The plants installed were chosen in part to have easy maintenance, with a bottom-fed irrigation system in which occupants could see the amount of water required. (Jumpei Suzuki) The original 1990s ...

Charlotte of the Upper West Side pushes the boundaries of environmental performance in New York City. One of a limited number of ground-up construction projects approved in the Upper West Side Central ...

The referential of movement, which describes the variation in an object's position and velocity according to the observer's perspective, is one of the fundamental concepts of physics. This idea not ...

There is no front or back to The Grid, a new residential building in the Overhoeks area, in Amsterdam. Siting along the IJ River, this luxury apartment building designed by KCAP is all-sided, with ...

Aluminum honeycomb has moved from niche composite construction into mainstream facade systems, prized for one simple reason: it delivers stiffness and flatness without the weight penalty of thicker ...

Named 550 Spencer, the eight-story office building will produce more electricity than it requires using a cutting-edge solar facade made up of 1,182 solar panels. To be clear, 550 Spencer's design isn ...

Architects often spend significant time selecting exterior cladding materials, colors, textures, and panel layouts. Yet some of the most important decisions happen at the edges: corners, reveals, ...

Facades are an essential aspect of architectural design. They envelope interior spaces and protect them from climatic conditions. Since facades are the first part of the building that people interact ...

This blog post was authored by Scott Newman, FAIA, Director, Cooper Robertson; and Erin Flynn, RA, LEED AP, Partner, Cooper Robertson. When designing a contemporary museum building, the exterior can ...

Chorsu Market. Image from Tashkent: A Modernist Capital, Rizzoli New York. Courtesy of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation. Image © Karel Balas ...

Recent additions to its range of technical guidance documents, coupled with an ever expanding membership, means the Metal ...

Facades are the living skin of a building—dynamic, expressive and deeply connected to their surroundings. More than mere envelopes, facades serve as thoughtful interfaces that balance privacy, ...