Architecture

The Oslo firm’s state-of-the-art library for North Carolina State University provides students with a variety of spaces for individual and group study, and a robotic retrieval system that delivers books in just four minutes.

HWKN rebuilds the legendary dance club (the original was destroyed by a fire in 2011) and restores the island’s central hub for culture and nightlife.

Through their exploration of natural materials, simple forms and local techniques, Tatiana Bilbao and her team take an organic approach to sustainability.

Situated in the Space for Life campus – along with the Biodome, Insectarium and Botanical Gardens – the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, by Cardin Ramirez Julien in collaboration with AEdifica, stares up at the sky with two aluminum-clad binoculars.

A green wall enjoyed from both inside and out sets Edward Suzuki Associates’ Vent Vert residential tower apart from the crowd.

The New Mariinsky Theatre by Toronto’s Diamond Schmitt Architects provides St. Petersburg with Russia’s first major performance venue since the time of the czars.

Overwhelmed by the amount of green­washing in the building industry? We present five case studies that offer solid options for designing and constructing green projects, from living roofs to geothermal systems.

For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Northwestern District headquarters, ZGF Architects erected a striking high-performance and cost-effective structure on a former Seattle brownfield site.

Sean Godsell’s Design Hub in Melbourne features a kinetic curtain wall that will be studied for decades to come.

The cutting-edge Copenhagen lab is exploring materials that will transform what it means to build sustainably.