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Architectural Sketches :15 Sketches by World Famous Architects
An Architect’s most important tool, the medium of conversion of thoughts and creativity to tangible parameters, on paper! Sketching and Architecture are 2 sides of the same coin. The architectural sketch itself may look like something Picasso drew in his sleep (Zaha Hadid!) or like a 5-year-old’s crayon drawing (Sorry Cesar Pelli). But it still stands to be the perfect medium, the first representation of an Architects’ creativity, imagination, and design philosophies, amalgamating to form the initial and raw image of the final product.
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Best Architecture Magazines every architect should subscribe
Architectural fraternity is a highly proliferating one that goes beyond boundaries and timelines. Loading the dynamic mind with every possible insight is rightly done with the range of architecture magazines that have their peculiar way of connecting through multifaceted media communication.
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Architects in India: Top 350 Architecture Firms in India - Part 1
As of 2019, there are over 90,000 CoA-registered Architecture firms/ Architects in India, practicing independently or with other Architects, Engineers and Developers co-creating the environment that we all share. It is no easy task to shortlist tens of thousands of Architecture Firms/ Architects in India into the Top 350, and we have certainly tried our best to live up to the task. This was also an opportunity to separate the wheat from the chaff and express appreciation for the firms shaping Indian Architecture in the 21st century. The following criteria guided the shortlisting of firms:
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10 Facts You Did Not Know About Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa, the pinnacle of modern architectural technology and the crown jewel of the Dubai skyline is one of the most well-known buildings of our times. Let’s start with the general facts about the building
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BIG Architecture :10 Things you did not know about the firm BIG
BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) is a Copenhagen, New York, London, and Barcelona-based group of architects, designers, urbanists, researchers, inventors, landscape, and interior professionals founded by Bjarke Ingels in 2005. Bjarke defines architecture as an art and science that makes sure our cities move ahead with time. The firm is involved in a lot of projects throughout Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia. BIG’s architecture evolves out of a careful analysis of how contemporary life constantly changes. Like some programmatic sorcery, they create architecture by mixing conventional ingredients of living, leisure, work, parking, and shopping. BIG architects find freedom in changing the surface of the planet to make it a better place for contemporary life forms to fit in.
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Evolution of French Architecture - RTF
We can praise the French for a variety of reasons, including their food, fashion, wine, art, artists, and a plethora of important art movements, but we must not overlook their spectacular architecture. Throughout history, French architecture has served as a model for the rest of the world, giving rise to some of the most well-known architectural styles. In terms of the most recent time, a few world-renowned architects, such as Jean Nouvel and Dominique Perrault, are immediately identified with France. Even Le Corbusier, the father of modernism, is a Frenchman in heart, despite being born in northwestern Switzerland. Let us investigate how French architecture has evolved throughout time.
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10 Things You Did Not Know About Dancing House — Prague
The Nationale-Nederlanden office building, more often recognised as ‘The Dancing House’ is a modernised commercial building sitting on the corner plot, looking over the magnificent Vltava river and the surrounding historical structures. Constructed in 1996, the structure was itself a bold statement that stood out in the monotonous neighbourhood defined by the typical ‘Art Nouveau’ buildings. The curved building also houses a rooftop restaurant offering amazing views of the city, making the Dancing House a popular tourist attraction.
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Caffè Reggio, New York City: The Oldest Bohemian Hangout - RTF
In 1927, an Italian-immigrant barber named Domenic Parisi was beginning to lose his eyesight. Having cut hair for forty years, he took all $1,000 of his life savings and sent for an espresso machine from Italy. And this is how America was introduced to one of its oldest serving coffee shops in New York City, Caffè Reggio.
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Daniel Burnham-15 Iconic Projects - RTF
Wise men come with wise philosophy! Such was the legacy of Daniel Burnham. After a consolidated struggling career, the then President of the American Institute of Architects (1894-1895) not just pioneered the ‘City Beautiful Movement’; but also is considered by many the originator of skyscrapers along with his practicing partner John Wellborn Root. A prolific Urban Planner, Burnham’s major works still communicate with us through his City Plans of San Francisco, Washington D.C., as well as Manila in the Philippines, and Chicago.
