Perkins+Will Proposal Inserts Greenery into NYC’s Superthin Condo Typology
An expressive steel diagrid and "skyparks" sets this skyscraper concept apart.
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An expressive steel diagrid and "skyparks" sets this skyscraper concept apart.
Public voting for the 2015 A+Awards is now open, which means that YOU have the power to select the v ery best architecture in the world. With the A+Awards, recognizing the best projects is no longer domain of a small group of judges — everyone gets a say in who will be crowned victorious in over…
The Vitra Design Museum (VDM) in Weil am Rhein, Germany, will celebrate African design and architect ure with an African theme for the next six months. The programming starts with the exhibition “Architecture of Independence – African Modernism,” which opened on February 20th and runs until May 31st, and “Making Africa – A Continent of Contemporary…
“Architects spend an entire life with this unreasonable idea that you can fight against gravity.” Pe rhaps Renzo Piano had a point: Architects are suckers for the drama of cantilevers, and the perpetual tension that comes with that perfect structural balancing act. As always, Many of this year’s A+Award Finalists have employed cantilevers to create defiant, dynamic architecture, counterbalancing the functional advantages of extra space on the upper stories with the formal theatre of an architectural overhang. Here are 5 of the best – don’t forget to vote for your favorite finalists over here!
Every little bit counts when it comes to caring for the environment. Reusing, recycling, and choosin g eco-friendly products all go a long way — at least when enough consumers take part. Larger entities, including the United States federal government, have to do their part, too, or else their bad habits will drown out the efforts…
Public voting for the 2015 A+Awards is now open, which means that YOU have the power to select the v ery best architecture in the world. With the A+Awards, recognizing the best projects is no longer domain of a small group of judges — everyone gets a say in who will be crowned victorious in over…
Together, the images imagine "how London could be transformed by giant statues of positive female ro le models." They include an asteroid, a tech incubator, a control tower at Heathrow, and a colossal sewing machine, honoring Wollstonecraft, Lovelace, Earhart, and the Dagenham sewing machinists.
Living off the grid — independent of the municipal water supply, sewer, natural gas or electrical po wer grid — has long been a dream of survivalists and environmentalists. The autonomy of a self-sustaining house is attractive to them because it not only saves energy, but it also lessens dependence on the government. In the case…
In 2011, Foster + Partner’s Spaceport America opened in the New Mexican desert with some wild fanfar e: Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson propelled down the side of the building, champagne in hand, rockets soaring in the air, to christen the $220-million launchpad of the world’s first civilian spaceflight. Four years down the line and nary…