Orthogonal Architecture: Richard Weston
I bet even Zaha Hadid sleeps on a horizontal bed and walks in a vertical posture – her load centred under the influence of gravity unless a strong wind demands otherwise.
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Seasonal Architecture, Design: Trevor Tucker
“The teleological argument for the existence of God,” says a Sunday morning preacher this week, “is that the earth is at just the right angle to permit the changing of the seasons.” As if God wants us to have different seasons.
Urban Buildings: Architectural Discussion
Urban Buildings, architecture aticle by Roland Wahlroos-Ritter: UNStudio’s enticing design for the Urban Library in Gent deploys a similar strategy as for their Mercedes Benz Museum
Green Architecture: Ecological Awareness
We have come a long way since the 70s when ideas about living ‘in harmony with nature’ and concerns about rising energy consumption first appeared. Those of us around at that time remember how the look of buildings changed.
Architectural Mobility: Architecture Comment
Resisting Boredom, Architectural Mobility, Architecture comment, buildings of 2011 : comment by Joyce Hwang – world is becoming increasingly more mobile
Public Buildings, Civic Building Design
It is quite encouraging to see that the public’s commitment to investment in cultural buildings still remains unimpeded despite the economic challenges some European countries and the USA are currently facing.
Luminous ceiling lighting design, media façade
The timeline depicts international media facades with their different artistic, social or brand messages up to interfaces like iPhone Apps or brain sensors for public participation. The movie is a shortened version of the lecture, “The semiotics of media facades – When buildings start to twitter”
Inventive Architecture, Conventional Building
Invention & Convention in Architecture discussion by Dr. Peter Magyar – article re Inventive Architecture and Conventional Building, current design projects
People in Architecture: Trevor Tucker
What is typically left out of our weekly profiles here, or missing from architecture magazines, proposals, competitions and architects websites? People. George MacDonald, Victorian fantasy and children’s lit writer, once wrote: Any man is greater than the greatest of books.”
Low Energy Building: Eco Architecture
For me, elegance arises from the ability to solve multiple problems with a simple solution based on the principles of eco-minimalism, as defined by the architect Howard Liddell.
Architectural Discussion, Design: Chris Romer-Lee
Architecture is an ongoing process of dialogue – with the client, the immediate context and the wider world. One of my practice’s favourite projects, RIBA Award winning Park Avenue South, both exploited the site’s unique make up and employed traditional craftsmanship in a contemporary manner.
Architecture Context Narrative: Global Building
Architecture Context Narrative : Article by Trevor Tucker, 21 Sep 20120 – Design Narrative, Architectural Context: end of September at our home near Ottawa, Canada
Climbing Great Buildings: Architecture TV
From St Paul’s Cathedral to Caernarfon Castle, this BBC 2 TV series had unprecedented access to the finest buildings in the UK. Remarkably, each agreed to take part, even though many were very fragile structures in poor condition.
Design Narrative, Architecture Designs: Lee Miles
Architectural narrative article by Lee Miles Article: global design approach, international architect news, architectural design images
Architecture Narrative: Literature, Design
Architecture Narrative : Article by Trevor Tucker, 24 Aug 2010 – Literature & Design, Architectural Narrative, I’m not an architect; I’m a lit prof.
Planetization design architecture: Mphethi Morojele
The Flowing Gardens set out to create an experience of “a harmonic relation between Xi an’s wondrous past and its future of horticulture and technology, landscape and architecture.”
Middle East glass facades: building facade glazing
Particularly in the last few decades, Architectural language has given more importance to the ‘transparency’ and ‘lightness’ of building spaces – driving the world towards a flattering glazed built environment.