Bamboo is an abundant natural resource available around the world’s tropical and subtropical regions. Since ancient times it has been a well-established building material due to its natural characteristics and…
Stone is cheap, fireproof, and has less carbon footprint compared to concrete. This material is used as a primary building material for thousands of years. The entire city was built…
The construction industry holds its history from the day of human civilization. Building material is a material used for construction. Many present substances, like clay, rocks, sand, and wood, even…
Durability and efficiency have been the key factors to assess a ‘good design.’ While we consider the internal, structural, and external factors that determine the life of a building, one…
Trees have been used as building materials since the beginning of humanity and construction. But since the period of industrialization, concrete and steel have taken over the tree-wood as building…
Metaphoric Architecture uses architecture to convey a message by structural elements. It is characterized by combining ideas and concepts from outside the architecture field to expand the architectural discipline. The…
Glass as a construction material has been used for many years now. The onset of the Industrial Revolution and mass production of materials like steel and glass in the 19th…
Many studies have shown how shapes, forms, colors, tones, textures, materials, etc. have a direct influence on human behavior and response towards the environment. The spatial configuration and design alter…
Most modern buildings are built using glass walls and stone or concrete façades leaving wood siding to residential buildings. With the improvements in CLT (cross-laminated timber) it’s no wonder that…
In times like today, where rapid construction of buildings and other structures is taking place, there is hardly any land left for new construction, other than the option of conversion…
Choosing materials is one of the most interesting processes in the field of architecture. Architecture is not just about visualizing, conceptualizing, and designing but also implementing. To implement that concept…
Arthur Erickson once famously said, “Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.” With that sense of freedom, eventually came…