Serra Utkum Ikiz

Serra Utkum Ikiz is a city planner, writer, and researcher who previously served as Managing Editor at Parametric Architecture. Her work explores cities through urbanism, politics, everyday sociology, and emerging design trends, combining critical research with architectural and urban storytelling.
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The intersection of fashion, technology, and material innovation by Asher Levine

Asher Levine is an interdisciplinary designer who is interested in fashion, biology, and engineering sciences.…

8 free browser-based 3D modeling software for beginners

3D modeling takes a lot of practice, but anyone can learn it with time. Take…

Great Amber Concert Hall enveloped by a tilted glazed facade

Volker Giencke designed the Great Amber Concert Hall with a tilted glazed amber-colored facade, in…

Bamboo Workshop combines humanistic tradition and bamboo art

The Bamboo Workshop was designed by Zaixing Architectural Design at a crescent-shaped terraced field deep…

Rapid urbanization and population growth: Earth’s population reaches 8 billion

The world’s population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, 15…

Sport, architecture and worker rights: The dark side of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 constructions

Three days left until the 2022 FIFA World Cup start in Qatar. Many people were…

BIG published the first photographs of the Telus Sky and Vancouver House

BIG recently published the first photos of the Vancouver House and Telus Sky skyscrapers in…

Anna Zhilyaeva gives life to classical art through VR painting

France-based artist Anna Zhilyaeva is creating immersive art experiences with VR, holograms, and other technologies.…

Blackbird resembles a spaceship that can land anywhere

Blackbird is a single entity that folds indefinitely. The outer metal layer provides security, while…

Discover the stadiums of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

FIFA 2022 World Cup is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 20 November to…

EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin, the largest freestanding hybrid-timber structure in Germany

EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin is a seven-story office complex consisting of two structures with a total…

Exploring beyond the standard design methods with Mitchell Joachim

Mitchell Joachim is an expert on ecological design and urbanism. Mitchell Joachim is lecturing at…

Google Bay View is officially the world’s largest building to achieve LEED Platinum

Google Bay view was designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios in close collaboration…

BIG, ICON, and Lennar announced the world’s largest 3D-printed community in Texas

The environmentally sustainable and architecturally striking 100-homes community unites robotics, software tech and advanced material…

ASLA presented its first zero-emission climate action plan at COP27

The ASLA Climate Action Plan and the Climate Action Field Guide for ASLA Members chart…

Foster + Partners has won the competition to design a new airport in Poland

Foster+Partners and Buro Happold consortium has won the competition to design a new CPK airport…

Stefano Boeri Architetti revealed plans to build Vertical Forest in Dubai

A few days ago, Stefano Boeri Architetti presented the Vertical Forest skyscraper project at COP27…

Studio + Fórmica inspired by modernist lines, by Studio Arquitetônico

Inspired by modernist lines, Studio + Fórmica, a venue in CASACOR Minas stands out for…

The new American Museum of Natural History expansion plans to open in February 2023

Construction on Studio Gang's Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History is nearing…

Ecologically-crafted textile architecture by Nikoletta Karastathi

With a passion for computational design and research, Nikoletta Karastathi is an architect based in…

Lessons from Zaha Hadid

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