Inspiration

The largest aquarium in Northern Europe makes little distinction between the structure and the sea. The Blue Planet, as it’s called, is located along the shores of Kastrup, not far from 3XN's hometown of Copenhagen. The Danish architecture firm designed a whirlpool-shaped building that tied the surrounding natural waterway to the manmade waterways inside the aquarium. This seamless tie between the natural environment and the built one secured 3XN as the Popular Choice winner of this year’s Architizer A+Award for the Culture: Museum category.

IMAESTRI, as company founder and CEO Paolo Timoni describes it, is a “marketing and distribution pla tform for small leading-edge design companies.” The year-old business rigorously vets little-known Italian manufacturers and, if they pass muster, makes those producers accessible to designers and consumers via its members-only website — a hybrid destination in which e-commerce meets art…

Rita Catinella Orrell was previously products editor at Architectural Record and the founding editor of Snap, a quarterly building products magazine. she launched DesignyThings.com, a curated list of gifts, gadgets, and gear for consumers, in 2011, and Architects-Toybox.com, a resource for architects and designers looking for the latest building products, in 2013. This post originally…

Suh Architects won the 2015 A+Awards, Jury Choice and Popular Choice, for the Sport and Recreation & #8211; Stadium/Arena Category with JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS FC CLUBHOUSE. This stadium’s overall orientation and horizontal structure seeks to embrace the rolling the hills of the countryside as a therapeutic element for professional athletes. Your name: Eulho SuhFirm name: SUH…

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 share the stories behind the winners of the 2015 Awards program — see all of them here. Gerber Architekten won the 2015…

Architizer explores the future of the library in a digital age with this A+ award-winning project lo cated on North Carolina State University's campus.

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 share the stories behind the winners of the 2015 Awards program — see all of them here. stu/D/O won the 2015 A+Awards,…

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 share the stories behind the winners of the 2015 Awards program — see all of them here. Rangr Studio won the 2015…

BIG / Bjarke Ingels Group won the 2015 A+Awards, Jury Choice, for the Landscape & Planning: Masterpl an Category with The Dryline [f.k.a. The BIG U]. This masterplan for a 10-mile ribbon of green space and resilient infrastructure is designed to protect the waterfront of Lower Manhattan from vulnerabilities exposed by Superstorm Sandy.