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Water in public-space architecture

Peter Smisek

01.09.2023

Water, whether river, lake or pool, not only adds playful potential to public-space architecture, it also offers numerous other aesthetic, practical and environmental benefits.

The value of sustainable construction certification

James Wormald

13.03.2023

Sustainable certifications allow brands to parade their green credentials like celebrity endorsements. More than just marketing tools, however, they help to distinguish fact from greenwashing fiction.

What is biophilic design, and can it save the planet?

James Wormald

01.03.2022

The practice of biophilic design – using plants and green space to improve health and wellbeing – is an important tool, but can it solve the environmental crisis too?

Architonic's most-viewed projects of 2021: Hospitality ...

James Wormald

14.01.2022

This eclectic list of Architonic's most-clicked new hotels, restaurants, bars, and public spaces of 2021 prove design-lovers interest in travel hasn't waned over the past year.

Picture of health: new medical-facility design

Peter Smisek

24.02.2021

Can architecture help heal the body and mind? These projects take a holistic approach to the patient experience.

Design Indaba

TLmag

14.08.2018

Design Indaba rallies for words becoming deeds in the pursuit of a better world.


New Museum Africa / Zeitz MOCAA

TLmag

26.07.2018

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is a place dedicated to contemporary African Art.

State of the Art: museums that show off

Peter Smisek

20.02.2018

The museum has traditionally enjoyed a privileged, almost sacrosanct status in the cultural landscape. When it comes to the design of a new one, the stakes are high – with its architecture as much on show as its contents.

Making an Exhibition of Ourselves: Architonic deciphers some ...

Tim Abrahams

15.05.2010

No form of architecture is perhaps as loaded with rhetoric as the expo pavilion. With hundreds of countries currently jostling at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai to attract visitors into their little piece of home, Architonic takes a look at what's at