Completed in 2020 in Saarbruecken, Germany. Images by Thomas Mayer. The special thing about the planning for the kindergarten in Saarbruecken was that it is a building for children. That sounds simple, but such a task...
If you ever feel like some architects live in their own fantasy land, you’re not the only one. The buildings that they create can range from majestic all the way to magical, and they’re sure to catch your eye with their flying buttresses, stoic columns, angelic balconies, and fearsome facades. However, you can sometimes get the idea that some of these artistic innovators haven’t fully thought some things through—like the fact that people actually have to live and work in the buildings they design.
Image 19 of 20 from gallery of Shenzhen College of International Education / Li Xiaodong Atelier. section
Imagen 8 de 19 de la galería de Arquitectura y Espacio Urbano, primer lugar en diseño del Jardín Infantil Los Grillos en Colombia. Planta
You may remember from Monday’s post “Mississipp’s Outstanding Post-War Schools” that the elementary school at Benton in Yazoo County was included in a list of Mississippi…
Image 6 of 30 from gallery of Student Housing Diagonal Besos / MDBA. Photograph by Aldo Amoretti
Appearing as a new dwelling, the CLT house by FMD Architects includes the reworking of a 1970s brown brick dwelling, driven by the use of cross-laminated timber and the rural typology.
Byzantine domes on pendentives Graphic History of Architecture by John Mansbridge
Completed in 2008 in Almere, The Netherlands. Images by Luuk Kramer. Most city parts of Almere, a city with almost 190.000 inhabitants, have a petting farm. In the 'den Uyl' park there used to be one, but it burned...
The new Camelot Theatre is a 164 seat performing arts venue that is designed to capture the intimacy of the outstanding productions the theatre company is so renowned for. The Camelot design was chosen to be included in the United States theatre architecture exhibit for the Prague Quadrennial...
Introduction The house was built by architect Thornton Abell for a small family, parents and teenage daughter. It is assumed that the customer requires a place to study and work in the afternoon and a darkroom for his love of photography. The mother, whose interests are cooking, sewing and gardening, shares with her daughter’s interest […]
Image 6 of 55 from gallery of House in Ourém / Filipe Saraiva. Photograph by João Morgado
Image 7 of 58 from gallery of Lahofer Winery / CHYBIK + KRISTOF. Photograph by Alex shoots buildings
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Image 18 of 19 from gallery of Sustainability and Productivity Meet in this Rural Colombian House. Cortesía de Espacio Colectivo Arquitectos + Estación Espacial Arquitectos
Image 18 of 19 from gallery of Canada F1 Grand Prix New Paddock / FABG. Diagram
Image 8 of 30 from gallery of Watt Family Innovation Center / Perkins+Will. Photograph by Michelle Litvin
Completed in 2010 in Knysna, South Africa. Images by John Devonport, Micky Hoyle courtesy of VISI. Brief “The brief was to create a home for a Johannesburg based family that could eventually be used as a family home but would initially be used for...
Architects: Ricardo Boffil Taller de Arquitectura Location: Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain Project year: 1975 Sant Just Desvern is a locality on the northwestern border of Barcelona. Its posit…
Image 19 of 27 from gallery of Shelest Retreat / YoDezeen studio. Photograph by Andrii Shurpenkov
I’ve never lived in a two storey house before so it’s always a little tricky for me to work out the flow of the floor plan. It takes good vision to decipher how a double storey plan will come together. You have to think about the stairs, roofline, facade and how…
Image 25 of 29 from gallery of The Printmaking Workshop / Scullion Architects in Association with Plus Architecture. Sections
Image 5 of 7 from gallery of Piuarch Wins Competition To Build a New Cooperative Dairy In the Alps. Courtesy of Piuarch
Creating Battle Maps, Assets & more for RPGs & TTRPGs
How to Make a To-Scale Model of the Parthenon in Greece: I've always been kind of interested in ancient Greek architecture, so one day while I was bored, I decided to make a to-scale model of the Parthenon in Greece. This proved to be actually quite simple, only cutting out different sized rectangles, a…
Image 18 of 19 from gallery of L’Angolo Estate / LEVER Architecture. Sunlight and Air Flow Diagram
Details of Victorian Architecture
Image 7 of 16 from gallery of Het Anker Community Centre / MoederscheimMoonen Architects. Photograph by Harry Noback & Maarten Sipma
