Results: 28

The Architect Show, Athens: focus on architectural ...

Brand story

Alyn Griffiths

11.05.2023

Running from 8-9 December, The Architect Show 2023 will spotlight innovation, technology and sustainability, gathering architecture and design professionals for two busy days of knowledge exchange in the Greek capital.

Plain sailing with Ethimo's 2023 Yacht collection

Brand story

Alyn Griffiths

30.03.2023

Italian outdoor specialist Ethimo's new nautically influenced Baia and Costiera collections stand up to testing outdoor conditions without sacrificing any of the brand's trademark comfort or elegance.

Special delivery: Design Post

Brand story

Alyn Griffiths

07.01.2020

From Agape to Moroso: For many renowned brands, Design Post in Cologne is their flagship showroom in the region. Amongst the newcomers this year are manufacturers Muuto and Emeco.

Cut your cloth: Interior.Architecture.Hospitality LIBRARY

Brand story

Alyn Griffiths

26.11.2019

The Interior.Architecture.Hospitality LIBRARY at Heimtextil 2020 presents textile materials with a range of functional features, such as fire protection or sound insulation. In this way, it helps designers find the optimal solutions for their

The architecture of cuisine: new kitchen projects

Alyn Griffiths

24.09.2018

With bold design concepts that don't forgo functionality, a number of recent, architecturally led kitchen projects underscore the trend for seamlessly integrated cooking and living spaces.

The light fantastic: Perspex® Light

Brand story

Alyn Griffiths

14.03.2018

With its new Perspex® Light product range optimised for LED lighting, Perspex® has a bright vision.

On your side: new bridge projects

Alyn Griffiths

21.11.2017

Architects around the world are delivering bridges that exceed the limits of their utilitarian function – acting not only structures for crossing but also spaces to congregate and survey.

Alma matters: new university buildings

Alyn Griffiths

06.09.2017

Like their students, universities are investing in their futures – calling on architects for long-lasting buildings that will not only promote flexible working, community interaction and new approaches to learning, but also function as highly

Grounded: new landscape projects

Alyn Griffiths

23.07.2017

Successful landscape architecture is more than just a case of unexpected surfaces and a bit of greening. It can provide valuable ground for real place-making.

More in Store: New Retail Architecture

Alyn Griffiths

21.05.2017

With your heart's desire a click away, brick and mortar retailers are appealing to that which cannot be quenched online. Featuring texture, tech, colour and a whole lotta cool these recent retail projects are an ode to the senses.

You Can't Fight City Hall: new civic architecture

Alyn Griffiths

19.03.2017

When it comes to place-making and civic pride, town halls have a special status and a responsibility. Architects get busy with the new generation of people's palaces.

Italian for experts: Artemest

Brand story

Alyn Griffiths

23.02.2017

Since 2015, ARTEMEST has been working to make the inexhaustible creativity and quality of Italian crafts known to a public of international connoisseurs.

Station to Station

Alyn Griffiths

12.04.2016

There has been a dramatic shift in the demands placed by public transportation on contemporary architecture since the turn of the millennium – the need to square the burgeoning of passenger numbers that attends the unstoppable march of urbanisation

Get over yourself

Alyn Griffiths

22.02.2016

Recent landmark bridge architecture shows how this most utilitarian of construction types, when imaginatively planned, can add real regenerative value to its environs. Build a bridge and get over it, people!

Light relief

Brand story

Alyn Griffiths

09.09.2015

Anyone who spends too much time at their desk knows how damaging a lack of daylight can be to their psychological wellbeing. In response to this issue, lighting brand LUCTRA has developed an intelligent system that replicates natural light to lessen

Naturally cool

Alyn Griffiths

16.06.2014

The need to minimise energy consumption affects many aspects of architecture, and designs that employ traditional or cutting-edge shading devices and ventilation methods are at the forefront of reducing our reliance on air conditioning. Architonic

The Printed Environment: 3D printing goes architectural

Alyn Griffiths

12.09.2013

3D-printed architecture might seem like the stuff of the future, but a number of architects are experimenting to try to turn tomorrow's fantasy builds into today's innovative projects. Architonic investigates.

London Calling: May Design Series 2013

Alyn Griffiths

28.05.2013

There's strength in numbers. A new date in the international design-expo calendar – The May Design Series – has successfully brought together and revitalised two pre-existing specialist fairs, creating an impressive showcase for high-end

Olympic Landscapes

Alyn Griffiths

05.06.2012

Among and around the buildings that will house hockey players and hurdlers, cyclists and swimmers throughout the duration of this summer’s Olympic Games in London are public spaces that strive to meet the exacting Olympic standards of excellence

Park life: the evolving approach to designing urban public ...

Alyn Griffiths

10.05.2012

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

Mind the Gap: architects fitting extraordinary buildings ...

Alyn Griffiths

26.03.2012

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;

Hole Lot of Sense: smart uses for perforated façades and ...

Alyn Griffiths

20.08.2011

Perforated walls, panels and screens have been used for centuries as a way to control the level of light entering a building or to offer privacy to the occupants. The functions of perforations have remained largely the same, but the materials and

Bricking It: innovative applications of man’s most trusted ...

Alyn Griffiths

15.07.2011

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

Sporting Chance?: the challenge of legacy-building in ...

Alyn Griffiths

04.07.2011

As the cost of hosting major sporting events continues to rise, the need for something positive to be left behind once the fun and games are over becomes ever more vital. Architonic examines past and future events and the differing approaches to

Spectacular Vernacular: contemporary applications of ...

Alyn Griffiths

23.05.2011

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

Neo Geo: geodesic construction in contemporary architecture

Alyn Griffiths

09.03.2011

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

Support Structures: architecture's role in the healing ...

Alyn Griffiths

28.01.2011

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.

Help the Aged: innovative adaptive reuse in architecture

Alyn Griffiths

18.12.2010

'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