2 minMan as a PCIt seems that more and more people are simplifying their behaviour into a pattern that is recognizable of a computer. It appears that we...
1 minOver Controlling in Design is an IssueBuilt environment, in my opinion, should be free from an overly controlling trend. “Imperfection is what makes beauty approachable” Built...
1 minThe Shapeless MonsterArchitecture, a shapeless monster which pervades and influences our lives. Binds us, excites us, nervous and consoles. Architecture, a...
1 minHistoric Building and RestorationAfter Christchurch earthquakes there are many people questioning how to deal with damaged historic buildings. There is not a straight...
1 minArchitecture of SpacesArchitects have the obligation of understanding spaces and how people live in these! Building are not object dropped into the landscape...
1 minNostalgia Nostalgia often has been judged as a constrain for the Architect. I disagree. It requires a certain strength, but being able to celebrate...
1 minInspirationSpaces that create atmosphere, inspire emotional responses. Architecture is a matter of commitment to research into the many levels of...
1 minJunkitecture - Shifting the Problem to the Result, Not the CauseThe middle-ages of architecture has been called ‘junk architecture’ a few decades ago, because the buildings were mostly constructed...
1 minThoughts About ChristchurchArt and Architecture are visions and they will bring capital to the city in the long term. The city has gone, you cannot go back! Once a...
1 minWho is Gaining? Who is Paying?Witnessed too many times, a land owner can think that constructing a poorly designed building could be a better investment and,...
1 minHistoryThe power of historic architecture is in being alive. Through its resistance to the demise of time, it is the building that has given...
2 minShigeru BanThe Pritzker Prize (one of architecture’s highest honors) awarded to Shigeru Ban is a joy for me not only for the work of Ban, but also...
1 minDesign-ledDesign is part of the process to build. How can you give an abstract value to it? how can you prioritize it? I could understand a...
1 minRomeRome I can't move. Sitting on the steps of an old fountain. I see old buildings, static mass with people moving in between the gaps....
1 minClassic and ModernTwo souls, two heart. Past and future in a split present. A warm past, old, loaded of feeling with which compare the present is a...
1 minTowns as PaintingsNot every stroke of brush is a piece of art on a canvas, the collectivity of strokes, the composition of them is the Art Work. Not all...