Symbolic architecture has been used since antiquity to transmit certain sacred information in an associative way. Human beings like devoting meaning to all kinds of things, be it colours, flowers,…
Garden Design – It is undeniable that we feel a strong and deep connection with the natural elements as human beings. Almost unconsciously, we seek that interaction that allows us…
AIM Architecture and Norm Architects have completed an exclusive villa resort in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka – a secluded beach front property surrounded by exotic vegetation and striking…
Let’s start with getting to know Biomimicry For those of you who do not know biomimicry, it is a form of concept that draws inspiration from nature, interprets it, and…
As architecture students, we have all come across the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles designed by Frank Gehry during our deconstructivism lessons. The extravagance of its form…
Mental, physiological, and social health are all intertwined threads of happiness in everyone’s life. Mental health, in particular, is critical to human resilience because it allows people to reach their…
Spatial design covers a range of parameters when dealing with creating an ideal habitable space. A designer has to ensure that the area they are designing facilitates the existence of…
Started by Jim Olson in 1967, Olson Kundig is an architectural firm whose designs include residential, museums, exhibitions, commercial projects, hospitality projects, academics, places of worship, and even interior design.…
Alvar Aalto said, “form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature”. Biodesign not only links the design to nature, but it is the active act…
“The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own, we have no soul of our own civilization.” — Frank Lloyd Wright The relationship between architecture and society is…
Architectural compositions are designed for human needs and functions so their scale and proportion should be in coordination with the form and function. But, what is scale? Scale in architecture…
Tedesca is a restaurant of memory. Its built fabric entwines past and present, binding them inseparably to evoke memories of experience, place, and atmosphere that lie waiting in our minds…