Architecture & Design Community
September 16, 2022
September 16, 2022 Designed and built by two brothers from Repère Boréal, along with the help of an architect, the UHU is a small cabin that sits on stilts allowing for a view of the Saint-Laurence River in Canada. The cabin, which sits 40 feet (12m) from the ground, is accessed via an enclosed spiral […]
September 15, 2022
Ben Brocklesby, Director at Origin, discusses the benefits of internal glass doors in relation to the Future Homes Standard. In association with The introduction of the highly anticipated Future Homes Standard, which aims to make all new homes carbon neutral by 2025, will signify considerable changes for the entire housebuilding industry. Once this comes into […]
September 14, 2022
Once the epicentre of Hollywood’s nascent artistic and architectural scene, Rudolph Schindler’s extraordinary home was a stepping stone to Los Angeles’ great leap into modernity. Garden courtyards with outdoor fireplaces penetrate inwards towards the central node of the pinwheel plan. A snapshot scene of 835 Kings Road in Hollywood, California, in the late 1920s, shortly […]
September 13, 2022
For Martine Hamilton Knight, contributing to a revision of Pevsner’s ‘Buildings of England’ prompted a re-evaluation of the notion of ‘timelessness’ in architectural photography. Clipston Colliery Headstocks and Powerhouse (1953) To an architect, and by proxy, an architectural photographer, ‘Pevsner’ represents a very particular style of documenting buildings: rigid, precise and devoid of physical or […]
September 8, 2022
Market forces and conservatism are driving queer spaces from urban centres. Tom Wilkinson welcomes a new compendium of LGBTQIA+ places around the world as a timely celebration of the spaces that survive. Comparsa Drag’s performative parties in Buenos Aires, an example of the temporary transformation of spaces through performances, parties and parades. Photograph by Julian […]
September 8, 2022
For Shahed Saleem migration, identity, heritage and narrative are the common threads that weave together practice, curation, teaching and research. Over many years of what has felt like being pulled in different directions, it now seems that the various strands of my work are starting to come together. I founded my architectural practice in Bethnal […]
September 5, 2022
Mae has designed a community building that provides well-being and recreational facilities for the later living residents of London’s Morden College in Blackheath. Mary Duggan appreciates a sophisticated, humane design that reflects and anticipates social change. Established in 1695 by philanthropist Sir John Morden to provide support and accommodation to retired widowed merchants, Morden College […]
September 1, 2022
Discharge below the balcony doors will feed wetness into the living accommodation below A Building Regulation requirement that aids gravitational drainage and prevents capillary action, can channel penetrating rain into a building. Part C, page 37.5.32 describes cavity closers having fins. Penetrating rain gravitates between such fins and discharges where the closer terminates. In the case […]
September 1, 2022
Crittall steel fenestration systems have long been synonymous with quality, craftsmanship and visual appeal. The company’s latest offering continues this tradition, pushing new boundaries in performance with T60 – an innovative, thermally-broken steel window and door system combining the aesthetics of the company’s traditional fenestration solutions with 21st century thermal and acoustic performance levels. Incorporating […]
September 1, 2022
Photography by Jin Weiqi 3andwich Design together with He Wei Studio, has completed the Water Drop Library that’s located in Shuangyue Bay Central Park in Huizhou City, China. Photography by Jin Weiqi The building sits on top of a hill, looking out towards the sea, and has been designed as “a white library under a […]
August 30, 2022
An AT webinar with Medite Smartply exploring urban landscaping strategies is taking place on Thursday 15th September. Goldmsith Street is a collection of Stirling Prize-winning Passivhaus homes in Norwich, designed by Mikhail Riches Architects, with landscape architects, BBUK As more and more of us choose to live in cities, how we make the most of […]
August 29, 2022
Studio MM has shared photos of a modern house they completed in North Branch, New York, that has an exterior of weathered steel siding. The one-bedroom home was designed for a couple looking to downsize and live simply, and it takes advantage of the width of the site with its horizontal layout. The home’s distinctive […]
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