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10 Iconic structures of Classical Architecture - RTF
Classical architecture developed out of a straightforward construction & emerged as an expressive, poetic language of built form. Roman classicism is regarded as the foundation of the architecture of western civilization. The relearning of ancient roman culture occurred in the renaissance it began with the study of Roman literature, philosophy, history & sculpture.
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Theory in Architecture: Form follows function - RTF
The phrase “Form Follows Function” was first used by Louis Sullivan in one of his articles known as “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”. Here he used the term form ever follows function which was later shortened to form follows function. Sullivan was inspired by the Art Nouveau architectural style, but his design style focused on the functionality of the building compared to the aesthetics of the building.
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Lynette Jackson: Architecture as Subject for Art
Architecture has captured the imagination of artists and photographers since the very beginning. ‘Architectural photography’ is exactly what the term describes – photography of architecture and the built form. Architects have used photography as a tool to gain inspiration from the surrounding built environment, as well as document their own projects in such a manner to capture the very essence of the project – to make the public eye see what the architect wants them to see. As is the case with any art form, architectural photography has gone through various movements over the years, in which photographers have experimented with various techniques, media, and technology. The invention of smartphones brought along a new era of ‘instant’ photography, and the popularity of iPhones led to the creation of ‘iPhoneography’. This new typology of photography has allowed a much larger population than before to explore various forms of photography, while the explosion of social media platforms created new avenues to share work with a wide and international audience.
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Kailasa Temple, Ellora- The Ancient rock-cut temple
Archaeologists also claim that there is a significant similarity of this temple with the Virupaksha Temple in Northern Karnataka. The Kailasa Temple is the 16th cave and is one of the 32 cave temples and monasteries of the awe-inspiring Ellora Caves.
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Brick Buildings :Myriad ways of using Brick in Modern Architecture
A Brick in modern architecture is the most treasured building material for its timeless, versatile, and ever-evolving nature. Brick has remarkable qualities and numerous masonry uses which have some of the greatest architects of the modern era, like Louis Isadore Kahn and Frank Lloyd Wright, created notable brick buildings. In modern times, brick architecture allows the architects to explore its unique rawness, and various colours, textures or shapes.
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Longaberger Basket Building by NBBJ and Korda Nemeth Engineering: Ohio town's civic pride
If you are traveling through Ohio, be on the lookout for an enormous picnic basket that might appear like a misplaced piece from a giant’s picnic. This mysterious seven-storey structure in Newark, Ohio, was once the headquarters of Longaberger Company, known for their trademarked handcrafted maple wood baskets. The Longaberger Basket Building is one of the most famous examples of Novelty
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Gustave Eiffel -15 Iconic Projects - RTF
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel French civil engineer and architect is best known for the Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, and the Statue of Liberty in New York. He specialized in metal constructions after college, and his early work focused chiefly on bridges. He attended the prestigious École Polytechnique and later graduated from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (College of Art and Manufacturing) in Paris.
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David Adjaye: 15 Best Projects by Adjaye Associates
Adjaye Associates was established in June 2000 by founder and principal architect, Sir David Adjaye OBE. Receiving ever-increasing worldwide attention, the firm has offices in London, and New York, and completed work in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Two of the practice’s largest commissions to date are the design of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington D.C. and the Moscow School of Management (SKOLKOVO). Further projects by Adjaye Associates range in scale from private houses, exhibitions, and temporary pavilions to major arts centers, civic buildings, and masterplans.
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50 of The Most Iconic Buildings of Modern Architecture
Architect: Antoni Gaudi Location: Barcelona, Spain Build: 1882- still not completed Purpose: Roman Catholic church Present Scenario: Completion of the Building is going side by side and it is open for the tourist as well. In November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica.
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11 Luxury Doomsday bunkers around the world
One of the most intriguing and secretive structures that have been hitting the limelight recently due to Covid-19, since its emergence during the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, is the Doomsday bunkers. Some people believe that there will come an apocalypse when all of us would shove ourselves into the ground like rabbits to save our lives and so prepare for that day.
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United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel by SOM: A Surreal Experience - RTF
While visiting a chapel or any other pious place, we come across its spiritual and religious interaction. We also come across its architectural influence. It rewards us with a surreal experience. Most are familiar with Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. The Chapel attracts around 800,000 visitors in a year, catching their attention at a first glance.
about 11 days ago from web
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