Articles by Matt Shaw

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These pieces of trivia illustrate why the Jeddah Tower will be an truly awe-inspiring once complete.

With 90+ categories and 300+ jurors, the Architizer A+Awards is the world’s definitive archite ctural awards program. In anticipation of the Awards Gala and Phaidon book launch on May 14, we are pleased to take a closer look at some of the winners of the 2015 Awards program — see all of them here. Parks can…

While many of us have fond memories of treehouses from our youth, they can also make for proper buil dings for grown-ups. Earlier this week, we celebrated Earth Day with a collection of rammed-earth architecture; today, in honor of Arbor Day, we’re pleased to present five treehouses. Although they’re not necessarily supported by the actual trees…

We’ve been eagerly following news of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial, which has al ready commissioned a series of incredible photos by Iwan Baan and launched a kiosk competition that attracted hundreds of proposals. This week sees the announcement of a robust list of architecture firms and artists who will be participating come October, and it’s…

As the baby boomers grow older, they increasingly need places to do so with grace. Sometimes this is a design solution that converts a home so the elderly can “age-in-place,” but often it means relocating to an assisted-living facility or nursing home. This expanding architectural field is open to many design innovations, from technologies and…

Two projects, unveiled on the same day last week, shed light on some of the issues that contemporary architects face, from the beginning of a project to the end. They couldn’t be more high-profile yet they also couldn’t be more different in their origins and public reception. But something tells us that both projects are…

In what has become a grand tradition for, the internet turns into a minefield of fake news à la The Onion on April 1st, a.k.a. April Fools’ Day. Here are some of our favorite design-related stories from online publications doing their best one-day Onion impression, complete with hilariously questionable Photoshopping. Image via Hyperallergic (courtesy the…

Today is April Fool’s Day, which is a good opportunity to reflect on the topic of rendering as design fiction. Architectural rendering relies heavily on Photoshop to drive its narratives, as post-production allows designers to visualize worlds with insanely good-looking people riding bikes across plazas and brunching al fresco under a hazy lens flare. These…