Ford Aims to Revive a Detroit Train Station, and Itself

By renovating a symbol of the city’s decline, the company hopes to create a magnet for the talent needed to prevail in the next automotive era.

Skyscraper Garden Bridge

We shouldn’t abandon the cities we have for some amenities in the clouds.

Preston bus station review – a glorious reprieve

Earmarked for demolition just six years ago, the brutalist gem that is Ove Arup’s Preston bus station has been sympathetically renovated, right down to the route numbers.

At SFO, a 1960s Airplane Hangar Conceals a Working Design Office

Gensler and Kuth Ranieri Architects design a temporary workplace constructed inside an SFO airplane hangar.

Kuth Ranieri Architects transforms an abandoned roller coaster into an aviary in China

Adaptive reuse for the birds!

Graduating

I almost skipped my high school graduation. There didn’t seem to be any point. During my four years, I got into the novels of James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and

The Hidden Women of Architecture and Design

Designing for children.

Why the Field of Architecture Needs a New Business Model

Architects are still paid far less than comparable professionals of equal education and import…

Olafur Eliasson completes his first building, Fjordenhus, in Denmark

Fjordenhus (Fjord House) is the first building designed entirely by Olafur Eliasson and the architectural team at Studio Olafur Eliasson. Located in Vejle, Denmark, Fjord House is set to open

Can minimalist design save Target?

Target’s latest attempt to recapture its design credibility is more Muji than Michael Graves. Will consumers bite?

Want to make great art? Stop making art

The case for doing nothing.

To Fix Architecture, Fix the Design Crit

Empirical evidence and design decisions.

MRY restores Charles Moore’s PoMo gem at UC Santa Barbara

A PoMo gem!

Drawing and Design Are Intertwined

Anthony Grand on drawing as a way into design.

The Office of the Future: Designing a space worthy of your company’s potential

Primo Orphilla and Joe Valerio (among others) talk about workspace design.

Microsoft Envisioning Center Innovation Lab – Redmond

A flexible and reimagined innovation lab designed by Studio O+A!