Architects and other design professionals create built environments that impact human existence. As a result of “globalisation,” teaching architecture and design students to be critical thinkers and analysts in order…
Architecture also referred to as ‘minimalism’ involves utilizing design elements to create buildings with clean lines that prioritize functionality over unnecessary ornamentation or embellishments. Supporters of minimalism argue that by…
‘Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness’ – Architect Frank Gehry. Architecture, being a reflection of cultural fabric of the societies, need to be designed…
The Swiss architect Le Corbusier once said that “if you want to be an architect, you should do two things: travel and read books.” Traveling allows architects to get insight…
The term Bauhaus means ’construction house’. It originally referred to the school of design which merged the former Grand Ducal School of Arts and Crafts and the Weimar Academy of…
The Bauhaus Ideal Then and Now is a book captivating readers with a visual guide on the Bauhaus movement or what the writer, William Smock, calls the Bauhaus ideal. The…
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) is one of the greatest pioneers of modernist architecture. Mies was born in Germany and never received any formal form of architectural education due…
Graphic Design is the combination of elements that carry the majority of the overall content in both worlds—the digital world and the printed—where the words and pictures are the building…
“Modern architecture is not a style, it’s an attitude.” — Marcel Breuer Modern architecture is a movement that emphasized the function of the built form over its ornamentation. Modernist philosophy…
The Staatliches Bauhaus, popularly known as the Bauhaus, meaning ‘building house’, was a German design school operational from 1919 until 1933. The school offered a combination of craft courses and…
A fleeting period in time has caught a sight of transforming composition, with architecture and its phase of representing styles over the continents. The Modern architecture that has been in…
Like other major design trends before, Minimalism developed as a rebellion against its predecessor- the classical style – ostentatious with abstract expressions in art and architecture. It was a refreshing…