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Sep 04, 2024
“We love the use of color, the reconnection to outdoor spaces, the sense of scale, and in particular, the narrative…

Sep 01, 2023
In conjunction with last year’s Texas Society of Architects Annual Conference & Design Expo, the Texas Tech Design Leadership Alliance…

Sep 01, 2023
More than a year ago, Texas families were forced to face the unimaginable. Nineteen defenseless third- and fourth-grade students and…

Sep 01, 2023
"INTERNAL" by Tom Diehl examines the value of language-based approaches for architectural design.

Sep 01, 2023
These new finishes and furnishings help define interior landscapes, reduce noise, and stand up to the high-performance needs of today’s…

Sep 01, 2023
Douglass Alligood, AIA, NOMAPartner, Bjarke Ingels GroupNew York City Alligood has more than 40 years’ experience working across a wide…

Sep 01, 2023
“Sometimes it’s about the furniture; sometimes it’s about the furnishings; and sometimes it’s about the decorative ceiling — but they…

Sep 01, 2023
I really appreciate that, at least from the street, it’s not overly scaled. It feels residential, but it’s also, in…

Sep 01, 2023
“It’s respectful of its environment and respectful of the materials, because they let them develop over the years. … It…

Sep 01, 2023
“This is a new typology about how you can organize around a porch. Instead of it being in front of…

Sep 01, 2023
“The way it’s situated in the site is the most successful thing about this project — how the views are…

Sep 01, 2023
“I always appreciate when an architect speaks the language of the product that it’s trying to sell, and when they…

Sep 01, 2023
“You might expect the appetite for architecture to stop at the porch, and then once you get inside, it’s all…

Sep 01, 2023
Even in their presentation, the design team uses the term ‘respect,’ and that’s exactly what I see in this project.…

Sep 01, 2023
“What I love about this project is that it’s a minimal intervention into the landscape. … It’s almost a surprise…

Sep 01, 2023
“The most exciting element of this project for me is the space between the edge of the canopy and the…

Sep 01, 2023
“One of the great challenges post-COVID is that we can all do our work remotely, but what does it mean…

Sep 01, 2023
“Texas has these big landscapes, and this building is its own landscape. How do you intervene in a landscape of…

Sep 01, 2023
“As a civic building, it wants to be open and express its accessibility. Transparency should be figurative and literal. The…

Sep 01, 2023
“This is another beautiful example of a simple concept executed in a very sophisticated way. They’re able to maintain the…

Sep 01, 2023
“If I were the young me, I would probably have said, ‘Oh, I want to be an architect,’ because of…

Sep 01, 2023
“Within the context of a very limited footprint, there’s a direct connection to social structures, architecture, and design that are…

Sep 01, 2023
“It’s incredibly elegant and disciplined, with a single form, with the refinement of the detailing. And the plan is quite…

Sep 01, 2023
“It’s good for the city; it’s good for the landscape. It dignifies the way people live in community and makes…

Sep 01, 2023
“They achieved a very simple feeling — very effortless — like it’s meant to be this way. You can flow…

Sep 01, 2023
“It creates an open and inviting ground plane — an important part of towers, which otherwise could be alienating in…

Sep 01, 2023
“The floor plan separates the volumes in such a clean and modernistic manner that in all of its interior and…

Sep 01, 2023
“It teaches kids how to respect nature by respecting nature. It retreats every time it sees a tree — and…

Sep 01, 2023
“It’s definitely worth studying for how an idea gets translated into architecture and moves beyond just a diagram, becoming something…