Dutch architects i29 and Snelder have designed a school that inverts everything about traditional education buildings. Gone are wall posters and noticeboards, institutional green paint schemes and a jumble of colors. Instead, it's ...READ»
This week, Lord Norman Foster arrived in Italy to launch his first super-yacht design, the $24 million Ocean Emerald. And, if you made some extra dough shorting bank stocks or simply need a cozy headquarters as you plot world ...READ»
Yesterday, Norman Foster, the architect behind such instantly-recognizable buildings as "The Gherkin" in London, and the Hearst Tower in New York, got burned by news that a tower his firm is building in Vegas would be halved, due to ...READ»
The grand tradition of World Expos may seem a little quaint to Americans--evoking 1950s era images of flying cars and robot butlers. But the Expos still live, and the upcoming Expo 2010 in Shanghai, promises to be worthwhile since ...READ»
One of the most influential branches of architecture in the last 15 years is "blobitecture," which produces futuristic (often blob-like) forms using cutting edge technology. One of its patrons, Jan Kaplický just passed. Before ...READ»
Having just read Steve Barth's recent column about reorganizing your workspace, the new catalog from Topdeq could not have hit my in box at a worse time. Or more opportune.
Dealing in "European design for the American office," the ...READ»
This past weekend, one of the world's best contemporary-furniture fairs wrapped up. IMM-Cologne isn't the biggest, but it always hosts a sizable chunk of the world's best designers. Here are the highlights: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»
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»
With pavilions mired in budget controversies, laughable design, and, yes, circus clowns, the US and Canada are set to be the embarrassments of Shanghai 2010.READ»
Will a stunted economy leave us with stunted cities? Reduced building heights have become an unfortunate reality for a faltering construction industry, as architects are seeing their projects slashed in half, some ...READ»
We recently wrote about the troubles buffeting Norman Foster. This week, it's Frank Gehry's turn: The architect synonymous with the 15-year trend towards flashy, destination architecture—witness the Simpsons appearance ...READ»
With the NFL season less than a week old, the new $1.15 billion stadium for the Dallas Cowboys may be the most talked about piece of architecture in the country.
Designed by HKS, the go-to architecture firm for splashy sports ...READ»
