12 Pathbreaking North American Architecture Firms
Ranging in size and speciality, these A+Award-winning studios showcase the region's cutting-edge lea dership in architectural thought.
Inspiration
Architectural case studies and material exemplars to spark your creativity and inspire your next project.
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The Future of Architecture: How 3-D Printing Can Transform Access to Education
Thinking Huts takes an architecturally-oriented approach to fighting educational and gender inequali ties in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Thinking Outside the Box: 8 Unique Ways to Tweak the Conventional Block
Architects are dividing, warping and stacking traditional cuboids to increase green cover, invite in natural light and create visual spectacle.
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Think Architects Don’t Matter? Check Out the World’s Most Hated Floor Plan
A billionaire’s proposal for a gargantuan, windowless student dormitory has reminded the world why i t's smart to hire an architect.
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9 Forward-Looking Projects That Prove the Architectural Versatility of Tiles
From tiles made of waste timber fibers to those that form kinetic brise-soleils, designers and manuf acturers continue to innovate in architectural tiling.
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Architectural Ethics: Is Your Building Immoral?
In this op-ed, Esther Sperber considers the concept of 'renovation' as a physical and metaphorical t actic for updating unethical buildings.
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9 Impossibly Cool Apartment Renovations in New York City
Movable furniture, quirky skylights and an indoor slide are just some methods that designers have em ployed to remodel apartments in New York.
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What Is the Architectural Importance of Interior Design?
A designer discusses the unspoken rivalry between architectural and interior design and why a shift in these outdated attitudes is emerging.
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A Brief History of Prefabricated Architecture
Prefabrication may be the rising star of affordable and sustainable architecture, but it took a long way to get to where we are today.
