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On many higher education campuses, the student center lives up to its name, serving as a nucleus of social activity. Unfortunately, heading into the late 1990s, the University Center at [...]

With green lawns of a multipurpose park reaching to glass-enclosed interiors that showcase neighboring foliage alongside a palette of steel, brick, and timber, the Northgate Branch Library, Northgate Community Center, [...]

A treasure trove of design, Amsterdam has no shortage of visually intriguing spaces. And when the Blakes Hotel opened in 1999, it was no exception. The boutique hotel's sleek modern [...]

For nearly 70 years, the library at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) provided a quaint retreat for the students. Occupying 12,000 sq. ft. in the College Building on [...]

To say working at the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions new Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory in Atlanta is risky business would not be an exaggeration. Scientists in the 390,000-sq.-ft. [...]

project: Double Jeopardy client: Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Michigan location: Ann Arbor, Mich. designer: PEG office of landscape + architecture Talk about hands-on learning: When [...]

As CEO of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), William E. Valentine, FAIA, heads up a 1,800-employee firm with 22 offices around the globe, and his portfolio includes an array of [...]

While the worn signage near the brick roofline of the building at 225 Santa Fe Ave. in downtown Los Angeles may advertise the three-story structure as a toy wholesaler, a [...]

Perhaps it's the outdoor lifestyle--including 34 city parks, more than 25 miles of trails, surrounding evergreen forests, and nearby skiing--that draws people to Redmond, Wash. Or it may be the [...]

Strolling the streets of Copenhagen or cruising the city's waterways via tour boat can be a visual delight. There's the eye-catching, sloped facade of 'the Black Diamond' the Royal Library [...]

As a manufacturer of various transport systems including elevators, escalators, and moving sidewalks, Schindler Group is a Swiss company focused on movement. Each day, its products transport more than 700 [...]

Once upon a time, there was a foundation in New York that sought to improve student reading and literacy skills in the city by creating or transforming elementary school libraries [...]

For employees at Old National Bank in Evansville, Ind., the view from corporate headquarters has certainly changed from those of the bank's founders in 1834. When it first opened, the [...]

When a baseball team plays at its own stadium and has home field advantage--knowing the ins and outs of a park and having the support of the crowd--it may make [...]

When writing a novel, one of the hardest tasks is crafting the first few words. The goal is an initial paragraph that will hook a reader and draw him into [...]

For more than 200 years in Japan, those hungry for a nice meal in a friendly environment have hoped to see red--a red lantern, that is. Traditionally, a red lantern [...]

The Pistorius-Schule in Herbrechtingen, Germany, is no ordinary learning environment. Named in memory of Johann August Ferdinand Pistorius, a local resident who founded numerous spaces for poor and helpless children [...]

Project: Tennessee Theatre Restoration and Expansion Client: Tennessee Theatre Restoration, II, LLC Location: Knoxville, Tenn. Designers: Westlake Reed Leskosky in association with McCarty Holsaple McCarty It's probably a sign that [...]

For many NeoCon[R] exhibitors, the weeks leading up the show each year inevitably turn into a whirlwind of last-minute preparation. For Kimball Office, however, the time leading up to the [...]

In the movie Under the Tuscan Sun, a middle-aged, recently divorced American travels to Italy where she buys a Tuscan villa on the spur of the moment. It's no surprise [...]

Talk about pressure: For hundreds of years, The Bund--a road snaking along the western edge of the Huangpu River as it slices through Shanghai--has been a center of politics, culture, [...]

When envisioning the offices of the country's oldest continuing law practice, Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft, your first thought would probably lean toward a space decked out in an abundance of [...]

The strasses of Berlin are an architectural wonderland, from the historic Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate to remnants of the Berlin Wall and Peter Eisenman's new Memorial to the Murdered Jews [...]

Since its founding in 1746, Princeton University has prided itself on academic excellence, and its historic New Jersey campus has provided a classic setting for such pursuits, just wandering among [...]

From the early days of Devo and Duran Duran to the latest videos from Destiny's Child or all-day coverage of the international Live 8 concerts, MTV has become a global [...]

By their nature, call centers often don't lend themselves to great design and many times end up looking like a cubicle farm straight out of a 'Dilbert' comic strip. With [...]

There are only about five miles separating the new offices of Neenah Paper from its former parent company, Kimberly-Clark, but those few miles make a world of difference. First, there [...]

Is it possible for a new office space to be more than just a state-of-the-art place to do business? Can it really be a living piece of the company instead [...]

Texas is known for big ventures, and the Texas Medical Center in Houston is no exception. Other cities may have a prominent healthcare facility or two, but Houston's Medical Center [...]

For Manhattanites looking to entertain friends, guests or clients--or just looking for a place for a relaxing after-work drink--deciding where to go is always a task in itself. Often, the [...]

Usually, the 'D' in R&D facilities doesn't stand for the outstanding design of the space. Alter all, how sexy, chic, or welcoming can a laboratory that's sterile and precise by [...]

project The Boston Opera House client Clear Channel Entertainment/Theatre Management location Boston designer Martinez & Johnson Architecture The glory days of the Boston Opera House had long since seen their [...]

project Pomerantz Student Union client Drake University location Des Moines, Iowa designer Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture When asked to identify geographic hot spots for Modern design, the small Iowa [...]

Usually, the only chain reactions being ignited at a school science fair are the products of homemade papier-mache volcanoes. For Ken Wilson, however, the 1965 high school science fair in [...]

For Steelcase, branding is more than just a fancy marketing campaign or a one-off advertising initiative. Over the past several years, the company has focused heavily on strengthening its position [...]

Even before the era of snaking security lines, airline travel could be a stressful event. Is the plane delayed? Are the bags checked? Will we make the connection? With thousands [...]

When it comes to motorcycles, Harley Davidson isn't just a brand name. For many enthusiasts, it's a way of life. It's certainly come a long way from the blueprint 21-year-old [...]

By the very nature of the circumstances that necessitate a visit, many healthcare facilities are unsettling places. But just because the functions within can be cold and institutional, doesn't mean [...]

For students attending the City Hall Academy in New York City, just showing up is a lesson in history. Located in lower Manhattan, the Academy is housed in the New [...]

From the latest haute cuisine to rich pastries or classical dishes, students at the Institute of Culinary Arts at Robert Morris College in Aurora, Ill., cook up mouth watering fare [...]

At Collaborate, a San Francisco-based advertising agency, teamwork isn't just a core value; it's the norm. While traditional agencies tend to divide into departments to address different media--with one team [...]

Maybe it's the sprawling ranches or the tales of the wild frontier days, but everything seems bigger in Texas--including the business goals of Austin, Texas-based Austin Ventures. Founded in 1979, [...]

Across the globe there are a number of cities revered for their dedication to design. New York is, well, New York. Paris has its runways, Bilbao its Frank Gehry-designed Guggeuheim, [...]

For more than 45 years, the Time & Life Building in midtown Manhattan has been a landmark in magazine publishing. While the Time Inc. magazine titles have succeeded over the [...]

Merging two companies is a delicate matter, no matter what size the entities involved. When dealing with one of the largest food service organizations in the world and the unification [...]

Something's afoot in Cincinnati, Ohio. No longer simply another mid-western city in the world of design, it skyrocketed to national attention with the opening of Zaha Hadid's Rosenthal Center for [...]

Integrating 21st-century technology, and tools into everyday living and learning is a founding tenet of Georgia Institute of Technology. However, it also became a design tenet as the university partnered [...]