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Almanach exhibition explores new ways to build a strong future

Deezen

The Almanach exhibition, which is the inaugural research project led by the foundation 's director Anne-Claire Duprat, centres on production and processes that can be used to develop creative practices.

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Why Every Designer Should Try 3D Print

DesignRulz

Despite the highly technological era we live in, 2D designs are still seen everywhere: sketches, drawings, websites, and magazines. Knowing how to model this technique may be helpful to broaden your professional horizons, and here you will find the precise reasons why you should do it.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.

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The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field. Elizabeth K.

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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

Life of an Architect

One upside of working many jobs is that you get to experience all sorts of different project types, firm sizes, and management techniques. Number 4 Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress June 12, 2014 How does a pier and beam foundation work? Add water, through rain and irrigation, and the soil expands.

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An App for Everyone: Spaces Is the Conceptual Design Tool Architects Always Needed

Architizer

Conceptual design is the foundation of architecture and oftentimes, determines the future success of a project. Spaces version 2 comes complete with improved editing tools, increased 2D viewing options, new sun studies, new sketching capabilities and additional workflow integration options.

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The Legacy of Disney’s Monsanto House of the Future

Dwell

It was a way to put the Monsanto Company at the leading edge of new construction materials and techniques. For Monsanto, this was all about research and experimentation in plastics materials and fabrication techniques. A sketch for the Monsanto House of the Future.

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