Explore eight of the world's most unusual and innovative building facades, each redefining creative architecture. From the vertical urban farms of Quito's IQON Residences to Milan's plant-covered ...

But the owner saw it a canvas for the artist to experiment on an architectural scale. Stutchbury harvested the oak from fallen branches in the surrounding woodland, machining the timber on site before ...

Uni Stuttgart lecturer Axel Körner develops bio-inspired adaptive façade systems that improve building performance and ...

Besides providing external protection, natural ventilation, insulation and energy efficiency, the presence of façades enhances the building’s personality and character. Among the different types of ...

In 1976, when Aldo Rossi added an introductory essay to the Italian edition of Étienne-Louis Boullée’s Architecture, Essay on Art, he quoted Denis Diderot. Commenting on the siting of Place Louis XV ...

The past year in architecture may be remembered for superlatives after India opened the world’s largest office building and Malaysia’s Merdeka 118 became the second tallest skyscraper ever constructed ...

No longer purely functional, they are now specified as integral elements of a building’s identity – supporting ventilation, protecting internal systems and contributing to the architectural language ...

Time is a rare commodity. You cannot buy it, sell it, trade or keep it. Time has always been in short supply and high demand. The late 1800s sensed the urgency of time and money as well. The era of ...

Mitrex, North America’s largest manufacturer of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), has partnered with Gensler, the ...

We treat architecture altogether too seriously. Not only are basically no buildings being constructed that wink playfully at ...