A4 Architects
OCTOBER 27, 2021
What qualities make architecture successful? This is a debate that has no doubt been going on since mankind first moved out of caves and started creating rudimentary structures in which to live. Interestingly, even in a world of skyscrapers and modern technology one of the architects whose opinion still plays an important part of the discussion lived over 2,000 years ago.
Architonic
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Looking back can be amusing: if you’ve been a design journalist for some 25 years as I have, you will have seen numerous trends come and go. In the mid-1990s, for example, some of my colleagues predicted a 'disappearance of things' in the near future, and this catchy phrase became a popular expression. People thought the onset of digitalisation would soon mean doing without physical objects and analogue storage media.
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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Reconstructing the Stockholm Exhibition 1930 by Atli Magnus Seelow Arkitektur Förlag/Chalmers Institute of Technology, May 2016 Paperback | 7-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches | 272 pages | English/Swedish | ISBN: 9789186050948 | 219 kr PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : The Stockholm Exhibition 1930 of Arts and Crafts and Home Industries ('Stockholmsutställningen 1930 av konstindustri, konsthantverk och hemslöjd') and the manifesto Acceptera , published the following year by the exhibition organizers, mark the breakt
Architonic
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Given that we are now emerging from the most serious global health crisis since the outbreak of Spanish flu in 1918, it should come as no surprise that employee wellbeing is at the top of the workplace agenda as people return to the office in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. A safer and healthier work environment is in everyone’s interests – and companies are generally keen to make the right changes to restore confidence in the office.
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A new industry study conducted by Architizer on behalf of Chaos Enscape surveyed 2,139 design professionals to understand the state of architectural visualization and what to expect in the near future. We asked: How are visualizations produced in your firm? What impact does real-time rendering have? What approach are you taking toward the rise of AI?
Architonic
OCTOBER 27, 2021
On excursions and longer journeys, I have become especially fond of ships and ferries. Even as a child, I loved trips across lakes or from the mainland to an island. The eager anticipation of the destination becomes increasingly palpable, and that holiday feeling kicks in the moment the vessel starts out on the water – because the time spent on a ship is always special.
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