Practice: Materials

Enrique Norten's architecture aims to completely blur the boundaries between public and private real ms.

Performance and aesthetics don’t necessarily need to be mutually exclusive. That’s especially true f or new developments in 21st-century glass, as Guardian Industries Corp. demonstrated at last month’s AIA (American Institute of Architects) convention in Philadelphia. “Energy performance requirements in building design often force architects and designers to measure glass performance against its aesthetics,” says Chris…

A pioneer of the New York art scene of the 1960s, Donald Judd is not commonly associated with his wo rks in COR-TEN steel. These particular pieces are rare, and currently the subject of a show curated by Judd’s own son at David Zwirner Gallery, on view through December 19th. Flavin Judd is no stranger to…

Flat tops and legs make up a large part of most interior spaces. Though it is often the things place d atop tables that define them. As objects primarily for utilitarian use — eating, writing, working, or playing games — they are usually not the piece of furniture in a room that gets all the attention.…

Koreatown in Los Angeles offers a lot more than most traditional ethnic enclaves: it’s one of the bi ggest, densest, and most diverse areas in a city often criticized for sprawl and segregation. Challenging this popular conception of L.A., high rises and eclectic businesses line Koreatown’s walkable main corridors. Meanwhile, historic Art Deco apartments pack side…

MAS and Architizer have teamed up once again to bring you Pitching the City 2015, a signature anchor ing event of the New Museum’s IDEAS CITY Festival. Offering a platform for fresh urban ideas, five innovative projects, diverse in scope and scale, will be pitched to both an esteemed panel of experts, who will offer advice…

Foamspace is the winning project of the 2015 Street Architecture Prize Competition hosted by Storefr ont for Art and Architecture and the New Museum as part of the biennial IDEAS CITY festival. The brainchild of SecondMedia, this mobile work of architecture and digital platform of financial tools will allow members to propose and vote on the…

MAS and Architizer have teamed up once again to bring you Pitching the City 2015, a signature anchor ing event of the New Museum’s IDEAS CITY Festival. Offering a platform for fresh urban ideas, five innovative projects, diverse in scope and scale, will be pitched to both an esteemed panel of experts, who will offer advice…

MAS and Architizer have teamed up once again to bring you Pitching the City 2015, a signature anchor ing event of the New Museum’s IDEAS CITY Festival. Offering a platform for fresh urban ideas, five innovative projects, diverse in scope and scale, will be pitched to both an esteemed panel of experts, who will offer advice…