Five pool houses ideal for cooling off this 4th of July

July 4, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

In celebration of Independence Day in the US, we’ve picked out five pool houses and pavilions around the country that would be perfect for relaxing during the public holiday. They include a concrete and glass cabana topped with shrubs, and an pavilion beside an infinity pool with submerged lounge seats. La Grange Pavilion, Texas, by Murray Legge Architecture At

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Studios of Dutch architecture firms including OMA, MVRDV and UNStudio revealed in photos

July 4, 2018 India Block 0

The latest set of images from photographer Marc Goodwin offers a look inside 17 prolific architects’ studios in the Netherlands. OMA, MVRDV and UNStudio are among the Dutch firms whose studios feature in the new images by Goodwin, founder of photo agency Archmospheres. They form the latest instalment in a series documenting architects’ studios from all around the

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Claudios House / Arquitetura Nacional

July 4, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

The clients, a couple with a small child seeking tranquility for their day to day life, decided to build a house in a closed condominium, in a city near Porto Alegre. In spite of the choice of this refuge, they like to give parties and receive friends at home.

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6 Modern Building Types That Will Soon Disappear Forever

July 4, 2018 Yiling Shen 0

Architecture is often seen as something which provides a place-marker in history, reflecting the zeitgeist of an era. But how do we design architecture in a world that is changing faster than ever before, where entire types of buildings disappear seemingly in a flash? Here, we round up six types of buildings that came into existence in modern times and are fading as fast as they appeared. Mostly banal and previously ubiquitous, the nostalgia associated with the disappearance of these buildings taps into something emotional, rather than intellectual admiration.