Keep buildings cool as it gets hotter by resurrecting traditional architectural techniques – podcast: Windcatchers in Iran use natural air flow to keep buildings cool. Andrzej Lisowski Travel/Shutterstock The Conversation Weekly podcast is now back after a short break. Every Thursday, we explore the fascinating discoveries researchers are using to make sense of the world …
A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 6 of “The Architectural magazine” (1834) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: architecturalmag01lond Title: The Architectural magazine Year: 1834 (1830s) Authors: Subjects: Architecture Publisher: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About …
A cool Paternoster image: Image from page 6 of “The Architectural magazine” (1834) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: architecturalmag04lond Title: The Architectural magazine Year: 1834 (1830s) Authors: Subjects: Architecture Publisher: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About …
Lacaton and Vassal: how this year’s Pritzker prize could spark an architectural revolution: The Frac Nord Pas de Calais art centre, designed by Lacaton and Vassal in 2013 Ville de Dunkerque, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Starting out as an architect in the 1990s, I was so eager for work, and …
Lifespan – Composite Architectural Beams: Eva-Last Lifespan residential application Johannesburg, SA (November 9, 2020) – “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” –Arthur C. Clarke Constant innovation continues to drive change in building materials and how they are used. The destruction of forests for …
Open windows to help stop the spread of coronavirus, advises architectural engineer: Artazum/Shutterstock Over 200 scientists, including myself, signed a letter that was published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases on July 6 2020 saying that COVID is not only spread by touch and droplets sprayed from the mouth and nose but, importantly, via a …
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The new architectural frontier: buildings and their microbiomes: Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images As we grow to better understand the microorganisms in built environments – and what dynamics support their survival – we will be able to design and engineer buildings for better health. Our built environments matter. Research shows that 85% of our …
Between care and neglect: Pretoria’s grand architectural legacy: The skylight of the Weskoppies Chapel in Pretoria. Alain Proust/Hidden Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa’s capital city, contains many historical sites where government facilities have been built and developed since the mid 1800s. These often unappreciated places narrate the city’s historical and ongoing political significance. They contain an …
A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 6 of “The Architectural magazine” (1834) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: architecturalmag02lond Title: The Architectural magazine Year: 1834 (1830s) Authors: Subjects: Architecture Publisher: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About …