The showpiece of a planned new development at Edinburgh Park will be UK-artist David Mach’s first-ever building, named “Mach 1” by the project’s developers and investors, Parabola. Working with Stirling Prize-nominated architects Dixon Jones, Mach’s building will be created from over 30 shipping containers – but not…
Category: architecture
A Pop of Color on Public Spaces
If a painting can trigger its viewers’ emotions with just one observation, imagine the impact of a building-sized mural on an entire city.
The Importance of Communication and Context in Enrique Sobejano’s Work
Past, Present, Future is an interview project by Itinerant Office, asking acclaimed architects to share their perspectives on the constantly evolving world of architecture. Each interview is split into three video segments: Past, Present, and Future, in which interviewees discuss their thoughts…
What is Graphene and How Can It Revolutionize Architecture?
Ever since Manchester University first isolated Graphene in 2004, it has been widely referred to by its properties as a promising material through diverse research that focuses on reaching a range of uses in the most varied industries.
MORE THAN JUST TECHNICAL ADVICE
One of the things that is less apparent to those outside architecture is that we provide more than just a technical or design service. Often we deal with clients who are unfamiliar with the building process, or who are familiar…
IMAGINARY CONSTRUCTION
The last month has been an extremely busy one – hence my lack of writing and of doing pretty much anything else as well! At work I have been preparing a full set of working drawings for some flats with…
EVER THICKER
A side effect of the increasing drive for energy efficiency in houses is that walls just keep getting thicker. As we seem unable to make our heating and fuel supplies more efficient than they already are (and they are pretty…
ALWAYS ANOTHER HOOP
Recently a new requirement has been added to the planning application process. In place of “Design Statements”, that are effectively a written justification of the design of the project, we now have to provide “Design and Access Statements”. These have…
SEEING THE WORLD
Part of architectural training is very subtle. Its effect is that we relearn how to look. Instead of seeing buildings as background we learn to see them as environment. How many non-architects do you know who regularly look above the…
CLIMATE AND ARCHITECTURE
One of the things about the current hot weather is that you notice how much our buildings are designed for a particular climatic range. When designing details we concern ourselves with insulating from the cold and with water penetration to…