Search Results for 'Buildings'

The buildings are alive: in biology, designers and architect...

When a shimmering, 600-foot glass tower was erected in London in 2004, it replaced a building that had been destroyed by a terrorist bombing. Yet the inspiration for the tower’s unique, missile-like design was not militaristic: it w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

HCMC plans to preserve its old architectural buildings

According to Nguyen Trong Hoa, Head of the Institute of Research and Development of HCMC, while old heritage buildings are by law preservation sites, HCMC still lacks proper regulations to protect those that are classified as [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Bird-Friendly Buildings Eligible for LEED Credit

A new green building credit for "bird friendly buildings" is being tested by the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED rating system.Building designers and developers will be able to earn credit for using design strategie [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Modernist buildings: examples from the era

The nautical theme has been reduced to a corny joke in British seaside architecture, but there's a dignified restraint to it here. The modernist tides of 1930s Europe washed this elegant culture palace up on our shores thanks to an e [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Adach assessing capital's buildings that deserve modern heri...

Abu Dhabi is famed for its contemporary architecture - iconic buildings like Adnec and the Yas Hotel, soaring towers and undulating skins of steel and glass. But around these lie another Abu Dhabi, one made up of the concrete structures t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Tom Dyckhoff: Britain’s buildings and homes are bad for our ...

For a man who makes a living as an architecture critic, Tom Dyckhoff is breezily dismissive of his craft. “It’s like glorified tourism, in many ways,” he says. “Everyone’s an architecture critic, we’re [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Capital's modern buildings making the list

FOR many Edinburgh residents the concrete and glass facades rising above the shopfronts on Princes Street, or the 20th century university buildings dominating the 18th century terraced houses of George Square, are a cause for regret over [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Bespoke buildings from modern Japan

Say you want to live in a library, or in the forest, or in a library in the forest, but you would prefer to maintain your high living standards. There is one architecture studio that has the skills and vision to build the house of your d [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Retro buildings face wrecking ball in Portland

The geometric lines, abundant glass and space-age kitsch of the soon-to-be-demolished Galaxy restaurant and lounge on East Burnside Street may not generate the same awe as the formidable stone and wrought-iron facade of the U.S. Custom H [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Crazy Slim Buildings in Japan

Japan, the “Land of the Rising sun” has a unique history of architectural developments, with its roots buried deep in the Chinese architecture from where it draws its most of its inspiration and form. However, with time there [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Milsons Point buildings win architecture awards

MILSONS Point has some of the best designed buildings in NSW. The Harry Seidler and Associates offices and. The Point apartments both took out gongs at the state’s most prestigious public architecture awards last month. The [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Modern Bronx: Amazing architecture in community service buil...

The Bronx is a tough place for modern architecture. One of its most distinguished pieces of design, the Bronx Developmental Center, a home for 750 mentally and physically disabled children by the world-famous New York architect Richard Meie [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Beetham tower - council clarifies tall buildings stance

There was surprise last month when Southwark's Lib Dem executive ordered a rethink of the council's Tall Buildings Strategy to exclude Blackfriars Road as a skyscraper zone. Observers say that this is a political move to neutralise the issu [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Beijing Olympics The Buildings

National Stadium lies beyond Beijing's Fourth Ring Road, at the northern end of the imperial axis that cuts through Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. But it can be seen almost everywhere in the capital. Billboards, magazines [...]