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Outstanding, versatile and constantly evolving: Japanese architect Toyo Ito has finally been awarded the 2013 Pritzker Prize! Many consider that this honour was due much… more

Admired and criticised, but never one to go unnoticed, Oscar Niemeyer went through life and architecture as an optimistic version of Don Quixote on a… more

After the Euro 2012 finals this weekend, sports-wise all heads naturally turn to the much anticipated 2012 London Olympics. While between July 27th and August… more

With winter sports at the doorstep, it is just the right time to take a look at how contemporary design is affecting the forthcoming season’s… more

In the age of rapid information technology development and the Internet, the library has inevitably lost some of its glamour, or at least, its granted… more

From a practical point of view, metropolitan underground railway is one of those crucial inventions whose hypothetical non-existence, it would be safe to say without… more

Parking has been an important issue for cities for as long as the world turns with cars on it. While car parks are a vital… more

To architects, banks almost sound like the perfect clients of means and social status. But up until a certain point in time, while the pre-conceived… more

The term Cargotecture was coined by HyBrid Architecture of Seattle around 2004 to describe any building system built entirely or partially from ISO shipping containers.… more

"Children's furniture must be for children, rather than small copies of adult furniture." says designer Jesper K. Thomsen. This is an equally valid statement for… more

This collection of buildings lets you into the natural aesthetic beauty of bamboo architecture. Bamboo is one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth with reported… more

Gotta love a city that surprises you. Taking its typical elements and reconstructing them in new, fun and socially aware ways has been the weapon… more

Luc Besson's 1997 futuristic movie The Fifth Element opens with a breathtaking scene of a multi-level city. The elevated lifestyle pictured there is still more… more

The controversial history and debate surrounding Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial is perhaps a good analogy to describe our changing attitude towards memory, pain and its… more

Glass is all around us and – even at its most trivial and, thus, least glorious – it is a source of enjoyment and delight.… more

The setting for these fascinating small jewel-boxes of homes (some are no bigger than 60 sq.m. distributed between two or three stories) is the extraordinary… more

Do you think brick is trivial and a thing of the past? Think twice. It is true up until a century ago red brick was… more

The common convention states that a "young architect" means under 40. However, architectural scene has changed drastically and now even younger professionals make it to… more

The wildly imaginative scenarios of future of elevated invisible highways buzzing with flying cars and ethereal virtual presences flourished in the 60s and there is… more

Earlier this year eVolo Magazine announced the start of its annual Skyscraper Competition. Running for less than 10 years, the competition is already among the… more

Deeply rooted in tradition, the religious buildings of the past were a dominant didactic figure - in social life, but also in architecture as seen… more

Most of the companies for whom those offices were created are already broadly known: perhaps anyone can recognize a part of their brand identity incorporated… more

In the last few decades cardboard has been rediscovered as an architectural material for its being light, strength-resistant, recyclable, nature-friendly and warm, just like wood,… more

Until recently architects seemed to shy away from colour. The furthest they'd go would be painting kindergartens or health facilities in "refreshing" colours, while "serious"… more

Residential interiors are clearly a matter of personal taste, one might say. And architects would gladly add it is great whenever they actually are such… more

Fashion and architecture have experienced an unrivalled period of growth, with star architects and major fashion brands working closely to build architectural wonders around the… more

We've selected our favorite projects which play a different take on the urban parks and gardens that we know and love. They show that parks… more

The recent award-winning book "Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed" by Frédéric Chaubin amazed us with its futuristic, beautiful discoveries. We took on a virtual trip to… more

Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by elaborate preparations and… more

A great example of progressive government policy: In 2005 Norway launched The National Tourist Routes: a vast 15-year campaign re-evaluating the concept of tourism by… more

Designed to endure the extreme weather of polar ice caps, these structures - almost alien in appearance - are like nothing we have seen before.… more

Ask a child to draw you a house and the design will most likely turn out akin to some of the houses below. Far apart… more

With 'Prominent Cube' collection we set the ball rolling on shape exploration. This time around, digging deeper into geometric and philosophical perfection we arrive at… more

After observing end-of-semester presentations of architecture students, parts of our editorial team have decided to embark on a series of shape exploring collections. Yes -… more

This is a non-judgemental but guided attempt at establishing whether or not it is possible for buildings to pull off looks borrowed from people, animals,… more

Just recently I've learned that skyscrapers aren't actually an effective solution when it comes to usable surface. So why is the fuss then? They are… more

It happens so everybody needs to visit them once in a while. For many of us in Europe and the US there is nothing public… more

A collection to touch on 'our perpetual nostalgia for the future' as Niklas Maak - writer and arts editor for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -… more

Our editor Kiril has a special interest in housing typologies (nerdish, eh?) and has created a wonderful collection of contemporary projects which present alternatives to… more

...is cool for so many reasons: it is sustainable, it creates original and surprising architecture and it echoes a concept that can be semi-academically (oh… more

In 1993 Maggie Keswick Jencks, the wife and collaborator of Charles Jencks, is diagnosed with late-stage cancer. In the next two years until her death… more

The revolutionary sixties anticipated a time when architecture would have to respond to the mobility, fast pace and transformability of a globalized world. And it… more

In a recent article for the Huffington Post, our editor Tom Mallory analyzes the possible meanings of interactivity, stretching it far beyond “embedded computation and… more

In a recent article for the Huffington Post, our editor Tom Mallory bumped into the uncomfortable truth of women architects’ limited presence in the professional… more

Green is the new black. In the past decade, the pending environmental crisis has created an impetus for architecture to take part in the collective… more

Along our favourite interdisciplinary train of thought on architecture, the 1987 classic song by The Alan Parsons Project 'La Sagrada Familia' opens with the following… more

Eastern Europe has only just embraced democracy; was - prior to the world-wide financial collapse - one of the fastest growing areas in the world;… more

Not so long ago ornament was crime and tattooed people were potential murderers. Take it easy, Mr. Loos. In an article for Huffington Post, Tom… more

Offering new ways of controlling form, parametric design allows architecture to react to its context, the environment and rules and regulations, enabling a completely digital… more