Computational Design: NEXT 15 brings together pioneers from all industries to discuss the new emerging technologies in architecture & design
Five finalists are selected for the 2015 Mies van der Rohe prize
Am 1. Februar fand die Verleihung des Deutschen Ziegelpreises 2019 statt. In Kooperation mit dem Bundesbauministerium sowie weiteren Partnern hatte das Ziegel Zentrum Süd (ZZS) bundesweit den Preis mit einer Preissumme von insgesamt 20.000 Euro ausgelobt.
Image 10 of 34 from gallery of This Architectural Installation Reconnects With the Senses Through Suspended Bricks. © Amir Ali Ghafari
Krause Smoke Grey Emperor bricks, concrete and timber add clarity and robustness to this renovation in Richmond, the fine-grained texture of the bricks complementing the traditional red Victorian brickwork.
Are you a nature lover? Then you're going to love this botanically influenced contemporary Mexican architecture, with tropical gardens and internal courtyard.
Estudio A0, have designed a brick, glass and steel house in Ecuador, that has two pavilions, one for the client's own family and one for his parents.
A staircase leads up from the central space to an upstairs study and bedroom.
One of the finest buildings I saw in Kathmandu was the Taragaon Museum built by Austrian architect Carl Pruscha during the '70s. It is said that Carl Pruscha is the one who brought back the use of brick to assert the indigenous identity of Nepal's architecture within its modern landscape. I learnt that the architect has built about five structures in Kathmandu, and worked extensively on the regional planning of the city. He has compiled two volumes documenting important landmarks and notes across the entire city of Kathmandu. The Taragaon Museum was originally built as a hostel for visitors traveling to Nepal for short duration stays and gatherings. It consists of a modular plan with a scaled barrel vault as single unit staggered around courtyards and pathways stepping on the sloping site. While it didnt serve the purpose it was built for, the Hyatt, to whom the property belongs, decided to turn it into a Museum. Thus, the entire building serves as a museum to a modest collection of drawings and works of architecture of Nepal. Roshan Mishra, the present director of the Museum was kind enough to take us around the entire museum, and mentioned that the building was one of the first modern projects executed in Kathmandu. He informed us about the different initiatives that the museum is taking to build its own archives on Nepal's indigenous architecture, library on architectural literature and drawings of Nepal, and so on. After the 2015 earthquake, the museum archives became the principal source of reference material for much of the conservation work within the country. Drawings of ancient architecture in Nepal and other photographic material helped mobilize the process of restoration. It is here that the urgency of preserving architectural documentation of the built landscape in Nepal came to focus for the museum. The Taragaon museum is now consciously collecting books and documentation from across the world towards their archives. Several scholars, architects and artists have graciously donated a lot of drawings and research to the Taragaon museum. The campus is quite close to the World Heritage Site of Boudha Stupa, which is about 10 minute walk away. Given the context, the earth hugging forms seem to have been conceived as no short of the Buddhist Chaitya halls, which share a similar geometry. The domestic scale of the volumes make an interesting meandering within the museum, making it more human and tactile. The cafe and the auditorium spatially play with volumes, whereas the exterior triangular forms allow you to walk over it. Windows and gutters are very carefully detailed in a way that they do not disrespect the circular and diagonal geometry of the building. The landscape is tightly handled, yet seems so easy and minimal. I am sure the museum holds its own drawings. It might be a pleasure to look at the finer articulations of the planning. We could not go to the basement archives. However, Roshan also mentioned that an extension of the project as planned by Pruscha has never been built. In order to interconnect the Hyatt Regency Hotel and the museum, an grand circular amphitheatre was built about 14 years ago. Presently, the building has suffered some damage after the 2015 earthquake. Those repairs, along with leakage issues are being treated for now. The architect was very opposed to the proposal of plastering the entire building that was suggested in order for its longevity. Rightfully so! The building does not dominate the landscape unlike the massive generic Grand Hyatt adjacent to the museum. With soft and subtle architecture, the Taragaon museum still exists quietly in the Kathmandu landscape.
