architecture

This promenade leads to the Iwadeyama Junior High School, situated on a hilltop in Ōsaki, Japan.

Riken Yamamoto, who designs dignity and elegance into daily life, wins Pritzker Prize

9:26am March 05, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

Yamamoto's postwar childhood in Japan shaped his interest in the interplay of architecture and community. The jury of the prestigious architecture award cited the intergenerational power of his work.

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The clothing company Aether's retail store in San Francisco, part of the city's Proxy development, is made out of three shipping containers.

Shipping container buildings may be cool — but they're not always green

5:00am January 15, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used container — and the energy bills are through the roof.

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Design strategist Anna Engstrom created this sketch of a futuristic hospital that appears in Artists Remaking Medicine. She writes that she envisions "a more colorful health care future."

Could creativity transform medicine? These artists think so

7:00am November 11, 2023

by Mara Gordon

A new book argues that the arts have a role to play in shaking up the status quo in the American health care system and creating 'desperately needed culture change.'

Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages.

In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

10:27am October 01, 2023

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

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America's Cup Building — or the "Veles e Vents" building — in Valencia, Spain, was completed in 11 months to host the America's Cup sailing competition in 2007.

Arts

More timeless than trendy, Sir David Chipperfield wins the 2023 Pritzker Prize

4:34pm March 07, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

The British architect is known for his crisp, understated, elegant work. "He enhances the quality of people's lives through a poetic sensation that always flows from his buildings," the jury said.

The fascist origins of this Roman sports center can be seen in its monumental sculpture and architecture.

Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

7:52am February 25, 2023

by Sylvia Poggioli

Unlike Germany, which after World War II underwent a rigorous de-Nazification effort, pride, rather than shame, is the emotion many Italians feel for the symbols of the country's fascist past.