Beijing and New York–based OPEN Architecture recently completed work on Shanfeng Academy, a new campus for the Mountain Kingston Bilingual School in Suzhou, China. Located in the Xiangcheng district, ...

Brutalism once suggested stark, monumental forms, with raw concrete presented in uncompromising honesty. Today, that legacy is evolving into a softer interior design language: Soft Brutalism. Rather ...

Concrete, once confined to construction sites and infrastructure projects, has emerged as a revolutionary force in contemporary product design. This versatile material now extends far beyond ...

In the new Phaidon book "Concrete Architecture," Los Angeles writers Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin examine a construction material that's often derided as the building block of urban eyesores, but, they ...

Is it possible to assert the existence of a timeless material in architecture from an aesthetic standpoint? Undoubtedly, wood and concrete emerge as strong contenders, not only due to their ...

Jamaica’s Portland Parish ranges from tropical jungles, lagoons, and mountains, all teeming with endemic fauna, endangered species, a bird sanctuary, and untouched land. It’s only natural then that ...

Hardie™ Architectural Collection is the sort of cladding you notice first from the sidewalk, with crisp panel lines and matte fiber cement surfaces catching late-afternoon light across a new build in ...

Anyone active in the decorative concrete industry may very well recognize Rick Lobdell. The multiple award-winning contractor has been an active member of the American Society of Concrete Contractors ...

Legend has it that the concrete and brick exterior of the Swiss embassy in Canberra isn’t only so tough-looking for aesthetic reasons. The 1975 modernist building’s hardy outer shell is supposedly ...