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VR Architecture Reveals Stunning Details, But Can’t Always Capture Ambience
We were used to consuming architecture – both near to home and far away – with ease. But this year, our travel wings severed, heritage sites found themselves scrambling to hasten their digital aspirations.
A Fad, Not a Solution: ‘City Deals’ Are Pushing Universities into High-Rise Buildings
The best-value university projects ought to be the ones that get funded rather than those that have the side benefit of allowing politicians to (repeatedly) claim they are “revitalising” cities.
5 Most Durable Building Materials for Residential Construction
These are the five most durable building materials that have withstood the test of time.
How the Needs of Monks and Empire Builders Helped Mold the Modern-Day Office
While we don’t know what the office of the future holds, we can look back at how necessity molded office space. Today the same necessity is helping us carve out workspaces in small nooks and makeshift offices.
Home Building Construction Accelerates in the Suburbs
What changed in the housing market and why does home construction seem to be accelerating?
We Need More Flexible Housing for 21st-Century Lives
Small living is not for everyone. There are design-led solutions for flexible housing that don’t require people to move into cramped quarters.
Ancient Rome Inspired Washington But Its Legacy of Being Open to All Has Fallen Into Oblivion
The legacy of Ancient Rome has exerted a powerful influence on town halls and parliamentary buildings around the world, and especially Washington DC’s urban form and identity.
How Medieval Europe Recovered From Earthquakes
Several examples from medieval Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus show the adoption of earthquake-resistant techniques in the form of robust or exaggerated buttresses, reinforced walls and high-quality mortar.
‘Vertical Cruise Ships’? Here’s How We Can Remake Housing Towers to be Safer and Better Places to Live
In this article we discuss successful, safe and sustainable models of retrofitting social housing blocks.
A Short History of Tall Buildings: The Making of the Modern Skyscraper
Historically, tall structures were the preserve of great rulers, religions and empires.
Why Heritage Protection is About How People Use Places, Not Just Their Architecture and History
With restrictions on public gatherings, urban heritage places of social significance have more allure than ever.
Heaven on Earth: The Ancient Roots of your Backyard Garden
You don’t have to be an avid gardener or know all the Latin names of plants to appreciate the opportunity for reflection that a stroll in the garden can afford us.
5 Ways Architects and Designers are Responding to COVID-19
These local architecture firms are going to do whatever it takes to appease the needs of their clients, and we’re going to be looking at some of the ways that this will be remedied.
Building A Better World: Can Architecture Shape Behaviour?
It was a new phrase but the belief system behind it – that buildings shape behaviour – had allowed the heroes of architecture to make all kinds of outlandish claims.
Enduring Beauties: When Buildings Look Good for Their Age
Where a fast-paced “build and publish” cycle often becomes an architecture firm’s mode of operation, this award gives pause to consider the slow and deliberate, the longer view, the greater good.
Digital Media is Changing the Face of Buildings, and Urban Policy Needs to Change With Them
Architecture has opportunities that it never had before, and urban policy needs to keep up with these developments.
The New Architectural Frontier: Buildings and Their Microbiomes
As we grow to better understand the microorganisms in built environments – and what dynamics support their survival – we will be able to design and engineer buildings for better health.
Coronavirus: An Architect on How the Pandemic Could Change Our Homes Forever
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our homes have been serving as makeshift workplaces, schools, gyms and pubs. And many of us are spending more time in them than ever before.
The Suburbs Can Help Cities in the Fight Against Climate Change
Today’s suburban lifestyles are grossly unsustainable as a rule. At its most extreme, suburban settlement in ecologically sensitive areas is clearly reckless. But can we afford to caricature the suburbs and their inhabitants as dreamers living in a nightmare?