I guess the processes experienced in countries with bureaucratic bottlenecks, and the solutions tried to be found by designers in these difficult conditions, and the successful results obtained can be impressive…
Reggio nell'Emilia, capital of the Province of Emilia Romagna, is today a progressive and spacious city located on the 'Padana', a plain in northern Italy. In 2002, the Municipality of Reggio Emilia commissioned Calatrava to create a new gateway to the region…
Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius designed The Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts during his tenure at Harvard University. The construction of the building, known to have been designed to accommodate his own family, was completed in 1938…
Casa Batlló is a building in the center of Barcelona. It was designed by Antoni Gaudí, and is considered one of his masterpieces…
In 1955, as a result of a competition organized by the Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG Vereinigte Hütten- und Rohrenwerke, Helmut Hentrich and Hubert Petschnigg designed a steel frame building with shear walls with a shape that resembled parallel slabs…
The tower was originally designed by Pritzker Prize winner Kevin Roche in 1997. In 2017, it was redesigned by Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne. Mayne used a metal cladding of interconnected window modules to cover the tower…
The expansion of the building is located directly above the renovated fire station. It has a glass-covered facade to "reflect the complex interaction of shades and colours in the air", a reference to the building's location surrounded by water…
The museum shares space with the remains of a Gothic church and a 1950s chapel, and surrounds both the museum and the old church with a gray brick facade perforated like a cape…
Light has the power to shift one’s focus on someone or something. But in architectural lighting, deciding where to place the focus on, is not as clear-cut… A lighting designer should have an understanding of architecture, sculpture, art, and physics. They should…
We envision Harbin Opera House as a cultural center of the future – a tremendous performance venue, as well as a dramatic public space that embodies the integration of human, art and the city identity, while synergistically blending with the surrounding nature…
The BioSkin concept was inspired by traditional Japanese techniques to cool the air such as bamboo shading screens, called Sudare, and a water spraying technique called Uchimizu. The system comprises specialized ceramic louvres which funnel rainwater through the system. In effect, the…
Palais Kursaal, San Sebastián, Spain © Uta Pottgiesser Today, at the beginning of 21st century we can see increasing and interesting combinations of traditional climate adapted concepts with high-tech components and technologies: digital fabrication allows for new design solutions and constructions, sensors…
Peak-Load Plant KLC2, Copenhagen Airport The theoretical testing of the facade which is what the designer does while designing should encompass all relevant aspects of the facade. Does it fulfill the climatic challenges, how sustainable is it, how does it relate to…
Color is a design element and one of the characteristics of materials in architecture. It makes things visible; differentiates an object from its environment; identifies elements within a composition; adds a new dimension; recalls a new…
Phoenix Biomedical Campus Health Sciences Education Building and Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, Phoenix, AZ, by CO Architects with Ayers Saint Gross © Bill Timmerman Beyond helping to minimize the negative impact of buildings on the environment, facades are also the physical, visual,…
I differ what kind of architecture, what kind of details I choose for that. We need to understand what kind of role you get in any commission and try to fit yourself in this role and to bring yourself out with the…
A Portuguese research team led Solar Trap – architecture; a design and architecture office working at the intersection of Architecture + Energy + Ecology since 1999, the prestigious University of Minho and SAPA – Building Systems, have joined efforts to improve an…
In 2013, the Fuzhou Government hosted an international invited competition for the Strait Culture and Art Centre with the goal of strengthening the cultural image of the city and the Mawei New Town development area. PES-Architects’ winning proposal aims to offer an…
The story of this dream, which became a reality thanks to the engagement of the LVMH Group and its chairman Bernard Arnault, is recounted by this exhibition dedicated to the architecture and the development process.…
Great Amber is the name of the city’s new Concert Hall. With 1024 seats, it is the largest concert Hall in the Baltics. The decision to build it was made back in 1896. Great Amber is a monolithic, cone-shaped slightly contorted structure…
The Museum Garage is located in the Miami Design District, a neighborhood dedicated to innovative art, design, and architecture. Featuring the work of five designers, the seven story mixed-use structure features ground floor retail spaces and capacity for 924 vehicles. Ant FarmWORKac…