Top 10 Architecture Controversies Of 2012
The Orange County Center in Goshen, New York, faced demolition this year. Copycat architecture, greedy developers, threatened buildings, student protests: 2012 definitely had its share of architecture...
View ArticleCopycat Architecture: 10 Look-Alike Buildings
News of the illegal copying of a Zaha Hadid design in Beijing nearly went viral last week when de Spiegel broke the story of “pirate architects” in Chongqing that were constructing a copy of ZHA’s...
View ArticleArchitecture Rendered Minimally: Illustrator Turns Iconic Buildings Into...
Yeah, we thought minimalist posters were done, too. Still, though they’re a little late to the game, these prints by Portuguese artist and illustrator André Chiote are intriguing in their own right....
View ArticlePeter Zumthor’s LACMA Design Revealed!
Architects who take Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) commissions sure don’t have it easy. William Pereira’s original 1965 design for a museum floating above a landscape of pools and fountains...
View ArticleMarvelous Museums En Plein Air
History Museum of Lugo, in Spain Here at Architizer we love our museums. But in the summer, with the sun and warm weather beckoning us outside, spending time inside a crowded gallery starts to feel...
View ArticleDramatic Black-And-White Photos Show Famous Buildings As You’ve Never Seen...
Palazzo della Civilta Italiana, Rome. Photo: Pygmalion Karatzas Pygmalion Karatzas never studied photography professionally. He started experimenting with it during his architecture studies in...
View ArticleHappy UFO Day! 10 Structures To Take You Out Of This World
The UFO at Treehotel by Bertil Harström of Inredningsgruppen, in in Harads, Sweden. Photo via SmallHouseBliss Happy UFO day, everyone! Now, although we aren’t exactly clear on how one normally...
View ArticleWitnessing The Whitney Museum’s Rise In The Meatpacking District
View from Gansevoort & Washington Streets As the building of a new Whitney Museum of American Art in downtown Manhattan’s Meatpacking District reaches its halfway point, Architizer took a tour of...
View ArticleRenzo Piano Designs ‘Diogene’, A Minimalist House For Vitra
Italian Architect Renzo Piano collaborated with Vitra’s Rolf Fehlbaum to design the latest version of Diogene—a minimalist’s dream house. Completed in June 2013, Diogene is now open to the public on...
View ArticleScaling The Globe’s Skyscrapers
Greenpeace activists scaled all 1000 feet of London’s Shard, the tallest skyscraper in the EU. Photo: Getty/Oli Scarff via dailyrecord.co.uk. London residents awoke last Thursday morning to a strange...
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