16s3d: Bestioles, opinions & pétitions

Our spiral staircase photography post already proved that even something as mundane as stairs can be absolutely beautiful. We decided to expand on that theme and show you the 22 coolest examples of staircases and step design that we could find.

Brooks + Scarpa designing transit plaza for Seattle's light rail extension. - Short, direct, and lively, The Architect's Newspaper is the essential read in the field.

From the time we first read “Alice in Wonderland” or see our first spy movie with secret panic rooms or ghostly castles, we imagine secret rooms to be something remarkable, mystical and ultimately unachievable. However, secret rooms and passages can also be found in the privacy of our ...

The exterior of the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, while decorative, hints only vaguely at the colorful splendour held within. When you step inside, especially if it’s early in the morning, the mosque truly becomes a vivid and glorious kaleidoscope. The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque is heavily ...

Le nouveau terminal de l'aéroport international chinois, Bao'an de Shenzhen, est opérationnel depuis le 28 Novembre dernier. Premier aéroport réalisé par les archite

L'urbanisme et l'architecture de la capitale de l'Azerbaïdjan, Bakou, sur la côte occidentale de la mer Caspienne, a été fortement influencée par la planification de

Dutch Design Week 2013: architecture studio Onix has inserted a wooden staircase inside a medieval Dutch church to provide access to the apex of the bell tower 

Le prix d’architecture Pritzker 2014 vient d’être décerné à l’architecte japonais Shigeru Ban. Figure atypique du monde de l’architecture, Shigeru Ban a été

the cladding's cherry blossom pattern serves as a permanent backdrop to internal spaces.
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Designs Northwest Architects have recently completed the Tsunami House, located on Camano Island in Washington State, a waterfront home located on a 3,140 square foot site in a high velocity flood zone.

The 887 square foot main living level is be located 5′ above grade and the foundations are designed on pilings to withstand high velocity tsunami wave action. The lower 748 square foot space is designed with walls able to break away in the event of a storm surge.

The exterior materials of the house are durable and low maintenance; architectural concrete columns are left exposed and the exterior siding is a mixture of composite and galvanized standing seam panels and aluminum windows. The lower level floor is polished concrete with radiant in floor heat and the ceilings are covered with western red cedar to add warmth to the otherwise industrial feeling of the lower level...

L’agence d'architecture Goettsch Partners ( GP ) vient d’être nommée à l’unanimité, l’agence de l’année 2013, par l’American Institute of Architects (A

The newly-built Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, France, located 15-km away from Nice’s historical centre, and sitting in the heart of the Éco-Vallée of Plaine du Var, is actually comprised of three projects – a 35,000-seat multi-purpose stadium, a sports museum and an extensive, mixed real-estate development plan – all designed to meet specific environmental and urban integration requirements.

This large-scale intervention works in a coherent and intelligible manner so as to encourage urban synergy.

Largely inspired by a flying bird, the stadium’s overall shape essentially reflects the aim to reinforce the surrounding urban fabric. Likewise, shifting services like parking, underground allows for generous green spaces connecting the building to the rest of the neighborhood.