ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/628127/ad-round-up-9-projects-that-make-creative-use-of-cor-ten-steel Wed, 06 May 2015 11:30:14 +0000 Rory Stott https://www.archdaily.com/628127/ad-round-up-9-projects-that-make-creative-use-of-cor-ten-steel One of the most interesting trends in architectural materials of recent years is the increase in use of weathering steel - more commonly referred to by its trademark name, Cor-Ten. Thought the material has been around for decades, first being used for architectural purposes in the Eero Saarinen-designed John Deere Headquarters in 1964, the material has seen a surge in popularity in the last decade or so, being used in everything from individual houses and tiny kiosks, to SHoP's design for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, which used a staggering 12,000 weathering steel panels.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/525647/the-power-of-paint-three-case-studies-on-colour-in-architecture Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Jacob Reidel https://www.archdaily.com/525647/the-power-of-paint-three-case-studies-on-colour-in-architecture Based at the Architectural Association school of Architecture and linked to the Phd research program at UIAV, Saturated Space takes a comprehensive look at the “grammar” and history of colour in architecture, the perceptual and phenomenological principles of colour in relation to the human subject, and the socio-political aspects of colour as a culturally active agent. This article, written by architect and CLOG editor Jacob Reidel, originally appeared as “Powerful Colours” on Saturated Space‘s website, a forum for the sharing, exploration, and celebration of colour in Architecture.

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