Praksis Arkitekter wins the design competition for UNESCO Visitor Centre
September 4, 2019
ArtnDesign
Praksis Arkitekter was chosen as the winner of the competition to design the new visitor centre for the Stevns Klint UNESCO World Heritage site in Denmark along with Kristine Jensen…
Climatology: Scientific Study of Climates & Affecting Factors
September 4, 2019
BEYOND BOOKS
Climatology is the scientific study of climate, and the factors that affect it. Why there is a need to study Climatology? To determine the climatic patterns of a particular region…
Theory of Colours Capturing Attention, Basics and Psychology
September 4, 2019
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Colours are not simply important, they are vital, and play a tremendous parting capturing attention, influencing imagination and even evoking certain feelings. It can soothe our eyes or make us…
Site Analysis: Need Advantages Components and Context
September 4, 2019
BEYOND BOOKS
Site analysis is assessing the site and drawing inferences to aid further design conception and implementation. Site and its context Why there is a need of Site Analysis? The assessment…
Principles of design Component Characteristics and Repetition Rhythm
September 4, 2019
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The Principles are concepts used to organize or arrange the elements within a work of art. Components of Principle of Design Axis Symmetry Hierarchy Rhythm Datum Transformation 1. AXIS It…
Need and Elements of Site Planning
September 4, 2019
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Site planning is the organisation of activities on land according to site characters. Research and analysis makes a major contribution in site planning and later in design process. Or “Site…
Elements of design Components Types and Characteristics
September 4, 2019
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Elements of design is the form in order of their growth from : Point to one dimensional Line, from Line to two dimensional Plane, from Plane to three dimensional Form…
Gray Organschi designs a high school extension in Connecticut.
September 3, 2019
ArtnDesign
Cross laminated timber structure integrated with outdoor classrooms and farmlands for a high school extension designed by Gray Organschi demonstrates the best of sustainability. Common Ground High School is environment…
S/LAB10’s golden design for an office in Kuala Lumpur.
September 3, 2019
ArtnDesign
S/LAB10 effectively and deliberately hides an office behind golden folding façade. Situated in Kuala Lumpur, on a quiet street is an office for the company Mantab which adaptive reuse of…
Emmanuelle’s labyrinth of words for Tokyo
September 3, 2019
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Artist Emmanuelle Moureaux has created an installation titled ‘Universe of words’ to celebrate the centenary of the Japanese soft drink ‘Calpis’. The installation immerses the visitors into coloured pieces of…
Accentuating curves on a daunting site by Gianni Botsford
September 3, 2019
ArtnDesign
Amidst the affluent district of Notting Hill, is a bachelor pad designed by Gianni Botsword that boasts its insightful spaces. Designing on a pocket sized area squeezed between can be…
Takeru Shoji designs a large wooden tent house in Japan
September 2, 2019
ArtnDesign
Being called as the ‘hara house’, located in a rural village in Nagaoka city, the house is a tent-like wooden truss structure designed by the Takeru Shoji architects from Japan….
MAPAA designed a OFMA family office in Chile
September 2, 2019
ArtnDesign
OFMA, a family office for a father and son located on a hillside in Santiago, is a city famous for its wine production with huge vineyards and olive groves. The…
Joe Parr’s playground inspired furniture.
September 2, 2019
ArtnDesign
Designed for his MFA thesis project at the graduate school in Michigan, the PlaySetting collection by Joe Parr draws inspiration from children’s playground. The unique collection features a swing seat,…
‘No footprint house’ by A-01 in Costa Rica
August 31, 2019
ArtnDesign
Architecture practice A-01 has designed a ‘No Footprint House’ along the southern pacific coast of Costa Rica. The open floor plan house designed with a central utility core enables climate…