Architecture

Whether you think "architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness," like Frank Gehry, or that "architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all," like Harry Seidler, 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.

Architecture

The town that Google built: Plans unveiled for large redevelopment project in California

Adam Williams December 14, 2018

Google released plans for its new Charleston East headquarters back in 2015. After some doubt, the project is now well underway. The company isn't content to stop there, but also has plans for land nearby. It aims to turn it into a pedestrian-friendly area with offices, housing and retail space.

In the North Bayshore Framework Plan, Google lays out its vision to transform the existing North ...

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Fantastic Pinecone Treehouse hangs high in the forest

Adam Williams December 13, 2018

We've covered a lot of treehouses over the years but this one is pretty unusual. Designed by 02 Treehouse's Dustin Feider, the pine cone-shaped shelter hangs high up in the trees. Its snug glazed interior has enough room for a double bed and offers choice views of the forest.

The Pinecone Treehouse is attached to the trees at a height of around 60 ft (15 ...

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2018's best homes include luxury pads and a 3D-printed mud hut

Adam Williams December 10, 2018

2018 has been an interesting year for residential architecture, with advances in tech and sustainable building practices resulting in many great homes. We've narrowed them down to 10 favorites, including a starchitect-designed luxury house, a 3D-printed mud hut, and a sustainable hobbit hole.

Capital Hill Residence, by Zaha Hadid Architects, is one of the amazing projects to have made ...

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Shimmering sustainable home on the lake uses glass to give residents a floating sensation

Nick Lavars December 9, 2018

As the name might suggest, the Glass Villa on the lake is big on transparency, with its walls largely consisting of panes of glass designed to leave residents with the impression of floating on the water.

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Laka Competition celebrates futuristic architecture that reacts with its surroundings

Rich Haridy December 9, 2018

The winners of the 2018 Laka Competition have been revealed, collecting an exciting array of strange and innovative conceptual designs that focus on providing architectural or technological solutions to current environmental or social problems.

Surftopia by Eduardo Camarena Estébanez and María Urigoitia Villanueva received Special Recognition in this year's Laka ...

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Zaha Hadid-designed towers receive new luxury hotel

Adam Williams December 7, 2018

Zaha Hadid Architects' Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre consists of two skyscrapers measuring 315 m (1,033 ft) and 255 m (836 ft)-tall. While completed a few years ago, the taller of the two buildings now features a new luxury hotel with a swimming pool near its top.

Though completed in 2015, the Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre's interior recently received a new luxury ...

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Sustainable and modular FutureHaus wins 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East

Adam Williams December 6, 2018

Following years of research and development, an accidental fire and rebuild, and around a month in the Dubai desert, Virginia Tech students have won the 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East with the FutureHaus. The prefabricated modular home runs from solar power and was assembled in under two days.

The 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East is an offshoot of the main competition in the US ...

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Zaha Hadid Architects designs two stations for Norwegian metro line

Adam Williams December 6, 2018

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), working with local firm A_Lab, has won an architecture competition to design two stations for a new metro line planned for Oslo, Norway. Construction on the line is due to begin in 2020 and the stations are expected to be completed by 2025.

Zaha Hadid Architects, along with local firm A_Lab, was chosen for the Fornebubanen Metro Line Stations ...

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From holey hotel to mountain museum: The best buildings of 2018

Adam Williams December 5, 2018

2018 has been a strong year for architecture worldwide and our coverage has been correspondingly varied. From a starchitect-designed hotel with holes in it, to a James Bond-themed museum high up in the mountains, here's our pick of the best buildings of the year.

The extraordinary Morpheus Hotel, by Zaha Hadid Architects, is one of our picks for the best ...

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Snøhetta and Harvard join forces to make old buildings sustainable

Adam Williams December 5, 2018

Snøhetta has teamed up with Harvard's Green Buildings and Cities to create HouseZero. The project involved renovating a pre-1940s building into a new energy-positive office and aims to offer ideas for making old inefficient buildings energy-efficient.

HouseZero is an energy-efficient renovation of Harvard's Green Buildings and Cities headquarters