Domino Effect: Sweet Playground At Old NYC Sugar Refinery
Sweetwater playground at the former Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, New York is a colorful children's fun park that's dandy as old-fashioned candy. A park with good taste? It's more ...
Category: Architecture
Architecture is the art we live in, from individual houses, apartments and condos to the broader urban context, skyscrapers and parks of the cities around us. From unique historical homes to stunning conceptual towers, here are some of the most amazing, creative and inspiring structures and spires of our times.
10 Architects, 10 Homes of the Future: The 2018 China House Vision Exhibition
Visions for the homes of China’s future actively transform, adapt, provide greater comfort when sharing small spaces, grow food and even prepare for extraterrestrial lifestyles. The theme of ...
Habitat 2.0: Pixelated Apartment Complex by BIG References Design Classic
With an overt nod to Habitat 67 in Montreal by Moshe Safdie (similarly made up of many smaller modules, as show below), this new, undulating, mixed-use megastructure has been approved for ...
Topographical Architecture Brings the Printed Contours of Maps to Life
When artificial structures mimic the contours of topographic maps, which are almost sculptural in their own right, they become an extension of the land itself. The lines on the map that indicate ...
Post Postmodern: Nightlife Complex Remixes Local Architectural Details
Taking Postmodern ideas to high-contrast extremes, this set of nightclub-and-entertainment structures designed by MVRDV borrows from its surroundings, boiling area architecture down to ...
Sinuous Concert Hall by Zaha Hadid Architects Mimics the Shape of Sound
The sinuous curves of sound waves will take shape on a massive scale as Zaha Hadid Architects' design for the new Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall comes together in Yekaterinburg, Russia. ...
Sipping Cargo: Starbucks Opens Container Cafe In Taiwan
Starbucks' new double-decker drive thru restaurant and cafe in Taiwan's Hualien Bay Mall was constructed using 29 recycled shipping containers. Starbucks may be known for spelling (and ...
Dune Art Museum: Maze of Galleries Buried Under Beach Dunes Near Beijing
Designed by OPEN Architecture and sited along the Chinese coast near Beijing, this building complex is a mysterious maze of fluid concrete shells, all of which will be reburied under sand when ...
Don’t Wreck the Ruins: Aging Structures Adapted with Style and Sensitivity
When historic structures have fallen into ruin, should architects restore them to their original glory or acknowledge the passage of time? The answer to that question might depend on the ...
Thin Facade: Old Small Town Storefront Folds Down into 100-Seat Theater
Walking down the vintage commercial strip of Lyons, Nebraska, it looks like any other building with shop windows and a front door, sharing walls with neighboring structures, but that's all a ...
