10 Lessons To Learn From Rem Koolhaas
"I hate being an architect. I actually hate architects." Rem Koolhaas Rem Koolhaas: The man is not ordinary, you realize as soon as you glimpse the piercing eyes, the arched high-brows, and the ...
Design & Architecture
Brodsky & Utkin’s Paper Architecture – Destined To Remain On Paper
Brodsky & Utkin's Paper Architecture Caused by the deep recession in the 1970's and the lack of creative breath under the communist rule, we can say that paper architecture is an archetypal ...
22 Brilliant Illustrations That Describe #This Generation
Since pictures talk louder than words, Ajit Johnson has created these brutally honest depictions that hilariously sum up what precisely our today's generation is all about. Johnson is a Ph. D. ...
Interdisciplinary Practices in Architecture
Architects create visions of what they think could be architecture. A host of systems and processes amalgamate to bring these visions to reality through the built form. From the stages of ...
The story of 5 Archists
Let me define an ‘Archist’ to begin with. As most of you might find it evident, archist is a portmanteau of the words ‘architect’ and ‘artist’. Of the many other hats that architects wear, the more ...
Senseless and Style less – the New Trend in Architecture.
Senseless and Style less – the New Trend in Architecture, One of the great challenges faced by the architects in the 21st Century is the path of No-Style that architecture is following. Architecture ...
The ¥€$ City
The ¥€$ city does not quite reflect a YES city. In fact, it implies quite the opposite, well, at least according to Rem Koolhaas who fears that cities are seeking their own apocalypse while competing ...
Examining Soviet Constructivist Architecture in the Light of Politics
The end of World War I ushered in a paradigm shift in global attitudes and practices. Despite its dreadful outward look, World War I saw the introduction of beautiful constructivist architecture. To ...
Warning ! Graphic content inside
Warning ! Graphic content inside Architects are dreamers. From the inception of architectural education and various levels of practice, architects are always challenged to push boundaries and ...
Of chairs and smart phones
Of chairs and smart phones A week ago, I received an email from my editor to write on the topic of relating chairs to smart phones. My reaction? I was stupefied and quite disoriented to be honest. ...
N.Korean President EXECUTES airport architect because he did’t like the design
N.Korean President EXECUTES airport architect North Korea’s media spent the last few weeks promoting the new airport of Pyongyang, showcasing the building’s sleek glass walls along with the elegant ...
“IDEAS FOR CHANGE” | VIENNA BIENNALE
VIENNA BIENNALE, the world’s first multidisciplinary biennale with contributions from the fields of art, design, and architecture, opened for the first time. With examples of creativity from a wide ...