Architectural Form
How buildings and spaces are shaped by structural logic, material expression, and spatial organization.
Architectural form encompasses the three-dimensional composition of buildings, from the conceptual gestures that define a structure to the material systems that express them. Designers working with form explore how geometry, materiality, and spatial relationships create meaningful built environments.
The community examines form through multiple lenses: sculptural approaches that treat buildings as artistic objects, adaptive systems that respond to changing needs over time, folded and assembled geometries that challenge conventional construction, and temporal frameworks that embed flexibility into architectural design.
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View all 46 journalsFelipe Caboclo Arquitetura Lays a Timber-Roofed House Along the Contours of a Porto Feliz Hillside
In Porto Feliz, Brazil, a 1,530 m² house of board-formed concrete and timber follows the slope and leaves its residents room to define how they live.
Blueprint of a Letterform: Artack Regular and the Architecture of Type
Exploring the shared language of structure, space, and functionality through Danting Li’s award-winning Artack Regular typeface.
TIME FRAME: A Steel Grid Framework That Lets a Learning Landscape Absorb Decades of Change
Shelter below and gathering above: this Architecture of Time 2020 winner treats time as a material and the grid frame as an armature for future use.
Assembling the Ruin: Toward a Recyclable Architecture
Thoughts and methodologies