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

Storia del Marchio

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.

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.

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

Bright Lights, Big City: urban-lighting projects that dazzle

Alyn Griffiths

17.03.2014

The highly utilitarian nature of urban lighting hasn’t stopped designers and manufacturers from adding value to projects that illuminate our cities through forward-facing design and technology. Architonic sheds some light…

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.

Pop-up stars: temporary contemporary architecture

Alyn Griffiths

08.09.2012

From huge temporary stadia to tiny transitory event spaces, pop-up architecture fulfils many roles and comes in many guises. In some cases the very latest technologies are used to engineer complex structures, while in others a readymade approach

Prefabricated Architecture

Alyn Griffiths

24.07.2012

When architects such as Jean Prouvé and Charles Eames began experimenting with buildings made using off-the-shelf components following the second World War, little did they know that technology would one day allow buildings to be created from kits

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

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;

Leading lights: current and future applications for new ...

Alyn Griffiths

03.01.2012

Few aspects of product development have seen more innovation in the past decade than lighting design. Legislation and consumer demand have hastened the evolution of energy efficient solutions and programmable software now enables infinitely

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

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