Sonoran Desert Vernacular by CO Architects
CO Architects studied the Sonoran Desert to create a new urban vernacular for Phoenix. (Bill Timmerman) Red-rock mountains and the saguaro cactus inspired the Health Sciences Education Building’s...
View ArticleNet Zero and the Future of Facade Design
Next week, leaders in the fields of facades design and fabrication will gather in LA to discuss pressing issues, including sustainability. (Neil Kremer/Flickr) Though sustainability remains a primary...
View ArticleAN’s 2016 Facades+ conference series kicks off in Los Angeles
Enrique Norten (AN) “We don’t need walls anymore. We need living, breathing systems that provide so much more to the urban realm than keeping in conditioned air and keeping out noise and pollutants.”...
View ArticleFacades+ Los Angeles will scale the heights of Southern California design
From October 25 to 26, Facades+ will bring local and national leaders of the architecture, engineering, and construction industry to Los Angeles for the fourth year in a row. The first day of the...
View ArticleFacades+ San Francisco will dive into the Bay Area’s exciting technological...
The San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing a period of rapid transformation, translating into some of the most exciting architectural developments in the country. (Flickr/Green_Kermit) The San...
View ArticleThis Arizona medical school blends into the desert with a folded copper facade
<►>To avoid repetition, the design developed 24 different panel types to create successive layers of striation across the building’s facade. (Courtesy CO Architects) Located on the northern...
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