Architecture is no longer about just building static boxes that sit stubbornly against the elements. Modern designers are ...

Sustainability and energy efficiency now shape decisions across the built environment. Rising energy costs, climate pressures ...

Architectural design has always been a balance between creativity, technical precision, and efficiency. However, traditional ...

Besides providing external protection, natural ventilation, insulation and energy efficiency, the presence of façades enhances the building’s personality and character. Among the different types of ...

In a remarkable convergence of creative genius and technological advancement, some of the world’s most acclaimed works of architecture were built in a period of just 20 years. This period, from ...

Michael Page ’23 didn’t explore Lowell during much of his time as a graphic design student. That changed when he took on an Emerging Scholars project his senior year to create an exhibit about ...

Architecture is often described as a dialogue between science and art, but few figures embody that balance as gracefully as Tadao Ando. A self-taught visionary—and, remarkably, a former professional ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. "O beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, has there ever been another place on earth where so many people of wealth and power ...

Humans are psychologically wired to prefer curved, soft forms, which our brains associate with safety, calm, and nature. In contrast, sharp, angular (or rectilinear) designs can trigger a mild, ...