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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

APA Architects gets established

In the four years that Established & Sons has been in the furniture business, it has moved to the top of the league in terms of design and, above all, technical innovation. Reference its recent Surface Table by Terence Woodgate and John [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

Meet the City's Hottest Architects

Decades before Al Gore was revealing some inconvenient truths, Bruce Fowle was erecting eco-friendly buildings in New York City. Since co-founding Fox & Fowle Architects in 1978 (the name was changed to FXFowle in 2005 after the departu [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Design New Wing Luke ...

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects have designed the new Wing Luke Asian Museum.The firm's design preserves and restores the historic fabric of the East Kong Yick Building and offers new and expanded space to the Wing Luke Asian Museum, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Design Solutions and Training for Architects, Engineers and ...

Most clients today expect to be able to see 3D models of their buildings and projects well before they start to build. KarelCAD can provide design solutions to help increase efficiency and quality of your design and presentations. &nbs [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

New project for Birds Nest architects

Right up there with Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, China's National Stadium will be the strongest of my many memories of Beijing 2008. And even though it's become an overused cliche, the word 'iconic' springs to mind time and again whe I [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

500 years of architectural wonders

Andrea Palladio, the greatest architect of western civilisation, is the man to have at your side on a visit to Venice and the Veneto this autumn. Palladio is being celebrated as Europe's coolest handler of space – the man who was, i [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 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 [...]