Completed in 2018 in Minato City, Japan. Images by Nacasa & Partners Inc. The roof plays a significant role for a “tolerance of space” that affirms and accepts others. The expanse of the roof is benevolent, silently...
The one, the only, George Nakashima. Wharton Esherick: An American craftsman active in the early- and mid-twentieth century. Katie Walker in the UK made this mind-blowing rocker. Holy cow. Canadian Woodworks: These guys are amazing. They are Maloofists through and through and post incredible videos of their process on their blog. I'm a big…
St. Louis Modern Architecture
It’s easier to keep with the familiar precedent than it is to commit to making a change and we can uncover more healthy ways to experience conflict.
Researchers from the University of Seville have published an ambitious study of gender inequality in prehistoric Iberia.
To get an idea for the type of Bike Share/ Bus Shelter hub we are about to design I researched a few modern day bus shelters being designed in cities to provide comfort for people waiting for the bus in terms of weather relief, affordability for the client, and structures that were not hideous on…
I'm a first year architecture student and at the end of the year starting to get more into detail than we have done previously. The nuts and bolts are where it's at and I'm very much interested and intrigued by how one goes about detailing. I'm currently working on a house design project and I...
Housing blocks come in all different shapes, sizes and layouts. So searching for the precedent that matches every category you desire can sometimes...
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Student Projects - Archive
When the first European settlers came to America in the 1500s and 1600s, we often assume that there was a free-for-all rush to grab lan...
The study of architectural precedent is a time-honoured way of learning how to respond to the continual challenges posed by the need to create appropriate settings for human habitation. It remains a useful and popular educational tool in schools of archit…
Reconsidering Adolf Loos’s proposition: “Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument.”
Completed in 2015 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Images by Tim Van de Velde, Jeroen Musch, Sebastian van Damme . Campus renewal and sustainability ambitions go hand in hand at Erasmus University Rotterdam. In the newest addition to the campus, the...
Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen Architects and The Andes House teamed up to create modular housing that can be configured and modified to build low-cost housing. In a time and age, where the housing crisis is accelerating daily, The Industrialized Building System Prototype is an ingenious solution fabricated by Cromulux in Santiago, with the final assembly taking
To limit global warming to 1.5°C, fossil fuel use must rapidly decline, but historical precedents for such large-scale transitions are lacking. Here w…
For years, Julie Bargmann designed toxic and degraded sites that no other landscape architect would touch. Now she's being honored with a prestigious new award.
Details of Victorian Architecture
Completed in 2017 in New Castle, United States. Images by Mark Herboth. Inspired by a great tree under which the community gathers to learn, share, and build new knowledge, the design of the New Castle County Route 9...
In Frankfurt wird der derzeitige Planungsdezernent Schwarz Mitte 2011 aus dem Amt ausscheiden. Zu dessen Abschied soll nun im nächsten Frühjahr ein...
