accent architecture+design

12/23/2024

Googie architecture, anyone? Its flamboyance and postwar aesthetic got lost in an insular shift in modern American life.

The car-centric architectural style, characterized by neon signs and dramatic rooflines, is now endangered. Its admirers mourn the loss of the ideals it represented.

12/01/2024

Artist Amanda Williams color(ed) theory on display in Chicago revives community history

In New Orleans, for the Prospect.6 triennial, the Chicago-based artist and architect Amanda Williams is repainting buildings blue, using pigments based on a patent by George Washington Carver. In doing so, she hopes to elevate Carver’s forgotten contributions to the history of color.

11/25/2024

Hurricane resistant homes -can they be built en masse?

Amid strengthening storms and rocketing insurance premiums, some homeowners are taking matters into their own hands with circular homes designed to withstand a category 5 hurricane.

07/19/2024

People's aspirations reflected in their built environment-A twist on Punjabi vernacular architecture?

Photographer Rajesh Vora documented the rural Punjab villages where eclectic architectural sculptures have sprung up across the region as status symbols.

03/30/2024

A kaleidoscope of chairs to view and consider: remarkable, influential, ergonomic, quirky and then some are just blah.

Three designers, a museum curator, an artist and a design-savvy actress convened at The New York Times to make a list of the most enduring and significant objects for living.

03/08/2024

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto wins and so does community.

Japanese architect recognized for blending public and private spaces, fostering community.

01/04/2024

RIP B.V Doshi, India's legendary architect. He said that buildings can come alive when they connect with their surroundings.

India is at risk of losing its architectural identity, because schools aren't teaching students to respect heritage and traditions, said Balkrishna Doshi

08/08/2023

My paper, 'Vernacular approach to passive solar design' has been published in the ASES SOLAR 2023 Conference Proceedings. Presenting on Aug 9 at the national conference. This design approach enhances habitability and purpose while conserving energy. Join us!

07/18/2023

Geodesic domes for homes are resilient to disasters and look cool!

The homebuilding industry has been slow to adopt changes that can better protect against extreme weather. Some architects are showing what’s possible.

03/08/2023

Sir David Alan Chipperfield wins the 2023 Prizker prize: "Architecture is something which can intensify and support and help our rituals and our lives"

Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH (b. 1953) was born in London and raised on a countryside farm in Devon, southwest England. A collection of barns and outbuildings, filled with childhood wonderment and recollection, shape his first strong physical impression of architecture. “I think good architectur...