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How to build a resilient future using ancient wisdom | Julia Watson
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. In her global exploration of Indigenous design systems, architect Julia Watson researches enduring innovations that could help us counter the challenges of climate … Continue reading
Stone Cut | Aeon
Surreal, audacious, unfinished – the Sagrada Família remains a divine work in progress Towering above the nearby blocks in the Eixample district of Barcelona, the Sagrada Família is unmistakable for its colossal scale and its convention-defying architecture. Looking like a … Continue reading
Building LA’s Earthquake-Proof Bridge
Los Angeles’ authorities are replacing the iconic Sixth Street viaduct with an impressive earthquake-proof structure. For more by The B1M subscribe now – http://ow.ly/GxW7y Read the full story on this video, including images and useful links, here: http://www.theb1m.com/video/building-…
ANTONI GAUDI’S BARCELONA – FOUR UNEARTHLY BUILDINGS YOU MUST-SEE IN BARCELONA
ANTONI GAUDI’S BARCELONA – FOUR UNEARTHLY BUILDINGS YOU MUST-SEE IN BARCELONA Welcome to Gaudi’s Barcelona! Architects, artists, engineers, travellers and vagabonds alike, make their way to the Catalonian capital in a sort of ‘design pilgrimage’, visiting the surreal moderisme (Spain’s … Continue reading
Why 25 degrees really is hot in the UK | Did You Know?
It’s just summer in Australia, but it’s a “deadly heatwave” over there. We’re all used to different climates, and heatwaves are relative, but there’s more to it. In Australia and other hotter climates, buildings are built to keep cool in … Continue reading
How The Chimney Terrorised Tudor Towns | Absolute History
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb evaluates just how safe the chimney was during the Tudor period.
Cobe and Arup unveil elevated Metro station in Copenhagen docklands
Cobe and Arup have designed the elevated Orienktaj and underground Nordhavn Metro stations in a docklands area of Copenhagen. Architecture studio Cobe and engineering firm Arup have designed the elevated Orienktaj and underground Nordhavn Metro stations as part of … Continue reading
“In the future home, form will follow infection”
The interiors of future houses will be designed to mitigate coronavirus, says Michelle Ogundehin who has outlined 11 ways the pandemic will impact the home. Continue reading: “In the future home, form will follow infection”
Frank Lloyd Wright: Man Who Built America (2017)
SUBSCRIBED Frank Lloyd Wright is probably America’s greatest ever architect. But few people know about the Welsh roots that shaped his life and world-famous buildings. Now, leading Welsh architect Jonathan Adams sets off across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s … Continue reading
Corrugated Steel Shelves Line a Church-Turned-Poetry-Shop in Shanghai
Peer inside Shanghai’s St. Nicholas, an Orthodox church from 1932, and you won’t see pews or traditional iconography. Thanks to architectural firm Wutopia Lab, the renovated building now serves as a shrine to verse. Titled “Church in Church,” the 388 square-meter … Continue reading
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