Topic: Architecture
No matter how far architecture has advanced thanks to innovative designs and modern materials, much of its creative process is still stuck back in the 20th century, until now. Online startup Woobius offers a set of easy to use information sharing tools that have been developed by an architect to enable fast, intuitive collaboration.
Woobius’ features include an [...]
Dutch architectural firm Cepezed has installed a gorgeous, shifting facade on its offices in Utrecht. A three hundred square meter metal grid contains a giant array of small plastic discs, which move with the wind and reflect the hues of the sky to create a visual experience that evokes the luminescence of a flowing waterway.
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Architect Daniel Ferrer of Mobile M recently renovated the Alicante-based Conde Lumiares drugstore, taking an innovative, non-traditional approach to pharmacy design. Removing the suspended ceiling, the Ferrer raised the roof from it’s former “suffocating” two meter height to around five meters. To prevent the large space feeling too open Mobile M installed 256 suspended cylinders, [...]
Monocle Magazine have announced their annual index of most liveable cities. Zurich comes in top place mainly for its vast investment in transport; Copenhagen is second for its mix of metropolitan life, great healthcare, low crime rates and a relaxed vibe; at 3, Monocle describes Tokyo as the world’s most livable megapolis and praises the [...]
The Economist’s Intelligence Unit have just released their livability rating for over 140 cities areound thr world. The rating quantifies the challenges that face a city-dweller’s lifestyle in those cities and the newspaper’s review found that Australian and Canadian cities tended to come out top.
1. Vancouver
2. Vienna
3. Melbourne
4. Toronto
5. Perth & Calgary
7. Helsinki
8. Geneva, Sydney [...]
In this video architect Michael Pawlyn talks about a project where he uses an “enlightened” attitude towards waste borrowed from pineapple growing methods developed hundreds of years ago to create a zero-carbon footprint botanical greenhouse.
Grimshaw Architects
Brazilian art is experiencing a period of solid growth in the international scene, both in terms of presence and reputation. The best example of this recent exposure is in the street art world, where Brazil has been represented worldwide by names like osgemeos and Nunca. But to show that Brazilian art is more than that, [...]
Senosiain Arquitectos architecture firm have designed a shell-shaped residential home, based on the shape of the Nautilus’ shell. The Mexico-based abode currently houses a couple and two small children.
The house was constructed using Ferrocement, a composite material containing with cement, sand, water and wire or mesh. Other than being economical , the technique has many [...]
A new hotel-casino in Chile has been wrapped in this grid like skin to deliver three objectives: to create a ‘dress’ that give the buildings under it a unified look; to create shade and improve thermal performance; and also to create a large urban lamp so that the building doesn’t need to add neon-signs to [...]
Architecture firm CODA has produced an interesting take on an old idea. The West-Australian-based firm designed the redevelopment of an old horse farm for a local drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Created to aid recovering patients the farm will house and rehabilitate abused horses. CODA used recycled materials for the project and chose colours [...]
A collaboration between Achterbosch Architectuur and Onix architects constructed this wooden bridge made from Accoya which is tough enough to take the heaviest loads. It’s found in Sneek in the Netherlands.
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London-based global briefing publisher Monocle have recently released The Future of the Workplace, the first edition of their Design Dialogues podcast series. Tyler Brule, editor-in-chief of the publication looks at the economic recession’s impact on design and the affects of large and small scale companies pushing more employees to work for home.
In particular Monocle takes [...]
Russell Davies points us to a development in the stalled construction site near his site. After developers tore down a historic hospital complex in the center of London, the project ground to a halt leaving a 95,000m2 gaping hole in the city - much to the displeasure of locals like Davies. Various ideas were submitted [...]
Inspiring words from the website of Copenhagen super-architects BIG:
Historically the field of architecture has been dominated by 2 opposing extremes. On one side an avant-garde full of crazy ideas. Originating from philosophy, mysticism or a fascination of the formal potential of computer visualizations they are often so detached from reality that they fail to become [...]
In this interview with Charlie Rose, architect Frank Gehry talks about his life and work. He tells the talk-show host that while considering succession, he’s enjoying working and sharing his knowledge with younger architects, but worries that he hasn’t allowed them to make mistakes and therefore grow professionally.
At one point he gives some insight [...]
Inspiration to make things better.
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