Three years after Vornado purchased the historic Otis Elevator building in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, images of the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSH+P) conversion have been released.
British designer, Thomas Heatherwick was born #otd in 1970. Did you know his bell-jar glasshouse for Bombay Sapphire Distillery (2014) was inspired by Victorian Wardian cases? Its coppery claws appear to burst through the old mill hall windows before plunging into the river.
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Image 8 of 19 from gallery of 11 Rules to Follow When Creating Vibrant Public Spaces. Urban Bloom / AIM Architecture + URBAN MATTERS. Image © URBAN MATTERS by MINI, CreatAR Images
The structure is made up of pre-fabricated glu-lam wood, which were light enough for workers to install by hand. The wood is covered by f...
Lighter Than Air, by Rachely Rotem Studio and Phu Hoang Office, is the winning entry for SHIFTboston’s Barge 2011 Competition and scheduled to be unveiled on Boston’s waterfront as a “pop-up”…
What is the ideal flooring to cover public areas, especially those with heavy traffic? In this article, we review some interesting options.
A small practice’s clever conversion of a shoe polish factory in Vauxhall has created a beautifully crafted social working space on a shoestring budget
La quinta edizione del premio Medaglia d’Oro all’Architettura Italiana va al recupero a destinazione universitaria dell’ex panificio della caserma Santa Marta a Verona, di Massimo Carmassi MILANO. Vince il restauro. Con un progetto, di Massimo Carmassi, che racconta la storia di un riuso per certi versi esemplare – un edificio militare ottocentesco che diventa università – anche nel …
Haus-Rucker-Co were a Viennese architecture group founded in 1967 by Laurids Ortner, Günther Zamp Kelp and Klaus Pinter, later joined by Manfred Ortner. Their work explored the performative potential of architecture through installations and happenings using pneumatic structures or prosthetic devices that altered perceptions of space. Such concerns fit with the utopian architectural experiments of the 1960s by groups such as Superstudio or Archizoom. Taking their cue from the Situationist´s ideas of play as a means of engaging citizens, Haus-Rucker-Co created performances where viewers became participants and could influence their own environments, becoming more than just passive onlookers. These installations were usually made from pneumatic structures such as Oase No. 7 (1972), which was created for Documenta 5 in Kassel, Germany. The different versions of the Mind Expander series (1967-69), consisted of various helmets that could alter the perceptions of those wearing them, for example the ´Fly Head´ disoriented the sight and hearing of the wearer to create an entirely new apprehension of reality; it also produced one of their most memorable images.
IND Architects are set to renovate historic water tower in Moscow.
MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY designed a large-scale sculptural outdoor pavilion on the elevated plaza of the Suzhou Center in China, as part of the Jinji Lake Biennial.
Winners were recently announced to the TEX-FAB REPEAT Digital Fabrication Competition. 73 entries from across the globe competed for the First Prize, representing 18 countries on 5 continents. The jury, consisting of Patrik Schumacher, Marc Fornes, Lisa Iwamoto...
In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles.(Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect...
This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "Will Elbphilharmonie Be Hamburg’s Guggenheim?" So much has already been written...
MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY designed a large-scale sculptural outdoor pavilion on the elevated plaza of the Suzhou Center in China, as part of the Jinji Lake Biennial.
Here's a first look at Thor Equities' 10,000-square-foot retail jewel box, replacing a gritty Williamsburg row.
MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY designed a large-scale sculptural outdoor pavilion on the elevated plaza of the Suzhou Center in China, as part of the Jinji Lake Biennial.Named ‘Boolean Operat
MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY designed a large-scale sculptural outdoor pavilion on the elevated plaza of the Suzhou Center in China, as part of the Jinji Lake Biennial.
Image 4 of 26 from gallery of PC CARITAS / architecten de vylder vinck taillieu. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
Image 13 of 26 from gallery of PC CARITAS / architecten de vylder vinck taillieu. Photograph by Filip Dujardin
A granular type of investment in the city, urban acupuncture is a design tactic promoting urban regeneration at a hyper- local level.
Image 8 of 19 from gallery of 11 Rules to Follow When Creating Vibrant Public Spaces. Urban Bloom / AIM Architecture + URBAN MATTERS. Image © URBAN MATTERS by MINI, CreatAR Images
