Watch what's left of a once distinguished architectural legacy be destroyed because our city is run by idiots. Consider this quote:
""Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," Alderman Matlak said. "A lot of people don't want 19th-century buildings.I grew up in a frame house. My bedroom was 8 by 8. People don't want that now."
Then - here's a wild idea. Maybe they might try moving into one of the neighborhoods that isn't historic? Which, in Chicago, is almost all of them, now?
Speaking as somebody who lives in Chicago, I can report that the difference of opinion between the developers and the preservationists on this is not an honest one; the rate of demolition has not been exaggerated one bit..
"Where you eat matters as much as what you eat…" Vino Veritas, a 100% Spanish Eco-Gastrobar in Oslo, Norway lives up to this quote by offering a slice of Spanish Andalusia to its patrons, both in terms of food/beverages it serves and the ambience it presents. Check it out here...
Sustainable building design and construction has been highly acclaimed in recent times. We witness lots of architects opting for green building design and construction, considering the environmental essentials and social responsibility towards the society they live in.
An amalgamation of the words, "luxury" and "high-end" generates an uber chic interaction in today's world of avant garde interiors. Ar. Shaheena Javeri Mistry decodes uber living... Read here and leave us your views.
Latest issue of India Art n Design ezine focuses on two polar realities of city housing - luxurious living and urban density. Check out this and much more…
Addition, subtraction and a discerning textural play mark this remodelling exercise by L-Mccomber-ltée as a chic contemporary living transformation. Check out the feature and give us your views...
'Loft MM' as it is called, designed by Nick Ceulemans of C. T. Architects, Belgium, is specifically designed as an apartment for a wheelchair-bound inhabitant but "absolutely nothing even hints at a handicap"!
Identity-imparting exercises enrich not just our surroundings but also our lives, as they serve to celebrate diversity, the very core of our existence. Check out this ode to music monolith and leave us your views…
Can a vernacular approach in architecture take both a sustainable and stylistic route for eco-conscious living? Here's a well-executed holiday home by architect PromodChaugule that blends the two characteristics…
How often do we come across form-based architectural themes in our lives and what difference do they usher in, in terms of experience? Contemplate on the issue, while going through this feature on one such project and leave us your views.
Why should linear designs be the preserves of weekend homes/resorts? Can we not employ them in regular homes and redefine our living spaces? Get to know about two such experiments and leave us your views.
International design and innovation office, CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati disrupts the conventional residential typology to imagine a new domestic landscape - The Greenary. Check out a renovated farmhouse designed around a 50-year old Ficus here!
#BFDOArchitects #refurbish a #NewYork #apartment by giving it a simple and #vibrant vibe with a distinct lived-in feel. Check out how #simple #interventions can change the look of a #space.
Ar. Brinda Somaya of Somaya & Kalappa Consultants (snkindia01) restores and refurbishes the iconic Bombay House, giving Mumbai another renewed legacy to love and live by. Check out the full story here… https://goo.gl/tCKRPc
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There are themes and there are themes! Ganna Design's latest project is a trendy home in Taipei that quite literally follows the strokes of the character "永" in Chinese calligraphy. Check out the project and leave us your views