Left to right: St. Peter’s Basilica, St. Peter’s Basilica Detail, The Sistine Chapel, Palazzo Farnese, Palazzo Farnese Interior, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Château de Chambord, Château de Chambord Detail The Renaissance is well-known as a period of artistic revival and creation that lasted from the early 14th century through the early […]
5 Best Architecture Styles for Post and Beam Houses
Sponsored Content Today’s popular architectural styles naturally lend themselves to a post and beam or partial post and beam build. Post and beam homes can afford more open space with fewer walls, more layout design options, and vaulted ceilings, to name just three key features. Having these choices available means […]
The top 10 tiny prefab homes of 2021 are here to convert you into sustainable architecture advocates!
It is a tricky situation, trying to identify whether the pandemic increased our need for isolated space/solitude or were we heading towards it beforehand and COVID gave us a chance to experience it – for me, it’s almost a problem as convoluted as the chicken and egg first problem. The […]
CLB architects’ ‘riverbend’ brings contemporary architecture to the tetons
CLB architects completes a contemporary and warm dwelling, dubbed ‘riverbend,’ along the snake river near wyoming‘s grand teton national park. the house nestles against the river, which forms the north and west perimeter of an 18-acre wooded property that features dramatic mountain views to the north through a veil of […]
5 Hybrid Buildings That Showcase the Range of Colonial Architecture
The term colonial architecture is not as simple as Gothic architecture or Art Deco architecture as it does not apply to just one style. It describes work created during a period of colonization and often features a hybrid between the architecture of the colonizers and the architecture of the country […]
Modular Cabin + Architecture Designs that expand according to your living as well as working needs!
Modular architecture is officially on the rise! They give us the freedom and ability to create a home, office, or even a holiday cabin according to our needs and wants. Customizing or putting together a space exactly the way we want isn’t a far-off dream anymore. Your dream home or […]
Use of hemp in architecture held back by “ridiculous” UK rules
A film producer who established a hemp farm to “pull carbon out of the atmosphere” has attacked UK laws that are holding back production of the biomaterial. Architects are “desperate” to specify products made from the cannabis variety in their projects, said Steve Barron, who has converted a Cambridgeshire estate […]
Tiny home setups that are sustainable alternatives for designing eco-friendly modern architecture!
Sustainability has been running on everybody’s mind. Ever since the pandemic shook up our world, we’re trying to incorporate sustainability into every aspect of our life, including our homes! With everyone aspiring toward’s eco-friendly and mindful ways of living, tiny homes have been taking over the architecture world and they […]
5 Buildings That Showcase the Aesthetics of Contemporary Architecture
Left to right: Heydar Aliyev Center Closeup, Heydar Aliyev Center, The Shard, The Shard Closeup, Royal Ontario Museum, Roual Ontario Museum Night Shot, Sydney Opera House, Walt Disney Concert Hall Contemporary architecture is not defined by a single style or set of characteristics. Unlike Modernism, Art Nouveau, or other types […]
Barbara Friedman was a pioneer in Fort Worth architecture
Barbara Friedman, left, with her stepmother, Mamye Potishman Friedman in 1936. Courtesy Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, UTA Libraries Many familiar with Fort Worth history recognize such names as James J. Kane, Marshall R. Sanguinet, Carl Staats, or Wyatt C. Hedrick, all early Fort Worth architects who designed many […]