Architecture
Advances in materials and design continue to expand the architect's play book with buildings that reach for the skies and connect us to the earth in imaginative and increasingly sustainable ways. New Atlas brings you the latest developments.
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World's first 3D-printed school planned for Madagascar
Over the past few years, 3D-printed architecture has matured from a hobbyist novelty to being used to create everything from offices to affordable housing. The latest stride in this area concerns a plan to create the world's first 3D-printed school. -
BIG's stepped skyscraper creates green terraces in the sky
Rising to a height of 1,005 ft and defined by its spiraling green terraces, which twist around its glass form as it rises, The Spiral by BIG is now nearing completion. The ambitious building recently topped out and is slated to open in 2022. -
Vincent Callebaut promotes benefits of timber with green development
Vincent Callebaut has unveiled a proposal for a new mixed-use residential development made primarily from timber. Named Archiborescence, it would include lots of greenery and boast sustainability features like solar and wind power. -
City blocks go vertical as Manhattan supertall nears completion
Taking up the footprint of an entire city block and rising to a height of 308 m, Foster + Partners' 50 Hudson Yards recently topped out in Manhattan. The project is now well on the way to completion and expected to be in use by 2022. -
Seeds sown for hybrid timber tower in Berlin
The tall timber construction boom continues with a tower slated for Berlin. Designed by Mad arkitekter, it will integrate greenery and feature a hybrid wood and concrete structure that allows it to reach a considerable height of 98 m. -
Richard Rogers art gallery floats over a forest in France
Work is now complete on Richard Rogers' final project for the firm he founded back in 1977, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect has gone out on a high with an art gallery that extends out of a hill in France. -
Hillside attraction lets tourists see London from a different perspective
Visitors to London's Marble Arch will soon be able to see the area from a whole new perspective thanks to an unusual project by MVRDV. The firm plans to install a hollow hill-like structure in the UK capital in the coming months. -
Massive battery will help power Foster + Partners luxury resort
Foster + Partners has designed a colorful island paradise for Saudi Arabia. Named Coral Bloom, it will offer beachside luxury and be powered by a mixture of wind and solar power, backed up by an absolutely gigantic battery. -
Frank Gehry pays his respects to hometown with boxy tall towers
Two eye-catching skyscrapers designed by Frank Gehry are slated for the high-profile architect's hometown in Toronto. Resembling a collection of stacked boxes, the project will, assuming it goes to plan, include Gehry's tallest building to date. -
Luxury home disappears into rugged Greek landscape
It would be easy to miss the NCaved house among the rugged landscape of Greece's Serifos island if you weren't paying attention. Designed by Mold Architects, the home takes its place so well in the rocky hill that it seems to be part of it. -
MAD Architects' otherworldly Wormhole Library nears completion
MAD Architects consistently puts out the most interesting projects around and the firm's out-of-this-world Wormhole Library is no exception. The project is nearing completion and new construction photos offer a closer look at its unusual form. -
Ultra-thin "sky scratcher" makes other skinny skyscrapers look chunky
Thin is in when it comes to skyscraper design, with skinny luxury towers increasingly seen as viable in crowded cities. However, the Pencil Tower Hotel makes other thin towers look chunky as it will measure just 6.4 meters in width.
