Artificial illumination improves architecture in three ways: it makes spaces usable when daylight is absent or insufficient, it reveals form, material and texture, and it sets the mood of a room or a ...
A glass brick wall is a non-load-bearing wall or panel built from hollow or solid glass blocks set in mortar or a dry-joint system. It lets daylight through while blurring views, which is why it ...
Natural stone interiors work best when the stone is matched to the job: hard, acid-resistant siliceous stones such as granite, quartzite and slate suit kitchen worktops and busy floors, while softer ...
Good kitchen lighting combines four layers: ambient light across the ceiling, task light on every worktop, accent light for shelves and cabinets, and decorative fittings such as pendants over an ...
The Problem of Samples – And How Architects Are Solving It As an architect, there are quite a few things that you just have to put up with. In a perfect world, an architect could do only what ...
"Eames chair" usually means one of several chairs designed by Charles and Ray Eames between 1945 and 1960: most often the 1956 Lounge Chair and Ottoman, the moulded plastic shell chairs such as the ...
How do you bend wood? There are three main ways: soften solid wood with steam and bend it over a form (steam bending); glue thin layers together over a curved form so they set in the curve (bent or ...
To make a low space bedroom work, fix the bed size and position first, keep a clear walkway of about 600 mm (2 ft) on the sides you use, and then move storage onto the walls, under the bed and into ...
Over the years, our home design trends have been venturing back to harmonizing natural elements with our urban developments, capturing the best of both worlds with the calming tranquility of nature ...
Long span structures are roofs and floors that cover large column-free spaces, such as stations, airports, arenas and exhibition halls, using systems like trusses, arches, shells, space frames and ...
The best-known cardboard architect is Shigeru Ban, the Japanese architect and 2014 Pritzker Prize laureate, who has built shelters, churches and a cathedral from paper tubes since the 1990s. Most of ...
Brick Walls: repairing and maintaining them Bricks walls are undoubtedly the cornerstone of the construction scene for their inexpensiveness and the fact that they come in countless shapes, colors, ...
