Office Management Software Recommendations to Revolutionize Your Firm
In a previous post on financial management advice for small architecture firms, we touched on the indispensability of solid office management software. Beyond the internal benefit of keeping tabs on...
View ArticleWill Foster + Partners' Bike Highway In The Sky Solve London's Cycling Woes?
Nearly four years ago, the city of London inaugurated its first bicycle-sharing program, Barclays Bikes, continuing the cycling trend of other large cities like Paris and Montreal. Along with the 720...
View ArticleFrom Ancient Alexandria To Robots: The Architectural Evolution Of The Library
Can you have a civilized society without a library? The library as a collection of books and a building that houses said collection dates back to ancient Mesopotamia and coincides more or less with...
View ArticleVaulted Cork Pavillion
Authors: Pedro de Azambuja Varela, Maria João de Oliveira and Emmanuel Novo The Vaulted Cork Pavillion was built for Amorim Isolamentos SA., to demonstrate its cork building materials at Concreta...
View ArticleA Healthier 2014: Ten Superb Gymnasiums That Take The Pain Out Of Exercise
It's a new year. And, as the tradition goes, many of you have made committed resolutions that will help make 2014 your best year yet (that is, if you can keep them). Like so many resolutions of new...
View ArticleEichler Front Addition
Photography by Mariko Reed. How do you expand an L shaped Eichler with the challenge of extending a long dark entry? Klopf Architecture's solution, to design a light filled atrium in the hallway to...
View ArticleKutaisi International Airport
Photos: Nakanimamasakhlisi UNStudio's recently completed Kutaisi International Airport serves domestic and international flights for use by tourists, national politicians and international diplomats....
View ArticleDoing More With Less Stuff: Living Simpler And Smaller With LifeEdited
David Friedlander is the managing editor of LifeEdited, a website and specialty consulting company that focuses on living in small spaces. They are best known for the LifeEdited Apartment, winner of...
View ArticleLullaby Factory
Studio Weave has transformed an awkward exterior space landlocked by buildings into the Lullaby Factory – a secret world that cannot be seen except from inside the hospital and cannot be heard by the...
View ArticleEco-Friendly Architecture: 13 Buildings Made From Recycled Shipping Containers
One of the architectural trends we hope to see more of in 2014 is eco-friendly architecture, and these buildings are excellent examples of that. All over the world, architects are repurposing old...
View ArticleThe Green Pine Garden
The project locates besides the highway from Shanghai to Zhujiajiao, with a 30,000 sqm green land park and two factory buildings inside that are now renovated as club restaurants. Tree blocks define...
View ArticleDesign Details: A Contemporary Athens Residence Goes Ancient Greek
When designing a contemporary residence in Filothei, an affluent suburb of Athens, Gem Architects took inspiration from traditional Hellenic architecture of Ancient Greece. Like a polished sculpture,...
View ArticlePôle Santé Val de Cher health centre
Photography by Sébastien Morel We believe that one of the major challenges of multidisciplinary health centers is to encourage health professionals to practice in rural environments. With that in mind...
View ArticleNolla House
Photography by Alejo Bague The Project proposes placing the house right in the centre of the plot, in such a way as to clearly differentiate two separate parts; an Access garden square and another but...
View ArticleBeach Box
Photos by Carl Oliver Ander The shape of this beach house constitutes of two separate volumes, one on top of the other in an 80 degree angle. The ambition was to create interior and exterior spaces...
View ArticleTop 10 Architecture Controversies Of 2013
There were so many scandals, brawls, copycat buildings, ballooning budgets, and "oops" moments in architecture in 2013, that is was hard to narrow our list of the top controversies to just 10. The...
View ArticleHow We Render: The Changing Image Of Architecture
Are we losing something when we render hyper-real? It's a question that floats in the air of the New Views exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. The curators, working in collaboration with the...
View ArticleBlack Roof House
Photographer: Eiji Tomita The site is kasai-city Hyogo. The site is on a busy road. It is difficult place that a building is open toward south. Therefore, I have thought of point as admitting light...
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