Fire is an important consideration in the design of buildings. From material assemblies, to room layouts, to egress, and fire suppression systems, fire is a powerful force shaping the spaces we ...

Whether in fashion, art, or design, trends, by definition, come and go. Though sometimes received with a bad connotation, there is both a genuine beauty and an innate necessity in the phenomenon that ...

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear: How we live will never be the same. But crisis brings change and often quite a few innovations too. Architects were already thinking more ...

Olbekson has more than 20 years of experience working with Native American clients on culturally significant planning and design projects throughout Indigenous communities. In an exclusive interview ...

Frida escobedo’s studio in the hip neighbourhood of Juárez, Mexico City, may be modest, but her ambitions are not. In 2018 she became the youngest architect commissioned to build the Serpentine ...

The first thing you notice, stepping from the scorching Sahelian sun into the laterite-stone dome, is how cold it is. There is no air-conditioning, just shade and natural ventilation; nor is there ...

Don’t be fooled by its generic title. Lesley Lokko’s “Laboratory of the Future” is the most ambitious and pointedly political Venice Architecture Biennale in years. By Christopher Hawthorne The author ...