Arch Grid

25/10/2021

Maria Cheung explains how two meticulously organised materials libraries reflect the importance of materiality, craft and making to the practice’s design approach.

Maria Cheung explains how two meticulously organised materials libraries reflect the importance of materiality, craft and making to the practice’s design approach. Maria Cheung pictured in front of the interiors library. Interview by John Ramshaw Photos Agnese Sanvito Squire & Partners has operate...

23/10/2021

The Rise and Fall of Modernist Architecture

Modernism first emerged in the early twentieth century, and by the 1920s, the prominent figures of the movement – Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - had established their reputations. However it was not until after...

21/10/2021

Making Your Scandinavian Style Dream Home Come True

Is your dream home Scandinavian style? You'll get help designing your next house with the same flair as those from Denmark and Sweden

19/10/2021

Sheppard Robson completes schools campus in East Ayrshire

Sheppard Robson has handed over a campus of school buildings organised as four pitched-roof pavilions linked by an elevated route which cuts through shared internal courtyards and atria

17/10/2021

What ancient Chinese roofs can tell us about climate change

Roof slopes in traditional Chinese architecture reflect snowfall patterns over a millennium.

15/10/2021

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, opens to the public on September 30. The project is the renovation of an old department store and the addition of a spherical building.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, opens to the public on September 30. The project is the renovation of an...

15/10/2021

Blaine Brownell looks at ongoing efforts by the steel industry to reduce its carbon footprint.

15/10/2021

Meet the Designer Behind These Incredibly Expensive Tiny Homes

Chris Toledo can sell a miniature house for $200,000, which is more than many real-sized homes in America

15/10/2021

Cuban Modernism

A comprehensive new study of mid-20th-century architecture in Cuba does much to illuminate a powerful and neglected cultural legacy.

15/10/2021

Cultivating Non-Violent Cities: 10 Examples of Friendly Public Spaces

Series of projects to reflect on non-violent ways of experiencing public spaces.