The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) is set to open an exhibit on the product design of vaunted British architect Zaha Hadid. Hadid is famous for her wild, swooping, techno-fanciful buildings -- stuff that seems like it came straight ...READ»
In its ongoing efforts to bling up every major industry event, Swarovski debuted its latest design collaboration at this year’s Design Miami: "Iris," four dramatic, crystal-based representations of the human eye, by the London-based ...READ»
Hospitals are some of the worst buildings around. But plenty of research shows that physical surroundings can improve health. Which is what makes the Maggie's Centre initiative so brilliant.READ»
I'd love to write about your latest architectural masterpiece, I really would. If only your Web site wasn't such an information architecture disaster.READ»
Aqua, a new 82-story residential tower in Chicago, is being billed as the tallest skyscraper designed by a woman-headed firm. It's also being described as "feminine." Can you really tell if a building is designed by a woman or a man, ...READ»
Santiago Calatrava's stunning Liège-Guillemins TGV station opened last month in Belgium. As energy and oil uncertainty and high carbon emissions make train travel more appealing, high-speed railways are being planned from Southern California to Saudi Arabia. Here are eight more high-speed rail stations coming soon.READ»
London's Design Museum just opened a new exhibition, Super Contemporary, which tasked 15 British design stars--including David Adjaye, Zaha Hadid, Sam Hecht, and Tom Dixon to invent pieces that would improve upon life in the ...READ»
Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, is going to be redesigned, and a proposed master plan just leaked to YouTube.
Because of the extreme sensitivity of the project, details about the redesign have been sparse. Nonetheless, it ...READ»
Quick: Which state has the boldest architecture? Ohio didn't roll of your tongue, did it? But Bowling Green State University, near Toledo, just broke ground on a new building by Snøhetta. And that's on top of a slew of other ...READ»
This week at the Milan Furniture Fair, Frank Gehry, the white-maned maven of expressive architectural design, is unveiling his newest work: An undulating chaise lounge for Emeco, a Pennsylvania-based furniture maker with a ...READ»
Today, architecture's highest award, the Pritzker Prize, was announced--and you've probably never heard of the the man who won, Peter Zumthor. He prefers it that way. He doesn't have a Web site. He frequently refuses ...READ»
Chicago's Millennium Park isn't hurting for art installations, with a Frank Gehry-designed bandshell, a brilliant mirrored sculpture by Anish Kapoor, and elegant grounds landscaped by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol. But on June 19, ...READ»
"The home-building market is on life support," says Mike Lucki, head of
Ernst & Young's global-infrastructure services, reaffirming what we
already know. Yet the 30,000 attendees at this four-day event -- ...READ»
