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UA architecture students reach for the sky with downtown building designs

Can you imagine a 40-story skyscraper towering over downtown Tucson? That’s what 48 fourth-year architecture students at the University of Arizona have been doing this past semester with their imaginations in overdrive. And that’s what several downtown leaders got to do earlier this month when they were among the judges reviewing the student’s 48 strikingly [...]

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Infill housing design, public transit gain popularity

A housing slump and increased commuting costs are fueling more infill design near public transit sites, the American Institute of Architects, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group, reports. Traditional neighborhoods are designed with homes planted on small lots next to the street and sidewalk. But that is now changing. New developments are increasingly focused on denser [...]

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Upside-down house opens doors in Germany

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) – A house that is entirely upside-down opened its doors to the public on the northern German island of Usedom this week. The family-sized house, designed by Polish partners Klausdiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk for the Edutainment exhibition company, is furnished with chairs, tables and carpets stuck to the ceiling. “We didn’t [...]

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