Completed in 2017 in MalawiThe community of Chimphamba have been gathering for years in a church building that was near to collapse. The community has also outgrown the...
A new book explores the infinite architectural possibilities of an age-old material: brick
Completed in 2022 in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. Images by César Belio. Casa Lujambio are geometric figures that repeat and come close to each other, but never touch. It is this gesture, this courtesy, of celebrating the...
Completed in 2013 in Roodepoort, South Africa. In the open plain near the Malian village Gangouroubouro LEVS designed a new primary school. The architecture of the school reflects a connection to...
The 'Kaira Looro' international architecture competition, held by humanitarian organisation Balouo Salo, has this year also, established itself as one of the most important in the field of humanitarian and development design, attracting students and young architects from all over the world.
”It’s such a great house to live in. It just flows so well and there’s really nothing I would change. You walk into the house and it really does feel like it’s been here for a long time,” homeowner Jim Olivier says.
Step into the timeless beauty of this contemporary villa in the desert, where traditional Iranian architecture meets modern design. The use of brick adds a sense of warmth and history to the sleek lines and minimalist aesthetic, creating a truly unique and inviting space.
TYP Markanvisningstävling ÅR 2016 BESTÄLLARE Credentia PLATS Norrtälje hamn, kv Fartyget och kv Smeden. MEDARBETARE Mats Carlsson , Benjamin Lorentzson, Adrian Eygun Kihlberg
No.1986 Coffee & Restaurant designed by Le House, This work proves that. Still not out of the obvious features in our design.
Notions of home are as much a projection of our dreams and memories as they are the bricks and linen cupboards that anchor them. Tangled in the sheets of inner-urban Melbourne, Arcadia is a fever dream of pastoral histories. Shafts of light lend weight to rustic walls; burnt-out chimneys dot the landscape, some still burning; distant views draw the eye; inside and out, the house is ablush with the perpetual hue of an early rise and an early rest. It’s enough to get the roosters crowing.
The WoodWorks design awards honor new buildings around the world
Xi’an Huayu Dongyuan Yuejing Kindergarten perfectly integrates the city's lamplight and ancient aesthetics rhyme with modern architectural conception and
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Image 4 of 42 from gallery of YPY 1731 Housing / Arqtipo + Paola Castelnuovo. Photograph by Federico Kulekdjian
Design and the City is a podcast by reSITE, raising questions and proposing solutions for the city of the future.
Wall Art by Pau Iglesias on Photocircle.net. Custom formats for a diverse range of products such as posters, aluminium prints, acrylic glass prints, framed prints, canvas, and fine art prints.
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Image 9 of 16 from gallery of Project Burma Hospital / a+r Architekten. Photograph by Oliver Gerhartz
Image 40 of 43 from gallery of Healing Architecture in China: Through a Sensorial and Spatial Experience. Photograph by Freeman
Completed in 2022 in Ajijic, Mexico. Images by César Béjar. The intervention project of the existing auditorium and its expansion as a cultural center was requested by the Culture Ministry of the State of...
Completed in 2012 in Burkina Faso. The library will be finished in 2012and completes the school extension in Gando. This library represents for us an important accomplishment since it...
Completed in 2007 in United Kingdom. Images by Ed Reeve . A three storey house in conservation area of De Beauvoir town in Hackney. The site has been excavated to basement level creating a sunken patio on...
Image 2 of 19 from gallery of Bata Mews Housing / LOM architecture and design. Photograph by Simon Kennedy
An urban walled courtyard house occupying a tough public site, this home was designed for my own family. By Guy Tarrant Architects
Penda has released images of its proposed high-rise residential tower in Tel Aviv, featuring brick arches and cascading terraces influenced by the Bauhaus.
Image 6 of 41 from gallery of Tozzer Anthropology Building / Kennedy & Violich Architecture. Photograph by John Horner
Säynätsalo Town Hall, Säynätsalo Alvar Aalto, 1951
