A TED Talk from a war zone
At TEDSummit in June, we featured a talk by a young Syrian architect, Marwa Al-Sabouni. In it, she shares an important and original insight ...
The informal as inspiration for rethinking urban spaces: architect Teddy Cruz shares 5 projects
In today’s talk, Teddy Cruz looks at San Diego-Tijuana border, where some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the United States are jus...
Gallery: A school and a clinic, built from compressed clay
Diébédo Francis Kéré grew up in a small village in Gando, Burkina Faso, before heading to Germany to study architecture. And as a student th...
Buildings made from cardboard tubes: A gallery of Shigeru Ban architecture
“I was disappointed in my profession,” says architect Shigeru Ban in today’s talk, which he gave at TEDxTokyo in May. As f...
Why tall wooden buildings must be our future: a visual essay by Michael Green
“Like snowflakes, no two pieces of wood can be the same anywhere on earth,” says architect Michael Green in today’s lyrica...
Cities of cardboard: TEDActive artist Kiel Johnson featured on the Huffington Post
Artist Kiel Johnson, who led the amazing workshop “Everyone’s An Architect” last year at TEDActive, was featured today on both the Huffingto...
A speech to graduating Harvard architects
Last week, TED’s curator, Chris Anderson, addressed the 2011 graduating class of architects from the Harvard Graduate School of Design...
Building the Seed Cathedral: Thomas Heatherwick on TED.com
A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes ...
Why light needs darkness: Rogier van der Heide on TED.com
Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world — by paying attention to light (and to darknes...