Articles by Osman Bari

The mating ritual of the bowerbird is an exercise in an architectural method of seduction, through the construction of bowers. 

In this TED Talk, architecture critic Justin Davidson explains the detrimental nature of building skylines with glass, and what we can do to rectify it.

In this TED Talk, architecture critic Justin Davidson explains the detrimental nature of building skylines with glass, and what we can do to rectify it.

The Curry Stone Design Prize has announced 11 global practitioners as part of June’s Social Design Circle, for their work in public space design.

With a modular composition inspired by traditional sub-Saharan African building typologies, MASA Studio’s safe lodging proposal for Tanzanian cancer victims has been selected as the winner of the Hostels for Hope competition, which called for solutions to issues of health and safety in regards to the rehabilitation of cancer victims away from home in rural Africa. Organized by Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, an international foundation combatting women’s cancers, the competition responds to the unfortunate decision that thousands of Tanzanian women have to make every year – to travel great lengths for unaffordable treatment and lodging, or to remain at home unable to fight the disease.

ADEPT has been awarded 250,000 DKK as winners of Nykredit’s Architecture Awards, the most prestigious architectural distinction in Scandinavia.

ADEPT has been awarded 250,000 DKK as winners of Nykredit’s Architecture Awards, the most prestigious architectural distinction in Scandinavia.

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With a combination of resilience, sustainability, and pleasing aesthetics, the use of copper in architectural design is often indicative of a building’s craft and attention to detail, as demonstrated by fifteen projects selected as recipients for the 2017 North American Copper in Architecture Awards (NACIA). The 10^th edition of the annual awards celebrates a variety of projects throughout North America for their “outstanding use of architectural copper and copper alloys.” Projects were selected across three categories: New Construction, Renovation/Restoration, and Ornamental Applications. 

Continuing the ever-increasing growth of timber construction architecture in North America and around the world, Carbon12’s recent topping out has resulted in its newly achieved status as the tallest mass timber building in the United States. Situated in Portland and designed by PATH Architecture, the 8-storey condominium is an example of the cost-effectiveness and labor sensitivity of engineered wood products while helping regenerate Oregon’s local timber industry.