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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Ambitious Jenga-like residential tower moves from render to reality
Unveiled back in 2017, Büro Ole Scheeren's remarkable Fifteen Fifteen is now under construction in Vancouver, Canada. The blocky residential tower resembles an oversized game of Jenga and will offer luxurious views of the city. -
Futuristic ferry terminal would be right at home on a sci-fi movie set
Commissioned to transform an existing cargo terminal in China into a ferry terminal, MAD Architects draws inspiration from existing gantry cranes to design a futuristic and alien-like complex that will be raised above the ground. -
Pair of towers connect to form eye-catching residential high-rise
New York's ODA has a habit of coming up with unusual tower designs and its latest proposal is no exception. It consists of an eye-catching residential project slated for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that's made up of two connected towers. -
Four overlapping steel pyramids form sunken art museum
Having begun construction back in 2011, Foster + Partners' Datong Art Museum has now finally opened. It's defined by a complex roofline made up of four overlapping steel pyramids that are designed to resemble natural peaks rising out of the ground. -
Glass-walled library envisioned as a tree-filled forest
Snøhetta's Beijing Sub-Center Library will feature glazed walls and tree-shaped columns, as well as a forest canopy-like roof. Visitors will enjoy a light-filled environment that plays on the idea of sitting under a tree and reading a book. -
Skyscraper HQ provides office workers with a breath of fresh air
Described by architect SOM as a "breathing" building, the naturally ventilated Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters rises to a height of 158 m in Shenzhen, China, and is defined by an eye-catching exterior, which is used for support and shade. -
Pair of blocky towers step up to meet in the middle
MVRDV's newly revealed Candid-Tor looks like it'll be yet another head-turner from the Dutch firm. The project is centered around two stepped towers made up of cube-like sections that are arranged like carelessly stacked children's blocks. -
Robots pitch in to build wooden hanging gardens in Switzerland
If you were building a wooden structure by hand, it would be hard to lift the wooden components, place them in alignment, then keep them aligned as they were glued together. That's why a Swiss team is using robots to shoulder much of the workload. -
Top 10 architectural oddities of 2021
From a house with its own skate ramp to a swimming pool in the sky, some pretty wild architecture popped up in 2021. Here's our pick of this year's top architectural oddities. -
Alex Chinneck puts a surreal spin on an everyday spiral staircase
Alex Chinneck's latest work sees the architectural artist reveal what he calls his most complex and ambitious sculpture to date: a spiral staircase that has a surreal twist and appears to be bursting apart as it climbs the side of a building. -
The best sustainable architecture of 2021
Sustainability has become a major focus for architects, and as 2021 draws to a close we take a look back at some of the best, most interesting, and most innovative examples of sustainable architecture that caught our eye throughout the year. -
Huge Shenzhen rooftop transformed into elevated park
Shenzhen has rapidly grown from a fishing village to a megacity home to around 17 million. To help add a little greenery to the concrete megalopolis, Crossboundaries has turned a metro station roof into a large elevated park measuring 1.2 km long.
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