Humble Architecture: Everest Challenge
Where do you go to the toilet when you’re hiking up Mount Everest? It may sound like the start of a crude joke, but the problem is very real. Everest receives an average of 35,000 visitors each year,...
View ArticleAdvice from 10 of the worlds most renowned architects
Watch Louisiana channel’s interview with 10 of the most renowned architects advicing the upcoming generation of architects on the general role of the architect in present times and challenges of the...
View ArticleSnohetta wins the competition to design carbon negative neighborhood in Milan.
Snohetta has been awarded the contract for the development of the Ex Macello area in Milan, Italy. The new Aria neighborhood is set to be the first carbon negative area in Milan, and we look...
View ArticleThe Wind Catcher: Another ancient engineering to learn from
In such fields as architecture and engineering we believe that nothing new would have been created without looking at the past. Hence, our study of history in various cultures and research on...
View ArticleKnubben: Snøhetta’s visualisation of an ultra modern Norwegian public bath.
In 1937, a harbor bath was built on Knubben, a 750 square meter skerry just outside of Arendal city center. The public facility boasted a ten-meter diving platform, a children’s pool, changing rooms...
View ArticleNew Discovery: Glass that’s as Hard as Diamond
Researchers have created a new kind of glass that, thanks to an intense manufacturing process and a bizarre chemical structure, they say is just about as hard as natural diamonds. An international team...
View ArticleAn Architect Turns Recycled textile to brick
Watch as a small french company fabbrick turns old and rejected textiles to bricks that can be used for facads and interior finishing. Most of the textile used are made of cotton, which is a good...
View ArticleBIG’s Marsk Tower is now open to the Public
The 25-meter-high Marsk Tower is now officially open to the public. The sculptural landmark and lookout point in Southern Jutland, Denmark, will provide a new gathering place in the #UNESCO World...
View ArticleThe Russian Quintessential: A Reflection on the Future of Russian Architecture
A new art object called “Russian Quintessential” was opened at the Archstoyanie festival. The author of the project is Chief Architect of Moscow Sergey Kuznetsov. Philosophical reflections on the...
View ArticleThe 230,000 square-meter mixed-use building, CityWave, breaks ground in Milan!
Big architects: The CityWave project marks the final step towards the completion of the 366,000 square-meter CityLife district: “The large catenary canopy of CityWave unites the last two buildings of...
View ArticleZHA wins the design competition to renovate Vilnius railway station.
Zaha Hadid Architects ranks first in the design competition to renovate Vilnius railway station, creating an integrated transportation hub for the 21st century with new civic spaces enveloped by...
View ArticleHappy World Architecture Day🎉
On the first Monday of October every year architects and architectural students celebrate the world architecture day. A day set aside to commemorate the achievement of …
View ArticleZaha Hadid’s One Thousand Museum Wins the 2021 Plan Award
One Thousand Museum residential tower in Miami has won The Plan Award 2021, in the housing category. The Plan Awards were established to promote discourse and debate on global design and planning...
View ArticleFrancis Kare Wins 2022’s Pritzker Price.
Diébédo Francis Kéré, commonly known as Francis Kéré, an African Architect born in Gando, Burkina Faso, and based in Berlin,Germany; has been announced as the 2022 laureate of architecture’s highest...
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