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 news on the latest developments.
October 15, 2019
Steampunk is an impressive-looking pavilion that has been painstakingly created by steam-bending lengths of hardwood. The build process was helped along by a Microsoft HoloLens-based system called Fologram.
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Mountain House Architects was commissioned to design a private home and graphic design office in an awkward narrow plot in Japan that's flanked by apartment buildings. In response, the Japanese firm designed the 4.2 m (13.7 ft) wide House in Osaka. -
London based architectural studio Suprblk has transformed an apartment inside an old biscuit factory by incorporating bespoke pods instead of walls. The space-saving design means the occupants can now enjoy an additional 20 sq m of living space.
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MVRDV has unveiled a new mixed-use residential building planned for San Francisco's waterfront. The 23-story tower's blocky design is inspired by the rugged topography of the city.
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The 2019 Stephen Lawrence Prize winner has been announced. Cork House won for its innovative use of cork to offer an attractive and sustainable home.
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Energy-efficient public housing development Goldsmith Street, by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley, has been declared the 2019 Stirling Prize winner.
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The much-anticipated CopenHill project is an inspired combination of a waste-to-energy power plant and a ski slope in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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As we continue to see, prefab homes can be quite easy on the eye, with the latest example an elegant rectangular-shaped home built into the slopes of the Austrian alps.
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NYC's Central Park will receive a $150 million restoration. The project will improve its layout and involve the construction of a new green building.
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Now officially open for business, the KPF-designed CITIC Tower rises to a height of 528 m (1,732 ft), making it the 10th tallest building worldwide.
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If it goes ahead, Top Tower will sport a rusted oil tanker sculpture that looks like it has been shipwrecked there in an apocalyptic flooding event.
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British architect Richard John Andrews has recently completed a self-build micro-office in the backyard of his East London home, dubbed Light Shed.
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Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for a new winery that will be part-built with sustainable building techniques and blends in with the landscape.
