When his wife inherited a ruined stable in Italys Orobic Alps, architect Alfredo Vanotti reinvisioned the space as a family home, reflecting local craftsmanship and his love of modern design.
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This video will discuss model making materials, tips for cutting and shortcuts I use in the construction of models.
Symmetry has always been a source of obsession in architecture. In Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and later during the Renaissance, symmetry was used as a way to find true beauty, while in the early Modern movement its eradication was an essential part of breaking with history.
During architecture school, everyone has their own strengths. Most people are good at drawing, some can render really well, some recall history and a few people were amazing at creating buildings on the computer. Building REAL models with hands would be another method how to communicate the best.
For decades, the California Dream meant the chance to own a stucco home on a sliver of paradise. The point was the yard with the palm trees, not the contour of the walls. Julius Shulman helped change all that.
An introspective James Turrell invites you to surrender under the immateriality of light with “Gathered Sky,” a spellbinding permanent installation in Beijing’s Temple Hotel.
50,000 metal triangles make up British designer Benjamin Hubert undulating Foil installation, which casts light onto the V&A medieval tapestries. Created through his studio Layer, foil is a 20 metre long kinetic sculpture running down the London museums elongated tapestry room.
Architectural critic Reyner Banham explores Los Angeles in this 1972 BBC documentary.
With its emphasis on all things visual, Tumblr has emerged as one of the most engaging platforms for observing architecture, ranging from the historic to the surreal. The upload-based social network is a haven for image-hoarders everywhere, with each Tumblr carefully curated to indulge a very specific craving, be it endangered Brutalism or decadent interior design.
Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris (Le Corbusier), was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, where he studied furniture design. In 1908 he worked in Paris in Auguste Perret’s architectural office. 1910 and 1911 he lived in Germany and here he came in touch with the ideas of leading designers: He met Wolf Dohrn, the well know director of the Dresden workshop, Hermann Muthesius and Peter Behrens, in whose office he worked for a short time.