Wall / Dress
Dressing a building and cladding your wife is not a way to get rid of her. What’s interesting, instead, is that the two ideas are correlated and this is resurfacing in contemporary architecture.
Dressing a building and cladding your wife is not a way to get rid of her. What’s interesting, instead, is that the two ideas are correlated and this is resurfacing in contemporary architecture.
The “White Cube”. Is it some sort of white fetish or what?
Here’s why and how most art galleries are plain white.
Today, we are all familiar with the “white cube”. If you’ve ever been into a contemporary art museum, you’ve definitely experienced it: plain white walls, polished floors, basic furniture, artworks evenly lit from above (with the quiet help of artificial lighting).
This aesthetic, first experimented in the United States in the 50s, has come to define our idea of space in an art gallery. Its concept focuses on the intense relationship between space and visitor.
What is the role of sketches in architecture ?
Not only do all contemporary architects use sketching as part of their design process, they also haven’t replaced it with technology.
Architecture covered in glass, like a chameleon it is ever-changing:
A photographic library of contemporary glass architecture.
Bi-weekly dose of architectural horror.
Parade of the ugliest buildings in the world.
Bi-weekly dose of architectural horror.
Parade of the ugliest buildings in the world.
Bi-weekly dose of architectural horror.
Parade of the ugliest buildings in the world.
Details | An illustrated library of architectural details (part 1) :
Outstanding projects revolving around an exceptional detail.
Photographic proof of a success story: ceramics and architecture.
The engawa, is a typical element of the traditional Japanese house. From ancient Japan, a solution for today’s living.