THE JAPANESE ARCHITECT NAOSHI KONDO EXPERIMENTS WITH HOW THE OLD BUILDING AND THE NEW BUILDING, CONCRETE AND TIMBER, PAST AND PRESENT COEXIST BY BURYING THE OLD TIMBER HOUSE INTO THE CONCRETE MASS
YUTORIE ATAMI HOUSE
Category: ARCHITECTURE
A BRIEF HISTORY OF NATURAL LIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE
EXAMINE THE ASPECT OF NATURAL LIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE WHICH RELATES TO HUMAN THOUGHT, MYTHS AND HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF ATIVICH KULNGAMNETR FROM ATIVICH DESIGN STUDIO
BINH DUONG HOUSE
A HOUSE THAT TURNS AN EXISTING TREE INTO A PART OF ITS OWN. JUST TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ‘HOW CAN ARCHITECTURE LIVE WITH THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT?
KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE
ART4D TALKS TO KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE ABOUT THE PATH SHE HAS CHOSEN FOR HERSELF, AND ALL THE INTERESTING STORIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY. FROM THE ONLY ARCHITECT WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN IN THE RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP TO THE NEW CHAPTER OF HER VERY OWN OFFICE CALLED HAS DESIGN AND RESEARCH
NIEMEYER PAVILION AT CHÂTEAU LA COSTE
‘CURVES’ PLAY A PROMINENT PART IN OSCAR NIEMEYER’S BODY OF WORKS, INCLUDING THIS PROJECT WHICH IS HIS FINAL ONE. EXPLORE THE IDEA BEHIND THE DESIGN AND HIS IDEA OF THE CURVE WHICH IS ONE OF HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL IDEA IN THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
JINYUN QUARRIES
DNA_DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE REVITALIZES 9 ABANDONED STONE QUARRIES BY TRANSFORMING THEM INTO CULTURAL SPACES THROUGH REFURBISHING AND TRANSFORMING THE EXISTING SITE INSTEAD OF CONSTRUCTING AN ENTIRE NEW BUILDING, ALLOWING THE ARCHITECTURE TO TELL THE STORY OF HAND-MINING CULTURE BY ITSELF
PINGTAN BOOK HOUSE
APART FROM BEING A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CAN LEARN AND BROADEN THEIR VIEW AND IMAGINATION OF THE WORLD THROUGH BOOKS, THIS LIBRARY DESIGNED BY CONDITION_LAB & UAL STUDIO ALSO ENABLES CHILDREN TO APPRECIATE THEIR HOMETOWN’S VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE, WHICH WILL BE FORGOTTEN SOON
TAINAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOST OF THE LIBRARIES IN TAIWAN EARN THE TITLE OF ‘THE LAND OF SILENT’. THEY ARE PLACES WHERE TYPING AND MOUSE-CLICKING SOUNDS COULD DISTURB THE PEOPLE INSIDE. HOWEVER, TAINAN PUBLIC LIBRARY IN YONGKANG DISTRICT DESIGNED BY MECANOO AND MAYU ARCHITECTS SEEMS TO HAVE A MORE FRIENDLY VIBE AND ALLOWS ANYONE TO SPEAK UP AND DISCUSS WITH OTHERS WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY
WITH OR WITHOUT GLASS
WARA JITHPRATUCK FROM PLAN ARCHITECT INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE FULLEST POTENTIAL OF GLASS AND SURPASS ITS SUPERFICIAL CHARACTERISTICS. COME UP WITH A SUITABLE DESIGN ALONG WITH THIS MATERIAL IN THE TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THAILAND.
RADICAL ROOM: POWER OF THE PLAN
RIBA (ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS) PRESENTS AN EXHIBITION THAT DELVES DOWN INTO A ‘FEMALE INFLUENCE’ IN ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORES THE DEEPER MEANING OF THE PLAN OF THE 18TH TO 20TH CENTURY HOUSES IN ENGLAND