ARCHITECT’s Top 40 Stories of 2015

Here are the most-read stories we published this year.

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1. “The 2015 Architect 50” by Eric Wills, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, and Karlin Associates


2. “The 21st-Century Skill Set for Architects” by Alice Liao


3. “Black Apple Pocket Community Brings High-Performance Homes to Suburban Arkansas” by Timothy A. Schuler


4. “Three Augmented and Virtual Reality Apps for Design and Construction” by Hallie Busta


5. “Restoring Eileen Gray’s E-1027” by Anthony Flint


6. “Contemporary Architecture in China: Unedited” by Blaine Brownell

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Blaine Brownell

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7. “Highlights of Autodesk’s Newly Released AutoCAD 2016” by Wanda Lau

AutoCAD 2016 features an improved new graphics engine and a sleek, versatile user interface.

Autodesk

AutoCAD 2016 features an improved new graphics engine and a sleek, versatile user interface.


8. “Architects’ Choice: Design Books” by Ali Morris

Blaine Brownell


9. “Kama Sutra for Buildings” by Selin Ashaboglu


10. “Marlboro Music: Five Cottages, designed by HGA” by Edward Keegan


11. “Why Architects Can’t Be Automated” by Daniel Davis


12. “KieranTimberlake’s New Sandbox” by Witold Rybczynski


13. “How Big Data is Transforming Architecture” by Daniel Davis


14. “AIA Announces 2015 Housing Awards” by ARCHITECT Staff

2013 RADA / Custom / More Than 3,000 Square Feet / Merit Award: Bridge House, Kent, Conn / Joeb Moore & Partners Architects

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2013 RADA / Custom / More Than 3,000 Square Feet / Merit Award: Bridge House, Kent, Conn / Joeb Moore & Partners Architects


15. “Bjarke Ingels Group Reveals a Danish Villa Designed for a Car Collector” by Leah Demirjian


16. “North Carolina’s 2015 Matsumoto Prize Awards Six Modern Houses” by Chelsea Blahut

Mark Herboth Photography


17. “Architecture’s Role in Baltimore” by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson


18. “Project Gallery: Top 15 for 2015” by ARCHITECT Staff


19. “Innovative Detail: Wood Innovation and Design Centre” by Emily Hooper

Wood Innovation Design Centre

Ema Peter

Wood Innovation Design Centre


20. “Photographer Matthew Carbone Shoots Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center” by Deane Madsen


21. “Zaha Hadid Wins 2016 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture” by Deane Madsen


22. “Uber is Building a Vertical Street for its San Francisco Headquarters” by Sara Johnson

SHoP Architects


23. “Blackbird House by Will Bruder Architects” by David Hill


24. “Five Emerging Building Types to Master” by Alison Gregor


25. “Four Frank Lloyd Wright Stories to Read On His 148th Birthday” by ARCHITECT Staff


26. “The Next Generation of Computational Design” by Daniel Davis


27. “AIA New York Announces 2015 Design Award Winners” by Leah Demirjian


28. “Seven Steps to BIM Better” by Michael Kilkelly


29. “Michael Graves, Dead at 80” by ARCHITECT Staff


30. “What It Means to Make Good Architecture” by Aaron Betsky


31. “Key Takeaways from the 2015 AIA Compensation Survey” by Caroline Massie


32. “The Style of Substance” by Thomas de Monchaux

33. “Arch Madness 2015: Thorncrown Chapel Wins” by ARCHITECT Staff


34. “Here Are the Winners of the 62nd Annual P/A Awards” by Katie Gerfen


35. “Tadao Ando Reveals Designs for His First New York Building” by Chelsea Blahut

36. “A New Report Compares Eight CAD Programs” by Hallie Busta


37. “A Tale of Two Colleges” by Witold Rybczynski


38. “London’s Royal Academy Exhibits Chris Wilkinson’s Sketchbooks” by Caroline Massie


39. “Two Natural Rebar Alternatives for Concrete” by Blaine Brownell

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40. “Contemporary Architecture in China, Part 2: What Works” by Blaine Brownell

About the Author

Sara Johnson

Sara Johnson is the former associate editor, design news at ARCHITECT. Previously, she was a fellow at CityLab. Her work has also appeared in San Francisco, San Francisco Brides, California Brides, DCist, Patchwork Nation, and The Christian Science Monitor.

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