Just as fashion designers use pins, needles and textiles to bring their creations to life, architects rely on materials to shape our built environment. From steel and glass to wood and concrete, these ...

A look at how local resource use, material innovation, and autonomous construction are enabling practical habitat development ...

The fine line between art and craft, creativity and functionality, personal expression and societal or industrial demands is one that architecture navigates with great care. This duality is ...

As the global construction industry turns towards sustainable solutions, flax and hemp are emerging as high-performance, low-impact alternatives for a new generation of bio-based architecture. For the ...

Operational emissions for the building and construction sector reached a record 9.8 billion metric tonnes in 2023, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Overall, the sector accounted ...

For the past 30 years, critical architectural practice and architectural education at academic institutions in the United States have explored the generative capacity of an ever-expanding set of ...

Introduction: the reality of making -- Origins: building a program -- One quarter: winter 2009 -- Interpreting a pedagogy: furniture and architecture -- Examples of excellence: selected projects, 1989 ...