For Sustainable Building Products and Materials, It Can’t be Business as Usual
A panel at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability symposium in Seattle attempted to answer the question, “What are the new building blocks of sustainability?”
Materials
Good-Natured Ribbing: The Secret to This Glass Lies in Its Fluted Assemblage
Nathan Allan’s new Channel Bronze Silvered Glass harnesses the reflective properties of its silvered backing.
5 Futuristic Materials That Could Reshape Architecture and Design
While technology has always been a double-edged sword when it comes to sustainability and equity, it also holds the key to ameliorating pressing environmental challenges.
This Small Rehearsal Studio in London Seamlessly Disappears Into Nature
Designed by local firm Reed Watts Architects for the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, the practice space blends seamlessly with its verdant surroundings.
KPF's New Building at the University of Michigan Melds Sleek Geometries With Practicality
For the design of the school's Ross School of Business, the firm relied on a custom extruded terra-cotta rainscreen to create a highly-textured facade.
Emerging Designers and Major Brands Alike Are Redefining What It Means to be Sustainable
The recently-released book Radical Matter by London consultancy FranklinTill surveys a major shift in material thinking.
Asif Khan Designs World's Darkest Building for the Winter Olympics
“I could, and did, stare at the facade for hours,” says the British architect of the temporary pavilion, painted in Vantablack.
The Materials & Tools Taking Making Into the Future
The relationship between digital technology and craft underwent a rapid transformation from antagonistic to symbiotic in the past decade. Now a vanguard of makers, entrepreneurs, and institutions is taking the next step.
The Best of Finland's Contemporary Wood Architecture
An exhibition at the Center for Architecture shows the development of Finnish wood architecture over the past two decades.
Behind The Living's "100% Organic" Pavilion for MoMA PS1
The collaborators behind 'Hy-Fi' discuss how the new pavilion is different from its predecessors.
