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Monsters, Spirits, and... Zoom Calls? Halloween-at-Home 2020

Eric Baldwin — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:30:00 +0000

Halloween is a holiday that centers on space and ritual. Most likely originating from Celtic harvest festivals, Halloween is tied to processions like trick-or-treating, as well as history and spatial stories. The holiday celebrates imagined settings, characters, and events. In similar celebrations like Mexico's Día de Muertos, people gather in unlikely places; cemeteries and graveyards become the backdrops to picnics and celebrations. There, families offer flowers and food to deceased relatives as they celebrate history and the lives of loved ones.

Architecture Costumes For Halloween, Carnival and Office Parties

AD Editorial Team — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000

When it's time to dress up for Halloween, Carnival or theme parties, people often choose costumes that resonate with their interests. This is especially true for architects, who are particularly well-suited to designing and building head-turning outfits. For students and young architects, the yearning to construct (and destruct) stems from the will to create elaborate headpieces and ingenious appendages.

15 Incredible Photos of Architecture at Nighttime: The Best Photos of the Week

María Francisca González — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:00:00 +0000

With Halloween just around the corner, this week we have prepared a special edition of Photos of the Week featuring nighttime images. Undoubtedly, this effect is among the most spectacular and difficult to achieve in architecture photography. Working in the absence of light is not a simple task for photographers, but by playing with the artificial lights in buildings (and, usually, some dramatic HDR effects) it is possible to achieve adequate exposure for incredible results. Below is a selection of 15 images from prominent photographers such as Ketsiree Wongwan, Laurian Ghinitoiu and Philippe Ruault.

An Architectural Halloween: 10 Boo-tiful Pumpkin "Interventions"

AD Editorial Team — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

What do ghosts say when they see a great design? “Ghoul!” (Sorry, not sorry). 10 exceptional ArchDailyers showed their salt by designing these Halloween-themed gourds. Since all of you are our kin, we wanted to give you something that would pump you up for Halloween. -__-

Call for Entries: Architecture-Themed Pumpkin Designs

AD Editorial Team — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:30:00 +0000

We want to see your designs for an architecture Halloween pumpkin! Download the design template below and illustrate/animate/build something that will squash us with your talent. We'll be accepting entries until October 24, at 12:00 pm EST and we'll publish our favorites before Halloween!

Critical Halloween 2015: DEMO

Rene Submissions — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Critical Halloween is a party, an intellectual debate, a costume competition, and a space for the expression of radical thought. Over the past few years, it has become a referential event that brings people together through music, dance, and costume design to engage in critical discussion in New York City.

Six Keys to Designing Architecture that Terrorizes

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Scaring people is an art, a lucrative art if done right; the haunted house industry makes $300 million a year in the US. Fast Company recently interviewed the designers behind some of the nation’s most notorious haunted houses to learn just how to design architecture that truly terrorizes. A hint: Set the stage; reclaim an existing, preferably already “haunted”, historic building, add fog, and always “scare people forward.” With this in mind, what famous building would you choose to transform into a terrifying haunted house? Let us know in the comment section below and read all of FastCo's design tips, here.

Architecture for the Dead

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

There are many moments in life in which architecture helps people confront death. In honor of All Hallows’ Day, we present to you the top 10 images from our “Architecture for the Dead” Pinterest board for viewing. Pay your respects, after the break.

Find a New Life for Your Old Cardboard with these Geometric DIY Halloween Masks

Finn MacLeod — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Grab your cardboard, parcel tape, and model building skills: Halloween masks are no longer just for witches and warlocks, but for architects too. A furniture designer turned mask creator based in the United Kingdom has created a series of geometric masks for the creatively inclined, available as a template online. A great way to use up leftover model-making materials, the masks were designed "to create a set of masks that could be built by anyone using local materials removing the need for mass manufacturing or shipping and with the minimum environmental impact," says their creator Steve Wintercroft.

Starchitect Trick-Or-Treaters

Karissa Rosenfield — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:00:34 +0000

What’s scarier, Ando as a mime or Zaha as a witch? With their Costume Critique | Morbid Models post, Building Satire transformed Tadao Ando, Bjarke Ingels, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas and Jean Nouvel into creepy trick-or-treaters. Review them all after the break!

AD Round Up: Halloween Special

Sebastian Jordana — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:30:05 +0000

Tomorrow people from all over the world will celebrate Halloween. Children in costumes, many candies and several horror movie-marathons on TV will help create the scary mood we are used to. In ArchDaily, we didn’t want to be left behind so for todays Round Up, we bring you previously featured scary places to be tomorrow night. Enjoy!