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Miner Road by Faulkner Architects: Forming an Intimate Connection With Its California Landscape

2020-09-14T13:36:00-04:00

A few weeks ago, Archinect had the chance to connect with Greg Faulkner, founder of boutique Northern California-based practice Faulkner Architects, to chat about his process, business approach, and design philosophy as part of our Studio Snapshot series.

Today, we are taking a closer look at one project from the firm's compact yet exquisite portfolio that impresses with an impeccable sense for site selection, material choices, and space-crafting: Miner Road.

Cosmic Architecture: Studio Christian Wassmann's Sun Path House

2020-05-25T09:00:00-04:00

A monumental spiraling concrete wall takes on structural, functional, and sculptural purposes in a three-story Brutalist addition to a 1930s bungalow in Miami Beach.

In Focus: Creating Spatial Sensibility and Cinematic Narratives With Kevin Scott

2020-02-07T14:35:00-05:00

In Focus is Archinect's recurring series dedicated to profiling the photographers who help capture architecture and who make the work of architects look that much better. In this series, we ask: What is their relationship to architecture? How do they work? What equipment do they use? What are their goals when capturing buildings? And is there such thing as the perfect photo?

For this installment, Archinect chats with London and New York-based photographer Kevin Scott. With his experience as a trained architect, Scott uses his keen eye and spatial sensibility to capture some of the most mesmerizing photographs. Working with an esteemed list of architecture firms such as Rojkind Arquitectos, Zaha Hadid Architects, MAD Architecture, and Olson Kundig Architects, Scott has established himself as a photographer with a penchant for exhibiting cinematic beauty and compelling narratives.

His enthusiasm for the work and dedication to the craft of photography is something that doesn't easily g...

Contemporary Preservation & Identity; A Conversation with Connor Gravelle

2019-02-19T13:28:00-05:00

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.

Each feature will present a contemporary thesis project through the voice of those that constructed it. This week, we talk to Connor Gravelle, winner of the The Blythe and Thom Mayne Undergraduate Thesis Prize.

From the Ground Up: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

2018-01-26T09:00:00-05:00

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that occur on its journey. These early projects grant us a glimpse into the early, naive, ambitious—and at points, rough—edges of soon to be architectural masters.

Transforming Architecture Into “Spaceships” Through the Lens of a Camera

2017-08-14T10:16:00-04:00

Growing up by the sea and honing his photography skills in the alien Antarctic landscapes during the ANT-XXIII/9 expedition, Hamburg-based Lars Stieger has long been drawn to capturing expansive, desolate landscapes. Equally fascinated by modern architecture, Stieger began using photography to explore the intriguing details of the built environment. He ventures further into this photographic experimentation with his science fiction-inspired “Spaceships” series.

9 Urban Planners tell us their favorite buildings in Los Angeles

2017-06-09T10:21:00-04:00

It has become common practice for architects to be asked what their favorite buildings are. After all, it is the obvious question. That being said, the majority of people walking into a building aren’t architects and they certainly have something to say on the matter! In that vein, we have decided to reach outside the field to find out what other types of professionals have to say about the buildings in their city.

Object Sexuality, or: the humans who fall in love with buildings

2016-05-18T12:39:00-04:00

I’m not sure how I first heard about “object sexuality,” the self-designated term employed by individuals who have sexual and romantic attraction to objects such as buildings. I think I Googled, “sexual attraction to buildings” since the theme for April was “Sex” and Archinect is an architecture website. I quickly fell into an internet wormhole.