Hydroelectric Power Station by Becker Architekten (exterior). Read more on the project in the Architizer database! How do you design for something invisible? Or rather, how do you design a building...
View ArticleCardboard Miniatures Speak Of A Contemporary Love Affair With Technology
Object #2 Like the miniaturized replicas typically seen in museum dioramas, Kevin LCK‘s “Ordinary Behavior“ modifies the interior spaces of homes into tiny-scaled spaces. However, while his mini...
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