The 2014 Architizer A+ Awards

The second year of the global architecture award program has narrowed down its finalists and now it's time for the public to vote

Cool Hunting is proud to be a media partner for the second annual Architizer A+ Awards. This year showed the debut of a new category, Product Awards, as well as new faces to the jury panel (including CH’s very own founder, Josh Rubin) and the first stage results are now in. This year, Architizer received 2650 entries—almost double of that last year—from over 100 different …

Charged: Isaïe Bloch

Last year's 3D Print Show Artist of the Year revolutionizes art and architecture

At the most recent 3D Printshow in London, artist and architect Isaïe Bloch took top honors as Artist of the Year with his work “Satire.” The intricate sculpture is just one of many that illuminates his multidisciplinary mastery, magnetizing vision and critical acclaim. Bloch’s company and atelier Ergatory, formed in 2008, produces a dizzying range of visionary works, everything from radical architectural concepts to skeletonized …

Art Shanty Projects

A temporary community of artist-made ice huts brings the audience into the arts experience

Minnesota may be known for ice fishing, but the huts many a grandfather once huddled in have nothing on those created for the Art Shanty Projects, an artist-driven community temporarily located on White Bear Lake, MN. Centered on the idea of repurposing unregulated public spaces, the project aims to create artistic environments in the hopes of exploring the notion of what art is and can …