Blouin Orzes architectes has spent decades working to understand the needs of Inuit communities in the Canadian north.

Missouri designers Brandon Dake and Andrew Wells prioritize sustainability even when clients are less interested.

Design consultancy PORT helps cities across the United States create innovative community spaces.

The design community needs a robust toolkit of decarbonization strategies that all practitioners can use, argues KieranTimberlake's Stephanie Carlisle.

A typical kiosk may offer newspapers, maps, or bottled water. These Folly/Function entries asked what else they could do.

For Trattie Davies and Jonathan Toews, book-making has become an important part of architectural practice.

What does it mean to design for the civic realm in contemporary surburban environments?

Colloqate helps architects and laypeople alike understand the potential for a more just, equitable built environment.

For MODU Architecture, blurring the boundaries between indoors and out is a means of encouraging reflection on climate change and public space.

For FreelandBuck, designing a spec home provided the freedom to explore the links between drawing and building.

A behind-the-scenes look at the winner of the 2018 Folly/Function competition.

When is a chair not just a chair? A look at notable entries to the 2018 Folly/Function competition.

An exploration of the finalists and notable entries to the 2017 Folly/Function competition.

Three Folly/Function 2016 proposals used diagrams, modules, and repetition to derive form from information.

Four Folly/Function 2016 proposals reconceived of shelter by activating the roofs of their structures.

Margaret Morton reveals the architecturally and culturally distinctive ancestral cemeteries of Kyrgyzstan.

Notes from an event in which architects and designers presented thoughts on follies.