Like a man stumbling out of his cryogenic pod, a project revived after cooling on ice for decades enters a world that is oddly familiar, but largely unknown.
One of the fastest-growing places in North America, Vaughan, 14 miles north of Toronto, has morphed from a rural township of 16,000 people in 1960 to a sprawling suburb of 288,000 today.
Singapore hosted the 2012 World Architecture Festival last week. The annual event convenes juries to select top new and future projects in categories ranging from Cultural facilities, Houses, and Health Care to World Building of the Year. Click on slide show below to see each of this year’s winners. World Building of the YearWilkinson EyreCooled Conservatories at Gardens by the BaySingapore
The innovation unit of 3XN Architects rises to the challenge of turning a historic warehouse in Denmark into a state-of-the-art test kitchen for a culinary superstar.
Americans Abroad: Architect Lauren Rottet reimagines the interior of an iconic mid-20th-century U.S. Consulate building for a global law firm with roots in Los Angeles.
Ranked second on the 2012 A-List of the American Lawyer, the Los Angeles–based Paul Hastings LLP is a 61-year-old firm with a progressive global vision—one that incorporates good design into a business strategy that aims to attract prime talent and clients with leading-edge facilities.
Garden of Hidden Delights: Architect Marcio Kogan tucks a studio devoted to food photography within an industrial-style shell and expands its possibilities with a wall that opens to a secret courtyard.
Above the Madding Crowd: Secure from the noise and grit of the city below it, a spacious penthouse creates its own realm of art and memories of distant places.
Motioning at a trio of nearly lifesize sculptures of men with their arms thrust forward, Vincent James talks about “collaborating with the artwork” in his design of a large penthouse apartment populated by an impressive collection of contemporary Asian art.