High & Dry

Architectural dish rack dries delicate glassware safely and beautifully

With the High & Dry dish rack, Black + Blum’s architectural artistry transcends humdrum household ware into a harmonious form and function showpiece. Intent on turning “something quite mundane into something spectacular,” creative partners, Dan Black and Martin Blum, designed a sturdy, sculptural rack with fragile glassware as the protective focus. The Calatrava-esque solution allows delicate glasses to safely air dry. A sleek cupholder for …

Phoenix International Media Center

Chinese architects Biad UFO build Beijing's latest architectural feat

Hand in hand with China’s overall rapid growth and explosive urbanization, recent years have seen a wave of high-design architecture. The Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s spectacular CCTV tower, opened in 2008 to house the nation’s central television headquarters, is a fantastic example of forward-thinking architecture exploring contemporary concepts of shape and form. Now another Chinese media mogul is taking a swing at making their mark …

Why Patterns

Ping-pong balls and dance in the U.S. debut of a visually arresting performance

On a black stage a singular ping-pong ball triggers four dancers, followed by thousands more balls dropping, rolling and flooding the scene in controlled chaos. This is “Why Patterns.” Making its U.S. debut next week, the performance piece is a collaboration between choreographer Jonah Bokaer and Snarkitecture, a creative studio founded by artist Daniel Arsham and architect Alex Mustonen. First commissioned by Dance Works Rotterdam, …