Influential Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has revealed plans for a striking new residential tower in Taiwan. Appropriately named Out of the Box, the project is defined by a bold blocky design and ...

which are approximately 3 inches tall and 4 inches wide in section, would reduce solar gain on the building, resulting in improved energy performance. Nikken Sekkei extensively mocked up the facade, ...

A Y-shaped section of its ... Ripping a chunk out of a building facade or slicing away a bit of floor plate to create welcome outdoor space may seem a radical architectural move, but these ...

By Stephen Wallis This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture ... facade is part of the passive strategies we implemented to cool the building ...

The past year in architecture may be remembered for ... Boeri’s firm has said the 27 native species bursting from the buildings’ facades will promote biodiversity and reduce carbon dioxide ...

A near-continuous curved facade and slatted screens have been included to create privacy for this house designed by Canadian studio Architecture Building Culture on a prominent rocky outcrop in ...

A paradigm of architectural modernism ... not particularly tall by contemporary standards, the building’s almost unbroken glass facade presents a problem for birds, most notably at night ...

Brutalist architecture, known for its raw concrete ... built between the late 1950s and early 1960s. The building's striking concrete facade and massive bell banner set it apart from traditional ...

historians and architecture critics have been embarrassed by buildings like San Giorgio in Velabro. The exterior of the medieval church is inoffensive enough: trim portico, unprepossessing facade ...