Features
Latest Design and Construction Feature
Water features bring a sense of luxury to any design, even with the economic downturn biting the construction industry. Chris Lo asks Hydrotechnology MD Steve Scrivens if there is still a place for costly fountains and pools.
Alejandro Aravena's Elemental is an extraordinary partnership between an architect, an oil company and a university.
Whether the goal is a futuristic look, an economical approach to construction, or a strong performance on environmental...
A growing conviction that architecture can contribute to the welfare of medical patients is changing healthcare design.
Internationally celebrated co-founder of Coop Himmelb(l)au, Wolf D Prix, speaks to Christopher Kanal.
The Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition at London's V&A museum explores the themes of refuge and retreat.
An undulating wall of 7,000 bricks fascinated New Yorkers, drawn, not by the structure, but by its automated builder.
What is the secret to creating stunning hotel interiors without breaking the bank?
Marcel Wanders is one of the leading designers of the last 15 years, trying everything from hotels to beach accessories.
Atop the coal pits and under the sky, an ethereal "anti-Louvre" is emerging.
In a search for innovative solutions to modern town planning problems, two firms in Europe have delved into the past.
Five years into running one of Europe's most exciting practices, Julien de Smedt may not have much experience of crises.
The look and feel of the world's airports has evolved over the years, as have the methods used to design them.
"If you use architecture as a weapon to get through new ideas then that is good," says Professor Wolf D Prix, co-founder of internationally celebrated practice, Coop Himmelb(l)au. Prix discusses his practice's work including the new European Central Bank and how he has kept his design philosophy radical after 42 years.
One of the most progressive architects in the world, Alejandro Aravena's Elemental, a self-proclaimed "do tank", is as an extraordinary partnership between an architect, an oil company and a university that is solving problems of housing the world's poor. Aravena explains the practice's work to the Leaf Review.
A Rem Koolhaas protégé and co-founder of PLOT, at just 25 and now five years into running one of Europe's most exciting practices, Julien de Smedt does not appear to be a man with much experience of crises. However, as he tells us, there may never be a better time to learn.
