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Park life: the evolving approach to designing urban public space
It could be argued that the pinnacle of urban landscape architecture was reached in seventeenth century France and the French formal gardens or in Britain's philantrophic Victorian public parks in the ninenteenth century. Contemporary urban architects and designers are rarely afforded the same amount of space, money and time as their antecedents. Here, Architonic looks at some recent successes that add value to their surroundings by pushing the boundaries of park design.
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Architektur zwischen Himmel und Erde: Flughafen-Kontrolltürme
Auch wenn es alltäglich geworden ist, sich im Flugzeug fortzubewegen, sind die Menschen nach wie vor davon fasziniert, die Schwerkraft zu überwinden. Entsprechend gross ist die Anziehungskraft von Flugzeugen, Flughäfen und deren Infrastruktur...
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Loch-Fassaden: Perforierte Architektur-Materialien
Perforierte Wände, Fassadenelemente und Raumabschlüsse werden seit Jahrhunderten eingesetzt, sei es als Schutz vor Blicken oder um den Lichteinfall zu kontrollieren. Die Funktionen sind bis heute mehr oder weniger dieselben geblieben, doch die Materialien, Methoden und Herstellungstechniken haben sich beträchtlich verändert.
Was früher von Hand ausgeschnitten, gekerbt oder geschnitzt wurde, wird heute mittels computergesteuerter CNC Technik schnell und präzise aus den verschiedensten Materialien heraus gefräst. Architonic stellt Ihnen hier einige der neuesten Projekte vor, bei denen perforierte Materialien gekonnt eingesetzt wurden.
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Neo Geo: geodesic construction in contemporary architecture
The principles of geodesic construction were developed by the pioneering American architect and engineer R Buckminster Fuller in the middle of the last century as part of his efforts to use science and technology to address universal issues. His vision has inspired successive generations of architects and geodesic designs have played a fundamental role in defining the architectural landscape of the past few decades. Architonic takes a look at some recent projects that combine the brilliance of Buckyʼs ideas with twenty-first century technology, resulting in complex yet efficient structures with a futuristic aesthetic.
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New Éire: Ireland's modernist self-fashioning revisited
Ireland is in a reflective mood these days. With the island nation on the edge of Europe facing up to the reality of a severely damaged economy and a decimated construction industry, nostalgia is doing what it's wont to do...
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Mind the Gap: architects fitting extraordinary buildings into small spaces
Every city evolves differently, according to fluctuations in population and wealth, changes in industry and other social and economic factors. As old buildings are replaced, or new ones constructed, spaces between these buildings appear or alter; spaces that are either promptly integrated into the fabric of their environment or are left dormant and unused. Architonic examines how contemporary architects are capitalising on the benefits of these forgotten alleys, gaps and passages and transforming them into practical and desirable urban property.
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Tempel des Wissens: Bibliotheksarchitektur zwischen Antike und digitalem Zeitalter
Mit der Entwicklung der Schrift im alten Ägypten entstanden auch die ersten Bibliotheken als Aufbewahrungsort dieser Zeugnisse einer neuen, revolutionären Kulturtechnik. Anhand der folgenden Beispiele zeigt Architonic die Bandbreite der heute existierenden Bibliotheken, und dass modernste Technologie und Geschichte sich in diesem Gebäudetypus besonders nahe kommen...
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Bricking It: innovative applications of man’s most trusted material
Brick is one of the most ancient and familiar building materials known to man, and its strength, character and flexibility of use continue to attract architects working on innovative contemporary buildings. Architonic examines some key projects that demonstrate the benefits of building with brick.
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Death by Architecture
Shuffling off this mortal coil is something we all, sadly, have to do. There's no opting out. But while mortality might be a great leveller, a number of architects have shown recently how designing environments that process death – be it in practical or psychological terms – can be elevated above the uninspired builds that we've been used to, which have all to easily embraced historicism or, perhaps worse, anonymity. Architonic presents a selection of projects that put some life back into designing for the dead.
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Help the Aged: innovative adaptive reuse in architecture
'Waste not, want not' is an expression that has become increasingly pertinent in recent years as economic conditions have forced many of us to tighten our belts and make the most of what we have, rather than constantly replacing old with new. This attitude of thrift extends to architecture in the form of adaptive reuse – the conversion of an old building into something better suited to contemporary requirements. Here, we examine some recently completed, ongoing and future projects that show how imagination and intelligent design can deliver striking transformative effects.
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Underground Structures
At the end of the 19th century, HG Wells imagined a future in which industry had been completely located underground, whilst above ground all was green and leafy.
Instead, something very different has happened to the building of structures beneath our cities...
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High Performance Spaces: concert halls and opera houses that hit the right note
If music be the food of love, then where better to dine out than a world-class concert hall or opera house? Here, Architonic examines a number of recently completed architectural projects that perform as hard as the artists who take to their stages. Play on.
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Spectacular Vernacular: contemporary applications of craft-based building methods
There was a time when context was everything in construction. Local materials were transformed by the ambition and skill of the builder into a functional, stylistically appropriate structure. In the face of an, at times seemingly inexorable, movement towards a homogenous, global design language in architecture, a number of architects have recently completed projects that embrace low-tech, craft-based building methods to add real environmental and cultural value.
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Support Structures: architecture's role in the healing process
Good architecture creates environments that are, among other things, enjoyable to spend time in and practical to use, and in no scenario is this more important than the provision of treatment or support for those dealing with illness or trauma. Architonic examines some of the ways in which intelligent architecture and design can help to ensure a positive prognosis for the future of healthcare by creating buildings that are good for body and mind.
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Authentische Architektur: Die Londoner Architekten Carmody Groarke
„Die Stars von Morgen“, „eine Entdeckung“, „der neue Masstab“ - das sind nur einige der Attribute, die dem jungen Londoner Architekturbüro Carmody Groarke von den Medien attestiert wurden.
Die konzeptuell kraftvollen Projekte des erst vor vier Jahren gegründeten Büros scheinen genauso viele Fragen zu stellen, wie sie Antworten geben. Auch wenn Kevin Carmody und Anthony Groarke die starke Resonanz auf ihre Projekte als positiv empfinden, ist es ihnen wichtig, dass „man sich auf das Projekt und sich selbst konzentriert, ohne sich von äusseren Reaktionen beeinflussen zu lassen.“
Im Folgenden kommen die Architekten selbst zu Wort.
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