Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic). This office building was built in the mid-1990s. and since then is one of the most popular buildings of the Czech capital. The house consists of two cylindrical towers, symbolizing the dancing pair.
One of the key decisions in establishing a creative agency is how to structure it. When you’re working on your own, structure doesn’t matter very much. Dividing your workload, even just between administrative work and client work, doesn’t seem to matter overly much when you’re the person who will need to do all of it, no matter what divisions you come up with. But when you may wind up with several people working on client projects and perhaps even an assistant on the administrative side of things, you need to be very clear on who is responsible for what.
The danger of not clearly establishing structure is that you can easily wind up in situations where you need to pay someone for time in which they did no work or did the same work that another person had already completed. Putting a solid structure and clear workflow in place that shows how different tasks pass through your business processes are necessary for an agency to grow.
Dubai boasts year-round-sunshine and high temperatures which make it the perfect destination for some winter sun. But the climate is not the only reason that Dubai is the new place to be.
The famed modern architect passed away yesterday in his native Rio de Janeiro at the age of 104. Let's take a look at some of the spectacular structures that will define his legacy.
A traditional fountainis an arrangement where water issues from a source, fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. In fountains sheets of water may flow over varied surfaces of stone, concrete or metal. Basins may overflow from one into another, or the overflow may imitate a natural cascade. Many fountains are located in small, artificial, ornamental ponds, basins and formal garden pools, and often they include sculpture.
The word architecture can be used for 3 things: process and product of planning, a profession and a document. When considering architecture as the process and product of planning it simply means constructing a building. When the term architecture is considered as a profession then it simply implies to the job of a person to construct physical structures. Last but not the least, when it is considered as a document it refers to the piece of drawing of a building which has to be constructed.
Architecture is not an easy profession as one has to keep in mind the future while planning the structure of the building. You have to consider all the ‘what ifs.’ This profession is evolving and being ameliorated day by day by new technologies and techniques, and the architects continue to fascinate and impress us. Many philosophies, such as rationalism, empiricism, structuralism, post structuralism, and phenomenology, have played a huge role in shaping the modern architectural techniques. Architecture simply means perfection – perfection in design, planning, construction, material and everything else. Thus architecture and construction are two different things; the first refers to creating a flawless piece of art and the latter to merely constructing a building.
A few months ago, we showed you a collection of wonderful libraries repurposed from unused buildings, but we can’t let libraries have all the fun. Despite the media-fueled fear that they’ll all be abandoned buildings themselves someday soon, brick-and-mortar bookstores are also recycling spaces, cleaning out old factories, theaters and even boats, and filling them up with books. What could be better? Click through to check out our roundup of brilliant converted bookstores, and let us know if we’ve missed your local favorite in the comments!
Below are some projects where it is being performed the London 2012 Olympics. With large office projects like Zaha Hadid Architects, Hopkins, Magma among others, the gymnasiums and stadiums are highlighted by the imposing structures, but in places such as receiving a large audience, the functionality of the buildings is very important. Besides the projects to the achievement of sports, is also important to show the architecture used for the infrastructure of the event. Check it out!
Although I write mostly about web and graphic design, once in a while I feel the need to publish an article about architecture to showcase various buildings that are considered impressive structures, whether they are just on paper or actually built. So today, I’m showcasing 24 buildings with modern and impressive architecture for you to see.
In this post we showcased gorgeous architecture photography by Klaus-Peter Kubik (KPK). KPK worked with analogue SLR equipment in the last century before switching to digital photography in 2003. His photography preferences are architecture photography and to a lesser extent landscape / macro photography. Don't forget to visit the photographer website here.
Architecture photography is a showcase of man-made constructions - buildings, houses, castles and bridges — shot from different perspectives. Taking pictures of architectural sites is about the creative composition of light, framing and focus on a particular subject. The beauty of architecture photography is that it encompasses a variety of angles - from a wide shot of a whole structure to a close-up image of one of the pillars that holds up a building.
Architecture photography is a showcase of man-made constructions - buildings, houses, castles and bridges — shot from different perspectives. Taking pictures of architectural sites is about the creative composition of light, framing and focus on a particular subject. The beauty of architecture photography is that it encompasses a variety of angles - from a wide shot of a whole structure to a close-up image of one of the pillars that holds up a building.
Google Earth has spotted new structures in China's Gobi Desert.
The Telegraph reports that the area is close to the headquarters of China's space program, Jiuquan, Gansu. It is also not so far from an old nuclear test site that China used to use.
There are a number of areas -- rectangle shaped, circular shaped, and airport runway shaped.
This is crazy. New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. Is this a military experiment?
Architecture is a process of designing and erecting unique physical structures. You might have ever seen unbelievable showcases of incredible architectural structures on your television. These are something very difficult to believe on. A unique structure is very hard to design and develop too. The most important part of architecture is the designing process in which a blue print of the structure is created, as it lays the foundation of great structures.
