All Blog Posts Tagged 'architect' (65)

The interior design for the Stuart Weitzman flagship store evolved from the concept of shoes as a delightfully anticipated gift.  Milan based architect Fabio…

The starting point of this project came from the ongoing conflict over one of the most attractive pieces of fallow land in Berlin: the Spree riversides located between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.  Drawing on the spatial partitioning strategy of a Voroni diagram, elements from differing social demands…

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Vertical gardens are great, but often require specific structural foundations and hydroponics in order to function.  The Structural Technology Group of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has developed and patented a…

Often, the addition and subtraction of light is not paid it's due attention. After all, the entirety of our visual experience occurs due to the reflection of light. Simply inserting light strategically into an architecture or landscape can redefine the…

As an architect, space is often a luxury we can't afford. We are asked to make do with little. It may seem confining at times, but I've often found myself grateful for these types of constraints. I would term this the dilemma as that of Life, the Universe and Everything. There must be a point of focus…

When you find a place of peace and tranquility, my initial instinct would be to leave it alone. Although this isn't an exciting prospect from an architectural point of view, I think architectural interventions can have a detrimental effect on some of these places. This…

In order to understand any project takes a bit of self introspection. Since architecture is a somewhat subjective art, you can't expect someone to understand it if that person can't also internalize it. One of the first thinks I look to when I observe a project is the title. A title…

The sweeping curves of this design proposal by architect Mark Dziewulski were created in collaboration with ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov, and were inspired by the movement and rhythm expressed in many of the performing arts. …

Reminiscent of a giant modernized tumbleweed, California Roll House is a prefabricated home designed for the context of the desert.  The entire…

One of my passions through the years has been the art of film. I used to go to movies growing up and we would see two or three films in a row on the weekends. When I went to school to become an architect I was amazed to find that there were classes on the…

Tired of the daily grind?  Of endless deadlines and tight schedules?  Tiago Barros proposes a piece of floating architecture that leaves our earth-bound schedules behind.

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The Auditorio de Tenerife, or Tenerife Concert Hall, was finished in 2003 and has become a landmark in the city of Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.  The hall is the design of famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, and is covered with a mosaic of…

Gehry Partners were chosen to design the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington D.C. I thought this would be a great opportunity to talk about divided interests in architecture.  Whenever you have a monumental site, not to mention the memory…

I wrote an article a while back titled Every Architect Needs A Hero, which is one of my favorite topics to theorize about. It's not a terribly new idea. I would say it's fairly dated,…

The A-Frame is an interesting typology in architecture. It has a utilitarian foundation, but I've found that its architectural significance has to do more with its symbolism than its utility. Part of the reason I believe…

I studied the classical orders in college just like every young architect, and I'm sure like many others, I found it a little monotonous. The one aspect of classical architecture that I still find very refreshing is the skill and craft required to bring them to…

This beautiful home was constructed in 1975 by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill out of the ruins of an old country house.  While the interior is a bit dated, the…

Near a forest on the outskirts of Katowice, Poland, sits the Broken House, designed by local architecture firm KWK Promes.  The somewhat questionable…

Located at the end of the unspoiled Valsertal valley, 1,250 meters up into the Swiss Alps, Villa Vals peaks out from the face of the mountainside near the thermal baths of Vals. …