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I'aqui Carnicero Architecture

With rough, sensuous materials and simple geometries, a team charts new courses while employing the basic principles of Modernism.

David Cohn

December 16, 2011

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In the house that Iñaqui Carnicero has built for himself in Madrid’s rolling northern suburbs, the architect declares allegiance to a classic Modernist discipline, following a Madrid tradition that leads back to one of his influential teachers, Alberto Campo Baeza, and to Alejandro de la Sota and other pioneers of a renewed Spanish Modernism in the 1950s.

Arquitecturia

After winning a number of design competitions, a young firm develops a body of work that responds to its rugged but rich context.

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

December 16, 2011

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A cluster of windblown branches sprouts from a tree stump in front of a museum in Ascó, Spain. The tree is sufficiently battered that I wonder why architects Olga Felip and Josep Camps kept it. “Our landscape doesn’t have a lot of character.

Atelier Deshaus

This busy firm embeds traditional principles of Chinese architecture in the DNA of its modern buildings.

Clare Jacobson

December 16, 2011

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In a country where globalization’s impact can be seen almost everywhere, Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus wants to keep traditions alive.

5468796 Architecture

What's in a name? A Canadian firm connects its collective identity to its practice and projects.

William Hanley

December 16, 2011

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Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic had just finished filing the legal paperwork when they decided to name their minutes-old architecture firm after its new corporate identification number.

Design Vanguard 2011 Features

January 1, 2011

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A fault line runs through the architectural profession separating academics from practitioners, thinkers from doers, those who imagine from those who build.

Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Architects

A Tokyo-based architect demonstrates a knack for handling materials and fitting buildings into their natural and urban contexts.

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

December 16, 2010

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In Japan, where few buildings are made to last, trees are mostly dispensable, and real estate remains among the world’s priciest, most architects simply nod politely to the notion of context.

Standardarchitecture

This firm pursues multiple narratives in projects of very different scales, attitudes, and settings.

Aric Chen

December 16, 2010

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When architect Zhang Ke set up Standardarchitecture in Beijing, he chose the name because “it sounds neutral. It doesn’t imply any specific form,” he says.

W.PA/Works Partnership Architecture

An Oregon practice thrives by devising design-driven schemes that meet the needs of its developer clients.

Charles Linn, FAIA

December 16, 2010

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William Neburka describes the founding of W.PA/Works Partnership Architecture, the firm he and Carrie Strickland started five years ago, as “kind of a shotgun marriage. Carrie and I didn’t really know each other when we started the office.”

De Leon and Primmer Architecture Workshop

A pair of Harvard-educated architects find acceptance in Kentucky while drawing inspiration from the state's tobacco barns and vernacular buildings.

Ingrid Spencer

December 16, 2010

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There are some people who fashion their lives in response to happy accidents. Neither Roberto de Leon, Jr., AIA, nor M. Ross Primmer, AIA, is one of those people.

HHF Architects

A trio of young architects just a few years out of school launch a practice with work around the world.

Josephine Minutillo

December 16, 2010

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The Swiss have long held a reputation for creating products of impeccable precision. Tilo Herlach, Simon Hartmann, and Simon Frommenwiler, partners in the Basel-based HHF Architects, have found early international success by turning that stereotype on its head.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

Join us for this insightful webinar, where we'll delve into the principles of biophilic design and acoustical strategies.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This webinar will explore the growing use of mass timber in K-12 schools and its transformative benefits across four key areas: health, well-being, durability, and sustainability.