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9 Best Articles in 2021
The Verge
How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the worldThe Verge
~14 min read · From 2017 · Igor Schwarzmann is the German co-founder of Third Wave, a strategy consultancy based in Berlin that works with small-scale industrial manufacturers. The company’s clients range across Europe, the...
architecture
startups
Fast Company
‘Zoom towns’ are exploding in the WestFast Company
2 min read · 2020-10-17 · And many cities aren’t ready for the onslaught.
architecture
technology
WIRED
What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall? The Stunning ElbphilharmonieWIRED
4 min read · From 2017 · Herzog and De Meuron's new philharmonic in Hamburg, Germany is an impressive feat of technology.
architecture
algorithms
design
The New Yorker
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape ArchitectureThe New Yorker
4 min read · 2020-06-17 · What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?
architecture
coronavirus
history
ArchDaily
When Machines Design: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of AestheticsArchDaily
5 min read · 2020-04-08 · Discover how artificial intelligence and machine learning are shaping cultural production and design.
architecture
art
Fast Company
These architects popularized the open office. Now they say ‘the open office is dead’Fast Company
4 min read · Apr 19th · Clive Wilkinson Architects championed open offices for big companies such as Google and Microsoft. Now, as the pandemic has led to a massive overhaul of work life, they envision something completely…
architecture
future of work
Curbed
500 Reasons We’ve Loved New YorkCurbed
~19 min read · 2020-12-07 · A send-off to the many places, big and small, that closed in 2020.
architecture
The New York Times
The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, BreaksThe New York Times
8 min read · Feb 3rd · 432 Park, one of the wealthiest addresses in the world, faces some significant design problems, and other luxury high-rises may share its fate.
architecture
real estate
luxury
Fast Company
Make your home more bearable with these 5 tips from interior design maven Kelly WearstlerFast Company
4 min read · 2020-03-23 · We’re going to be homebound for months; better make your space as cozy as possible.
architecture
design
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Stefano Boeri covers social housing tower with 10,000 plants
Dezeen
Meet the landscape architect turning Superfund sites into must-see destinations
Fast Company
Africa's iconic architecture in 12 buildings
BBC News (World)
The case for building cities underground
Fast Company
The Metaverse is Taking Over the Physical World
Interesting Engineering
What would a Covid memorial look like? Designers share ideas for 'unprecedented' tribute
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Guardian Environment
10 great city projects for nature – from vertical forests to a ‘gangsta garden’Guardian Environment
7 min read · Oct 1st · Around the world, architects, activists and communities are finding ways to bring wildlife into urban areas
future cities
architecture
Fast Company
For a glimpse at the future of sustainable architecture, look to ChinaFast Company
4 min read · Sep 27th · A new exhibition at MoMA wants us to rethink what sustainable means.
architecture
future
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For Chinese architects, the word sustainability doesn’t come up often. Instead, Kotsioris explains that they follow basic tenets that revolve around harmony with nature or the continuation of the past.
“A cultural consciousness rooted in the collective unconsciousness is now taking on varied contemporary forms.
In the West today, we tend to see architecture as part of the problem,” he says, in reference to the building sector’s hefty carbon footprint. “But these projects give us hope and the belief that architecture can be part of the solution.”
Fast Company
The case for building cities undergroundFast Company
5 min read · Oct 12th · The architecture of subtraction may be one of the greenest ways to build.
future cities
architecture
The Wall Street Journal
With ‘Landscape Hotels,’ Luxury Nature Resorts Go Ultra ModernThe Wall Street Journal
1 min read · Oct 6th · From Norway to the Catskills, wilderness lodges are losing their rough edges, re-emerging as high-design havens engineered to maximize the scenery.
architecture
travel
design
The New Yorker
Richard Neutra’s Architectural Vanishing ActThe New Yorker
9 min read · Sep 20th · The Austrian-born designer perfected a signature Los Angeles look: houses that erase the boundary between inside and outside.
architecture
Aeon+Psyche
On the art and science of making buildings sound naturalAeon+Psyche
~13 min read · Oct 5th · Our movies and offices are engineered to sound natural based on what rang false in the theatres of 18th-century Paris
architecture
BBC News (World)
Africa's iconic architecture in 12 buildingsBBC News (World)
5 min read · Oct 12th · Two architects are determined to showcase the architecture of Africa to the world - past and present.
architecture
NBC News
What would a Covid memorial look like? Designers share ideas for 'unprecedented' tributeNBC News
5 min read · Oct 11th
design
architecture
Interesting Engineering
The Metaverse is Taking Over the Physical WorldInteresting Engineering
6 min read · Oct 7th · Metaverse is being the successor of the internet, and it has the potential to change our perception of reality.
digital life
architecture
ArchDaily
Green Architecture: 15 iF Award-Winning Projects That Build OasisArchDaily
9 min read · Oct 5th · We may live in big cities with tall buildings and wide roads, yet we still feel the need for a connection with nature.
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