Risultati: 5

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

Architecture in Ascendance: innovative staircase design

Dominic Lutyens

15.12.2013

Staircases are overdetermined things. A highly functional element in the internal circulation of a building, they are also laden with cultural and psychological symbolism. We may live in the age of the lift and escalator, but this hasn’t stopped

Concrete in Architecture (2): not really grey

Susanne Fritz

10.10.2010

In the second part of our 'Concrete in Architecture' series, Architonic shows how concrete certainly doesn't have to be grey. From delicate tones to high luminosity, it can take on a wide range of chromatic and emotional complexions. In the following

Concrete in Architecture (1): a material both stigmatised ...

Susanne Fritz

04.10.2010

Almost no other material manages to carry such contradictory associations. Stigmatised on the one hand, celebrated on the other, it evokes highly diverse reactions. The word 'concrete' was used for the first time in 1750 by Bernard Forêst de

Own Goal: Who's really paying the price for South ...

Tim Abrahams

11.06.2010

All sporting eyes are on South Africa as the World Cup kicks off. But what kind of architectural legacy will the event leave behind and, perhaps more importantly, what will be its economic one?