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Dellis Cay Villas by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban

Designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, the two villas on the private island of Dellis Cay in the Caribbean offer stylish and sleek designs for a modern beach house. Dubbed as Maison H and Maison S, the two villas are are somehow cont [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

The Beautiful Side of Modern Residential Architecture

Australia has some wonderful natural landscape and the Cape Shank House by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects is a fine example of a modern home that has adapted well to its environment. This angular dwelling features a great view from a s [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Modern home architecture for Single family house

House Uc is a residence designed for a couple in their 30s and their daughter. It is located in the quiet residential area of Tokyo standing on a small and narrow site of irregular shape – a result of the recent trend of dividing prop [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Modern Architecture, Berlin

Tempodrom, a very special event location in Berlin. Inside of it’s that big arena up to 3,500 guests can join different kinds of events like awards, TV-productions, shows, concerts, spectaculars, exhibitions and sport events. This [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

The Sea City Concept Architecture by Jacque Fresco

The best of the amazing architecture concept future designs by Jacque Fresco. This is sea a sea city, amazing for this idea. The architecture concept unrealized because of some reason such as money or no company did not think to build an [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

The Past Decade in Architecture and Design - Lots of Flux

Over at Mediaite, Mark Lamster has an insightful post on how the world’s architecture landscape has fundamentally changed in the last ten years. Any discussion of this topic usually starts with the U.S., a former infrastructure leade [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Influence of Islam and the Mughal Architecture

With the advent of Islam, the erstwhile Indian architecture was slightly adapted to allow the traditions of the new religion, but it remained strongly Indian at its heart and character. Arches and domes began to be used and the mosque or ma [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Bronx Architecture - Guide to the Architecture of the Bronx

Bronx Architecture is an online guide to the architecture of the borough developed by Lehman College Art Gallery/CUNY. Designed as a companion to "Public Art in the Bronx," the Web site features over 75 buildings, background on a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

THE CLASSIC STYLE OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Style is not limited to just the clothes that we wear. Traces of intricate styling and detailing can be found in electronic devises such as cell phones, gps systems, mp3 players as well as this laptop that I am currently typing on. As you [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

An architectural tour of East Berlin

Berlin has been melded back together so well over the last two decades that there are now very few obvious visual clues to the division that once was: the shiny "golf ball" TV Tower, the East Side Gallery (the longest remaining st [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

What amazing architecture!

Ciutat de les Arts I les Ciencies is a truly impressive sight and reports very high visitor numbers. The recently-opened science centre (Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe) is in the centre, flanked by an eyeball-shaped, large-f [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Fecal architecture is beetle armor

Case-bearing leaf beetles get crap from their moms, and it’s a good thing they do.These beetles spend their youth wearing a growing cylinder of excrement that typically started as rows of rectangular plates that mom applied to the egg [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Great British Architects - James Gibbs

Trained as an architect in Rome, Gibbs brought to Britain a full understanding of Italian Baroque design. Early in his professional career, however, he was forced to adapt his buildings to suit the prevalent taste powerfully advocated by Lo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Architects get more contracts in October

After more than a year of meager activity, the nation's architects reported a growing number of new contracts in October from builders preparing to get real estate developments off the ground. It was the highest level of new business [...]