Search Results for 'Architecture'

Prestigious UK architecture firm to design new

One of Europe's largest architecture firms has been asked to design a new center for the northern Budapest district of Újpest, reports Napi Gazdaság.The initial conceptual design tender was won by a team of young Hungarian arc [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

POST SCRIPT: On local architecture's Emmys

We picked steel-sculptor Neal Bociek as our metal horse in the race for an Orchid. The figurative flower is presented when a San Diegan makes good design. The honor, bestowed by the local architecture and design community as part of [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Living With Architecture

Loolhaas Houselife” is a unique film that was a standout at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. “Houselife” explores the Rem Koolhaas designed Maison à Bordeaux, considered a masterpiece of contemporary architectur [...]

Posted On : Nov, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Westfield mega mall: the death of city architecture

The Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace in London's Hyde Park in 1851 was, so the late Clive Wainwright, a much missed curator at the Victoria and Albert museum, told me, a "great opportunity to go shopping" for millions o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Modern Architectures in History

From the Reliance Building and Coney Island to the Kimbell Museum and Disney Hall, the United States has been at the forefront of modern architecture. American life has generated many of the quintessential images of modern life, both generi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Classic and Superserver architectures

Firebird server comes in two distinct architectures for managing multiple client connections: Superserver and Classic Server. For Windows, both architectures are included in a single download. For Linux, there are separate download packages [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

VIIth Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture and Interior Desi...

The Awards are made in recognition of projects that best reflect the development of Spanish ceramic tiles in cutting edge architecture. This will be the seventh year of the Awards and the quality of the winning work and the calibre of the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Housing Slump Begins to Hurt Classic Modernist Architecture

If you weren't swayed by the early warnings back in June and you happen to be fortunate enough to own a classic Modernist house, we recommend that you just pat yourself on the back and count your blessings for what you have, instead of fool [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Godfather of modern architecture

THEY came from opposite ends of the architectural spectrum, so it was perhaps unsurprising when Edwin Lutyens denounced Le Corbusier’s housing designs in a national newspaper article. Supported by pillars, rather than four walls, the [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Is Contemporary Architecture a PR Panacea for Autocrats? Wes...

The recent Beijing Olympics has highlighted a crisis in contemporary Western architecture and some of us are worried. Earlier this year, Thomas Micchelli penned an insightful essay in the Rail entitled “Monumental Squalor,” whic [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

The Bad News About Green Architecture

I hate green architecture. I can't stand the hype, the marketing claims, the smug lists of green features that supposedly transform a garden-variety new building into a structure fit for Eden. Grassy roofs? Swell! Recycled gray water to flu [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

American architecture exhibition opens

A photographic exhibition based on the images of US buildings opened here on Wednesday.Featuring attractive renderings of the buildings, the exhibition represented architectural designs that have shaped the unique appearance of American cit [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Arts & Architecture, 1945-54: The Complete Reprint

From the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture: emerging talents were focusing on innovative projects that infused low-cost materials and modern design.This trend was most notably i [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Venture Capital Bank awards D51 Island architecture and deve...

Venture Capital Bank has granted the architecture and development of D51 Island in The World project by Nakheel to dxb-lab Architecture. Nakheel has approved the preliminary designs. Mr. Khalid Abdul-Karim, Chief Investment Officer of Rea [...]