Category: Design

Table of Contents Summary Material Considerations Design Details Relation to the Context Projections Works Cited: Summary Located at Lord’s cricket ground in London, the building won the RIBA Stirling award in 1999. The structure was designed by Future Systems and was largely intended to be a spectacle to be seen by people rather than one…

The High Lane is a truly fascinating place in terms of its architecture and design. A fantastic mixture between urban design and an environment friendly approach towards architectural choices, it truly is a patch of wonder in the midst of concrete and steel. Once created as a part of the city transportation infrastructure, the High…

The crystal statue, named the father, is a depiction of Abraham holding the globe in his hands, while his head is tipped down towards it. The installation was made in 2012 by renowned sculptor Georges Miguel, under commission by the Kentucky Christian and Jewish Interfaith Cultural and Historical Center. The piece is exclusively made of…

Table of Contents Introduction Eco-architecture in Milan (Europe) Eco-architecture in Dongtan (China) Eco-architecture in Hanoi (Vietnam) Eco-architecture Manesar (India) Eco-architecture in Mexico City Conclusion Reference List Introduction Sustainable architectural development must incorporate measures and systems to ensure the construction of human habitats, which exists in harmony with nature. Eco-architecture (green architecture) focuses on design techniques,…

Cuff, Dana. Architecture: The story of practice. New York: Mit Press, 1992. Summary In Architecture: The story of practice, it is argued that “designers are driven by the aim to make the world a better place to live in by designing structures that factor the political and environmental issues”, the true aim of the designers…

The work of an architect is oriented to changing the environments and creating new objects and buildings which should reflect the needs of the community. From this point, the main benefits of the work as a professional in architecture are the inability to imagine, create, and develop buildings and constructions which are necessary for the…

Learning from the existing landscape is a way of being radical for an architect. The word ‘radical’ is appropriate to describe the available information from the architects’ perspective. Being radical can lead an architect to far reaching goals because a radical architect will always think beyond the usual course followed by the customary architects. A…

Post Traumatic urbanism is less about conflict and more about a notion of trauma understood as not only a condition that has come to us via psychology, but also more important a concept concerned with ‘the new’. This essay explores the above statement with reference to architecture. It puts special emphasis on Lahoud’s notion of…

Introduction Brutalism in architecture began to develop in the middle part of the 20th century as a variant of Modernism to represent massive architectural forms. From this point, Brutalism was discussed as an approach within the developed Modernist movement. Brutalist buildings were characterised by the massive construction, use of rough materials such as the concrete,…

Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Cultural Factors Construction of the Railway If the Railway was built today Works Cited Abstract The Florida East Coast Railroad project was an ambitious initiative that focused on opening up major cities in Florida to the outside world. Sponsored by an American tycoon known as Henry Flagler, the railroad stretched…