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Digitized Stone: ZAarchitects Develop “Smart Masonry”

When one hears the term masonry architecture, digital fabrication and automated construction processes are probably not the first ideas to come to mind. By its very nature, the architecture produced with stone masonry is often heavy, massive, and incorporates less… Sigue leyendo

12 Things You Didn’t Know About Pritzker Laureate Frei Otto

Frei Otto passed away this past Monday, a day before being internationally celebrated as the Pritzker Prize’s 40th laureate. The first architect to ever receive the Prize posthumously, Otto was a brilliant inventor, architect and engineer who pioneered some of history’s… Sigue leyendo

Material Minds: Digital Ceramic Printing in MVRDV’s Glass Farm

If you search the web for information on MVRDV’s Glass Farm, you’ll find plenty of people writing about the project’s 33-year history, and about its context in the small town of Schijndel. You’ll even find plenty of people theorizing on… Sigue leyendo

The Robot Revolution: Coop Himmelb(l)au Founder Wolf D. Prix on the Future of Construction

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Frank Lloyd Wright and Fay Jones on the Web: The Value of Online Exhibitions

Yesterday afternoon, I was able to visit the University of Arkansas exhibition “Fay Jones and Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture Comes to Arkansas” – without purchasing a ticket or leaving my apartment. This extensive exhibition on the life and development… Sigue leyendo

Barkli Park / Atrium Studio + Yoo

Architects: Atrium Studio , Yoo
Location: ulitsa Sovetskoy Armii, Moskva, Russia
Architect In Charge: Anton Nadtochiy, Vera Butko, Georgiy Miroshnichenko, Alexander Malygin, Anna Alenicheva, Anastasia Mikheeva, Roman Kuzmin, Elena Valuiskikh
Area: 2975.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Atrium Studio … Sigue leyendo

Peripeteia: Exploring Space Colonization through Architecture

Long after earth’s first journey to the moon, the idea of space colonization has continued to fascinate us. It is a subject repeated in countless science fiction works and even architectural proposals. For designers, this new frontier is seen as a… Sigue leyendo

Valentine’s Day Concept by Kilometrezero is Sure to Warm Your Heart

Capturing the spirit of the annual Warming Huts design competition, Paris and Barcelona-based architecture firm Kilometrezero, or KM(0), has developed this conceptual project for a warming hut in Winnipeg. Fondly referred to as the “Valentine’s Day concept” and aptly named KM(3) – Warming Heart…, Sigue leyendo

The Architecture of Product Design: Cross-Disciplinary Sketching Tools

A version of this article originally appeared on the Percolate Blog.… In spring of 2009, I graduated from architecture school. At the time, the post-recession economy was rough and not much was happening for architects. With an interest in entrepreneurship and technology, Sigue leyendo

The Power Of The Plan: Drones And Architectural Photography

What is the draw of the aerial view? Whereas architects and designers often find solace in this particular spatial perspective there is a more inclusive, universal appeal to this way of seeing. The ease of access to online mapping services… Sigue leyendo