Cecil Balmond and Arup's London-based Advanced Geometry Unit unveil a new pedestrian bridge in Philadelphia.
An expanding video screen built for U2's world tour incorporates 500,000 LEDs.
James Vincent Czajka creates a 144-square-foot glass connector between two buildings at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New...
Gosdorf, Austria's Mur Nature Observation Tower shows off the digital fabrication chops of the young architecture firm Terrain:loenhart&mayr.
The lone column standing in the plaza of Mario Botta's Bechtler Museum of Art is structurally necessary, but its girth is an illusion.
Behind its veneer of chance, the unitized façade of Jean Nouvel's 100 11th Avenue is about ordered complexity.
The simple boxes that are the Design Museum Holon's gallery space are enveloped in a 300-ton sculpture that is itself a kind of building.
As designed by Asymptote Architecture, the Yas Hotel's undulating, hovering carapace of glass panels and LED fixtures creates an instant landmark.
Designed for the 2009 Solar Decathlon, RVTR/Team North's 800-square-foot prototype house is tailor-made for northern climates.
You've probably seen or heard references to "cloud computing." What is it? How can it affect architectural practice? We offer a primer.
Design practice and culture are evolving, and BIM is a crucial part of that change, says architectural consultant Randy Deutsch.
The latest large-format 2D printers are designed to provide firms the best bang for their buck.
Gosdorf, Austria's Mur Nature Observation Tower shows off the digital fabrication chops of the young architecture firm...
Architectural Testing Inc.'s Security Research Center ensures that manufacturers' windows and doors can stand up to bullets, mobs, and bomb...
At its plants in Georgia, Shaw Contract Group combines new and recycled materials to produce nylon carpet. Here's how they do it.
Manufacturers and researchers aren't the only ones capable of developing new products and construction materials. Architects, too, are...
Concrete densifier hardens concrete at a molecular level.
A University of Michigan research group has revisited the 19th century technique of bending wood through steam with 21st century tools.
The surface of PLY Architecture's Shadow Pavilion consists of 100-plus laser-cut cones that test the limits of sheet aluminum while funneling in light, moisture, and sound.
Kit homes were designed using the same set of materials, each of which fits into a single shipping container for easy transport to disaster sites.
Created by Shigeru Ban, this modular system is based on L-shaped units that can make a chair, bench, or table.
Barkow Leibinger Architects use 2D and 3D cutting and casting technology to create a huge cantilevered roof for the Gatehouse building on Trumpf's campus.
Engineers Without Borders-USA, a nonprofit that partners engineering students and professionals with local communities around the world...
Hankins and Anderson, an engineering firm based in western Henrico County with offices in Virginia Beach and San Diego, has merged with...
Bruce Graham, the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill principal behind such legendary 20th century designs as Chicago’s Inland Steel Building...
A pedestrian bridge leading to Jensen Architect's new sculpture garden at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art hangs in mid-air.
The Center for Architecture Science and Ecology creates a new modular green wall system that bares the plants roots and increases...
Aug. 16--Jeff Blanchetti and Dan Ott were impressed with the vast, green technology when they strolled the streets of a rebuilding...
A spray-applied polyurethane that protects green roofs from water and root penetration.
This fast-acting adhesive with ultralow VOCs uses renewable resources instead of petroleum-based ones.
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
A combination of structural rammed earth and post-tensioned rods, EarthWall is strong, locally sourced, and recyclable.
Distributed by Decon USA, these concrete channels provide anchoring for high loads without damaging the structure.
This segmental retaining wall system is now available in a bronze blend color.
An ambitious double-cantilevered roof is the focal point of Perkins+Will's design for a combined fire and police station outside Dallas.
