Taking the orthogonal arrangement of the school’s other buildings as a reference, the canteen tries to connect with all of them while solving the problem of vehicular access from the parking lot. The new volume, with its rectangular floor plan and it
The first block of micro-apartments ever to go up on the island of Manhattan is located in the Kips Bay neighborhood near the East River, and is an effort to address the growing demand for affordable housing for the increasingly frequent family unit
Located in the Gundeldingen Quarter of the Swiss city of Basel, the Südpark ensemble building reinterprets the neighborhood’s historical character, putting in a contemporary note through its skin. The new prefabrication techniques make it possible to
The building reuses transport containers to give them a new life as basic elements of a project where almost all the materials are recycled, making it possible to reduce costs and the ecological footprint.
There has been much abuse of the oxymoron serio ludere in describing works where rigor comes with a smile, but what better way to describe the designs of Carme Pinós. Gathered in a Madrid space and simultaneously in a small book, the Barcelona archit
New York-based designer Armando Cabral has teamed up with the famed Swiss modular furniture brand to create a collection inspired in the Nkyinkyim, an Adinkra symbol from Ghana, which represents movement, adaptability, and progress. The collaboration
The fundamental innovation in the initial spurt of modern architecture were the building systems that replaced the 19th-century ones, which were based on traditional materials and mural construction. Materials and techniques now involved a production
It is taken for granted that China’s competitive edge is partly due to its lack of concern for safety at work and for the environment. But building in Shanghai requires 25% prefabrication, replacing traditional methods, and is aiming for 50% in the m
¿Artesanía o industria? La chapa metálica se ofrece hoy con formas muy diversas que responden a los últimos avances tecnológicos en producción y puesta en obra. Sin dejar de lado las soluciones artesanas, la chapa se ha convertido en un producto que
Despite the Esprit Nouveau’s enthusiasm for Loos’s ideas, in fact Le Corbusier and the Viennese master would in time grow apart. Their initial coincidence arose from their mutual distaste toward the Jugendstil. But their disagreements were centered o
