In Husserl’s conception of phenomenology, philosophical enquiry rejects the rationalist bias that has dominated Western thought since Plato in favour of reflective attentiveness that reveals the individual’s “lived experience.” For…
“The design for the MPavilion began with a desire to find a scene of eternity within the public gardens of the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne. Eternal, not in material…
With the two museums Palazzo Grassi and Punta Della Dogana, the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi is the third location of the Pinault Collection in Venice, Italy. The Teatrino, which was…
Denis Villeneuve – As creators and developers of the physical space, architects are perhaps one of the most creative individuals, each with their perspective, and a way of looking at…
“You can look at any city and see that many of the buildings have no fiction. They are purely functional. They don’t give people anything to think or dream about.…
The concept of Minimalism originated in the 1960s and has been a prominent art movement and design trend. Minimalism has been one of the fastest growing movements in the United…
Modernism evolved as an outcome of the industrial revolution in Europe and America and gained widespread critical acclaim in the 1900s. In Asia, the 1900s saw countries obtain freedom from…
China has a rich and diverse culture, and its history is one of the oldest in the world. For enthusiasts of art, history, literature and travel, China is a wonderful…
One of the masterpiece-works by Tadao Ando the Osaka Prefectural Sayamaike Museum in Osaka, Japan is designed to house relics of the ancient Japanese engineering techniques. It is regarded as…
Koshino House is one of Tadao Ando’s early works. Built in 1980, the Koshino House is located at the hills of Rokko Mountains, Ashiya City, Kobe having an area of…
“In architecture, it is not the final building that is important, but the process” -Tadao Ando The documentary starts by showing an almost empty street in Osaka, Japan located outside…
“You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with…