Concrete — in your home?
Unpopular opinion: concrete is, in fact, beautiful! To better understand how my opinion of concrete fits into the mainstream (my husband thinks I’m “mad”), a couple of weeks ago, I […]
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – a walkthrough through a modern architectural beauty
Just last week our family, together with family friends, spent a few days in the UAE, or more precisely in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Both cities are showcases of a […]
The Gropius house – a masterpiece of space planning
On a recent visit to Boston, we took the opportunity to explore the countryside. Initially, the idea was to see the colourful foliage around Walden pond. The lake recently featured […]
Le Corbusier’s Duplex: An architectural gem overlooking Stuttgart
Last weekend my husband and I had been invited to Affalterbach to celebrate a friend’s birthday — a dreamy village close to Stuttgart. With still a couple of hours left […]
The Environment and the Architect
The natural world and the built form have traditionally been at odds, the latter being developed to ultimately act as a protective barrier between us and our environment. Today, however, […]
The Function of a Chair
Part 1 of the series “The Function of Everyday Things” What exactly is the function of a chair? On the surface, it seems a trivial question. The obvious answer is […]
Venturi: The Birth of Postmodernism
The Venturi and Scott Brown couple, two architects united by their dissatisfaction with modernism and their search for something new, may be rightly heralded as the founders of postmodernism. Their […]
Christo
Recently my mother and I attended a talk by Christo in an open lecture at Hong Kong University. It was inspiring to hear how, as well as his successes, this […]
Copenhagen: Design at Every Corner
It was my first time in Copenhagen. I was looking forward to the trip but must admit, I was unsure of what to expect. Would it be similar to Stockholm or […]
Rendering Concrete with Copic Markers
Fresh from the Easter holidays, which I spent marveling at beautiful architecture, I wanted to continue my series on rendering with Copic markers with this post rendering… concrete. It may seem like a […]
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