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Explore The Ultimate Futuristic Playground In Shanghai
In-person experiences are trending—and not just for work. In Shanghai, XBox Family Sports Center offers a sleek outlet for entertainment of the old-fashioned, IRL nature. The roughly 32,000-square-foot, three-story indoor playground, by local firm Fun Connection ...
Spotlight: One Water
Tucked among groves of oak and elm trees, an all-electric library expansion provides badly needed services for a growing community and serves as a platform for teaching water conservation.
Five ways to maximize the value of value engineering
Despite high estimates and construction bids for your projects, value engineering can help keep your efforts alive. Here are five ways to make the most of the process.
Case Study: Wallingford by Prentiss + Balance + Wickline - Residential Design
Although the Seattle family with three young children loved life on the water in their lake house, they longed to develop strong ties with a community. They found a 50-foot-wide by 120-foot-deep infill lot ...
How biocentric architecture can help architects hit climate goals
One of our greatest defenses against climate change is biodiversity, according to the United Nations. Natural ecosystems on land and in water absorb half of our greenhouse gas emissions (the other half remains in the atmosphere). But up to 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction...
It Takes Two: Tour Nuro’s High-Tech Silicon Valley HQ
Achieving success as a tech startup is difficult. But not if an idea is landed upon that meets a need so clearly. Such is the case with Nuro, a growing robotics company developing zero-occupant, electric, self-driving vehicles ...
Making homes attainable: How architects can help
The U.S. has long had a shortage of affordable housing. How can architects help in the collective effort to make housing attainable to more people?
Tribeca Penthouse by Min Design
The penthouse apartment in the converted 1874 warehouse in New York had soaring ceiling heights, an abundance of daylight, and a serviceable layout, but something was missing for its owners.
The Newly Restored Waterford Mill Provides a Look Into an Industrial Past
The Waterford Mill has hosted part of its namesake Virginia village’s annual crafts fair since the 1940s. But the 3-and-a-half-story brick structure first became a hub of economic activity around 1819 ...
How can architects transform the birth experience in America?
Maternal death rates are staggering in the U.S. Architects see an opportunity to improve birth environments and postpartum resources for women and their families.
Duke Energy’s Partnership with Depeña Studio Powers Creativity in Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, is largely powered by Duke Energy. Literally but, thanks to a new public art installation by Depeña Studio, figuratively, too. The utility company commissioned the work for its headquarters plaza downtown, where founder Ivan Toth Depeña drew on his interpretation of the photon, the smallest particle of electromagnetic energy, aka light.
Return to office: How it started and how it's going
Career and the profession
In the wake of the pandemic's remote work boom, architecture firms continue to assess next steps for their practice.
Tudor Redux by Cohen & Hacker Architects
The 1913 Tudor Revival would need more than gallons of white paint to turn it into a welcoming, light-filled home for a 21st-century family. Originally designed by architect Ralph Stoetzel, the rundown 4,251-square-foot residence in Kenilworth, Illinois, felt dark and cavernous to its new owners . ...
A Luminous Lab at Ohio State Models Renewable Energy Strategies
Standing at the gateway to the Ohio State University’s (OSU) nascent Carmenton campus, the 64,000-square-foot Energy Advancement and Innovation Center (EAIC) is about one-fifth the size of a neighboring research building, but “it can hold its own on the site,” says Brendan Flaherty, a senior project manager with the institution’s facilities, design, and construction group.
In This Town, Renovating Instead of Tearing Down Puts Money Back in Your Pocket
Homeowners in Hinsdale, Illinois, are bulldozing historic residences in favor of McMansions. But a pioneering preservation incentive could reverse that trend.