by Stephen Gossett | Feb 5, 2020 | Design
I first encountered Tatiana Bilbao’s work in person in 2015, when she exhibited her now much-acclaimed flexible prototype for social housing at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The house can be built for as little as $8,000, but its modular design guarantees true...
by Zoe Sessums | May 30, 2019 | Design
In the back corner of a large building in Dumbo, bars and shops at the base and a maze of offices and studios throughout, I find my way to an assembly of colorful, thin, planar elements: creatures, structures, surfaces. This is the space of Marc Fornes, architect and...
by Leanne Wong | May 28, 2019 | Design
“We have many great, international-standard architects in China, but talking rights still go to Western architects.” It’s a bold statement, and one made by a particularly unassuming figure. Dressed casually in a worn-in cardigan and flat cap, Beijing-based architect...
by Chris Force | Jan 18, 2019 | Products
Quick. What do a biker cap, Gucci wallpaper, and architectural chocolate have in common? Not much, to be honest, aside from the fact that we’re fond of them all. We quickly rounded up six recommended faves that recently hit our radar—a few guilty pleasures and some...
by Matt Kulling | Aug 7, 2017 | News
The Chicago Architectural Foundation (CAF) is launching a Kickstarter-funded graphic novel that follows the neighborhood adventures of teens in the past, present and future in creating the spaces they want through architecture and urban planning. The graphic novel,...
by Matt Kulling | Aug 1, 2017 | Design, News, Photography
The annual EyeEm Awards showcase the best photography from unknown and up-and-coming stars in diverse categories, and the finalists for the architecture category for 2017 focus on making structures look abstract and stunning. Most of the finalists chose to hone in on...
by Shay Maunz | Sep 16, 2020 | Travel
The Siren Hotel was named for the sirens of Greek mythology. Those beautiful creatures—half-bird, half-woman—lured sailors to their island by enchanting them with sweet songs. And like the allure of mythical sirens, The Siren Hotel’s colorful, luxurious...
by Leonid Kaplun | Sep 9, 2020 | Design
Dmitry Reutov is used to starting over, driven by a need for change and self-improvement. He keeps a tight schedule as one of Moscow’s least awarded but most hardworking—and now highly sought after—interior designers since his Mexican-inspired Manhattan interior...
by Haydee Touitou | Aug 12, 2020 | Design
“Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?” Such are the words uttered by the AI HAL in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: Space Odyssey. Just like the character of the movie he loves, Vincent Fournier isn’t afraid to get weird. Rather, the French artist and photographer...
by Laura Rote | May 28, 2020 | Insights
In the Kings Cross studio in London, Mat Cash and his colleagues spend months unpacking project briefs to get to the heart of a building or product’s real potential. Since joining Heatherwick Studio in 2006, Mat has been responsible for some of the studio’s largest...
by Sophia Conforti | May 22, 2020 | News
It’s no secret that workplaces are changing. Remote work has become a necessary part of life, begging the questions: What happens when we go back to work? How will offices change, and what will their design focus be? Advertisement We might not have all of the answers...
by Katie Treggiden | May 20, 2020 | Design
Sitting with a bunch of new friends in the new Soho House in New York’s Meatpacking District in 2004, a young Fran Hickman felt at home for the first time since she’d left the UK. The realization that the design of a space could have such a profound impact on our...
