Thanks to an automatic reputation of lively urbanity, old neighbourhoods are extremely popular with residents. New buildings, however, can capture some of this charm ...
It's already impossible to imagine energy-efficient construction without photovoltaics and solar thermal. Yet, the EU-wide introduction of low energy standards for new buildings stipulates ...
In recent years, facades have become more important in architectural practice and in public perception. As well as functioning as a protective shell and ...
In the densely populated urban areas of Japan, small houses with unusual spatial concepts and surprising layout solutions are emerging on narrow strips of ...
Building openings provide light, ventilation and climate control for rooms. At the same time, they are essential functional and design elements of facades, enabling ...
The presented extract out of gmps portfolio relates current, international projects to former buildings and thus casts a retrospective glance at the offices development. ...
Materials and their finishes lend buildings and interiors their distinctive characters. Yet, which criteria persuade architects to use or not use a particular material? ...
The surfaces and composition of flooring make a decisive contribution to the perceived atmosphere, quality and appreciation of rooms. At the same time, flooring ...
In all debates on school system reform, teaching methods, care facilities for young children or individual funding opportunities, educational objectives are almost always at ...
Multi-layered, multi-faceted and malleable like no other building material - concrete offers enormous potential for the future. Depending on its composition, the uses for ...
Designing outdoor areas using architecture Special open spaces Planned 'nature" Landscape planning: a balance between active environmental protection and technical infrastructure Aims and Scope ...
This fourth volume of the Detail engineering series presents the theoretical background of SOM's structural group and addresses the question of "how high can ...
With nearly 80 years of experience in integrating architecture and engineering, Skidmore, Owings & Merrills (SOM) work remains groundbreaking, especially when it comes to ...
Glass shapes architecture, offering architects scope for playing with the relationship between "inside and outside" and how people relate to space and nature. It ...
