Thirty years ago, a botanist in Germany had a simple wish: to see the inner workings of woody plants without dissecting them. By bleaching away the pigments in plant cells, Siegfried Fink managed to ...

Slatted timber panels break up spaces in this concrete-lined office for an advertising agency in Lisbon by local studio ColectivArquitectura (+ slideshow). The workspace for the Portuguese branch of ...

The old adage "don't judge a book by its cover" can – and should – be applied to many things. In architecture however, it's difficult, since our collective experience is often of the façade alone.

Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river. Studio North completed the 4,520-square-foot (420-square ...