Louis Denavaut Imbues a Parisian Tech Company’s HQ with Character and Poise
A warm palette of noble materials, textured surfaces, and curved walls transforms a mediocre office into a refined bureau that transcends workplace norms.
Architecture
Seattle’s SAAS Middle School Connects Students and Their Surroundings
LMN Architects worked with SAAS’s educators and middle schoolers to create a sustainable and inclusive educational facility.
Future100: María José Fuentes's Work Addresses Community Building in Shades of Green, Purple, and Pink
With an interest in social equity and ecology, this architecture student evaluates power structures through color and speculation.
For a Musician and His Partner, Pianoforte House Brings Harmony into the Home
Taking cues from the organ, the piano, and the language of music, Tomecek Studio Architecture designed a home in tune with itself.
Future100: Architecture Students Explore New Frontiers in Visualization
From board games to comic books, four students eschew realism for more emotive modes of architectural visualization.
Landscape Architecture Has a Labor Acknowledgement Problem
To better acknowledge, respect, and compensate laborers, landscape design firm Terremoto calls for a fundamental reimagining of how professional practice is structured.
Future100: Soundscapes Combat the "Tyranny of the Visual"
Two speculative projects examine how small-scale materials and objects can influence acoustic transmission and the experience of space.
Adaptable Design Meets STEM Education at the Ransom Everglades School
The Perkins&Will-designed school uses Covid-19 adaption and STEM education to chart a new course in K–12 education design.
Alumuna House Is a Riot of Shadow and Reflection
Wood Marsh Architecture used angled glass panels transform sunlight and seaside reflections into a shapeshifting presence on the street.
ANSYS Hall Weaves Advanced Technology into a Historic Campus
The new hive for teaching, prototyping, and fabrication at Carnegie Mellon University adds capacity for the school's robust engineering program and compliments its historic character.
In Suburban Chicago, Ardmore House Celebrates Contrasts
For their own home, local architects Alison Von Glinow and Lap Chi Kwong put a twist on the traditional gable-roofed house.
A Cabin Near Barcelona Is Designed for Quarantine
Architecture students at IAAC propose an elevated wooden cabin that commits to supremely rigorous standards of localism, passive construction and self-sufficiency.
Terra-Cotta Meets High Tech at the University of Arizona
CO Architects merges state-of-the-art interiors with a tactile terra-cotta facade at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building in Tucson.
Future100: Learning At All Scales
Through concepts for education and play spaces, these three students introduce innovative ways to design for children.
The Dime Is a New Landmark for Williamsburg's Live/Work/Play Set
Inspired by the century-old bank nearby, local office Fogarty Finger stacked commercial, residential, and amenity zones in the Brooklyn neighborhood.
Herzog & de Meuron Completes the Colossal M+ Museum in Hong Kong
The building’s T-shaped profile is made up of intersecting vertical and horizontal volumes that will hold a mix of public galleries and private offices.
Simeone Deary Transforms a Former Men’s Social Club Into a Boutique Hotel
Hotel Kansas City acknowledges the past while signaling a more inclusive future.
Hack Care Is a New and Improved Guide to Dementia-Friendly Design
Lekker Architects and Studio Lanzavecchia + Wai have created a free and downloadable toolkit for providing better dementia care.
In France's Silicon Valley, an Adjustable and Transparent Building Fits Right In
Barbarito Bancel Architectes wrapped the building in glass-and-aluminum louvers that vary according to the angle of the sun.
Neri&Hu's Schindler City Elevates a Factory Campus
The Chinese firm's master plan for Schindler’s Shanghai headquarters seeks to counteract the prevailing bleakness of industrial architecture with a human-scale suite of amenities.
