Monthly Archives: October 2010

Light in Islamic architecture, then, is used to symbolically represent God’s presence in a space while emphasizing the colour and texture of decorative elements, materials, and architectural articulation. One particularly intriguing mediator of light and space in Persian and Indian architecture is the screen or jail.

“Meet the Taichung Center, Taiwan’s massive eco-friendly installation. The building comes complete with eco-skin, a Venetian blind-style covering which will allow airflow and light to enter the structure.  The center will also feature large grassy areas in an effort to focus on the Eastern wisdom of harmony between nature and dwellings.  Taiwan hopes that this [...]

The Cybertecture Egg, an office building, located in Mumbai , India, was design by a firm based in Hong Kong called James Law Cybertecture International Ltd. They have started to use technology to create a new language called cybertecture, which they apply to this building. The main concept is planet earth working as an ecosystem [...]

Example 1: Construction Stage : Capital Gate -Abu Dhabi STRUCTURE From its foundations right through its pinnacle, Capital Gate is a unique building and among the most technically challenging engineering projects in the world. Some key features stand out amongst others: –It’s gravity-defying 18 degree lean, widely believed to be the most inclined in the [...]

Parametric design and digital fabrication is being used in development various of art forms, furniture and personal utility items but but the technology has still not stepped into the field of mass production to a noticeable scale. The first example is the Digitally Fabricated Furniture Twin Shelves By Chilean Design Studio Gt2p. The shelves are [...]

The Jellyfish House, a recent project by San Francisco’s IwamotoScott Architecture, has been “modeled on the idea that, like the sea creature, it coexists with its environment.” Jellyfish have no brain, no central nervous system, no eyes, and consist largely of the water around them. Yet, they sense light and odor, are self-propulsive, bioluminescent and [...]

This is an interesting concept called the HyperGreen Tower by Jacques Ferrier, which was recently submitted to an architectural competition in Paris. The 246 meter tower design has an unusual curving exterior lattice facade made out of concrete that acts as the building’s primary structural system. This allows for adaptable floor plates and vegetated sky [...]

Materinal: Gloss  Laminated  Polyurethane  resin, silicone The enigmatic liquid form of the Aqua table awakens one’s curiosity. The user is invited to explore the forces of motion that created such a form. The form is blurring the relationship between the horizontal top and vertical legs. The three blisters bulging out to form legs below the table [...]

The “Water Cube” is a rectangular-shaped steel building covered by a membrane of brightly lit blue bubbles which is incredible to look at but it is also important on an environmental level.  The Water Cube consists of 100,000 sq m of ETFE, (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) a unique transparent plastic which absorbs solar radiation and reduces thermal [...]