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The Bruce Plan of 1945 by the City Engineer reflected the utopian arrogance of the time by proposing the phased replacement of every single building in the city centre, which was to be surrounded by a box of new highways.
K2LD Architects’ Winged House is a single family home situated on a hill atop the botanical gardens in Singapore. The two-story structure is split into two volumes embracing the site with a sculptural roof tying the building together and back into the ground
The awards from the 2012 World Architecture Festival define a new world with startling clarity. Here the old worlds of Europe and North America which were so fundamental to the creation of modern architecture are hazy
Building safety is largely determined by taking a multi-disciplinary approach to assessing hazards – from power failure to cyber attack, from civil disorder to fire and explosive detonation – and arriving at risk assessments that illuminate how that building should be designed and built. However, psychology is also a potent element
Maybe it is the gradually yellowing tints of the trees around us, or the golden hue of the October sun – dear Readers – you have to forgive me for some strongly nostalgic thoughts
Designers (architects included) consider every variable associated with the form & function of a building – aesthetics, functionality, cost, environmental sustainability, structural integrity, serviceability and code compliance among a plethora of other variables
LEAF Awards Event 2012, Four Season Hotel in London – article by Karolina Szynalska, 25 Sep 2012 – review of Leading European Architects Forum news
There is a purity in the definition of architecture as a fusion of aspirational endeavour, the architect trusted with access to a client’ s personal values and budget – simultaneously risking professional values of design flair and fitness for purpose – to create a legacy of habitation.
Some day, while flying to London, if you are asked to tighten your seat belts to land on water then remember not to panic. Relax, it will not be an emergency landing.
With a new brand identity, Chicago-based architectural firm Goettsch Partners is all glued with Al Maryah Island – one of the biggest construction sites in Abu Dhabi.
Wolf Prix with his prickly critique of the Venice Biennale, initiated and published by Bkult.de, is setting the tone for this week’s projects review. Is it a trade show? Is it a cultural festival?
With the release of Lumion 2.5, over 70.000 architects around the globe have started using Lumion for visualization. Even children can do it you will see in the interview below.
Ever seen a sports arena guarded by a giant Anaconda? In the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Park Slope and Prospect Heights have new company in their vicinity – a giant cuddle-up Anaconda.
When Jeff Han unveiled a cheap, scalable, multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen, it looked like something from the film Minority Report.
Extending your property, house extensions article – home expansion, refurbishing homes, residential building, property refurb info. Housing stock may be gradually growing, but more people are staying put and extending
Australian architect Glenn Murcutt often says – “it is not about doing extraordinary things, it is about doing ordinary things extraordinarily well”. Client David Walsh, architect Nonda Katsalidis and their team have done something really extraordinary, and have done it extraordinarily well.
Parallel to this reduction in oil supply will be a reduction, year by year, in our society’s ability to extract, manufacture, transport, communicate, sell and purchase resources at previous economic levels.