Documentary film that explores the architectural studio (full 25 min film)

Archiculture takes a thoughtful, yet critical look at the architectural studio. The 25-minute film offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based, design education through the eyes of a group of students finishing their final design projects. Interviews with leading professionals, historians and educators help create crucial dialog around the key issues faced by […]

“REBEL ARCHITECTURE” DOCUMENTARY ON ARCHITECTURAL ACTIVISM

Al Jazeera has launched Rebel Architecture, a six-part documentary that profiles lesser-known architects who are using their design skills “as a form of activism resistance to tackle the world’s urban, environmental and social crises.” These designers aren’t building glass towers for the global elite, but schools, cultural spaces, and homes for everyone else. And they’re […]

Julia Morgan’s AIA Gold Medal

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) annual convention and business meeting in Chicago, taking place June 26 to the 28th, broke new ground, in particular with women in architecture. For the first time ever, the highest honor of the Institute – the AIA Gold Medal – was awarded to a woman, and the Beverly Willis […]

City of Imagination: Kowloon Walled City 20 Years Later

The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was once the densest place on earth, a virtually lawless labyrinth of crime, grime, commerce and hope. A Wall Street Journal documentary tracks its colorful legacy and brings the place alive 20 years later. by Wall Street Journal

The Sea Ranch

The Sea Ranch is a 1970’s luxury residential development in a remote area of Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. After initial boom, it experienced fall in prices, decline in occupancy and mismanagement. In 2008, “TimeOut Hong Kong” compared it to a city hit by a neutron bomb. It wrote: “The southwest Lantau ghost town is shabby, […]

The world’s tallest slum: Caracas’ notorious Tower of David

Welcome to the world’s tallest slum: poverty-ridden Venezuela’s Tower of David. Squatters took over this very unfinished 45-story skyscraper in the early 1990s, and they’ve been there ever since. The tower was originally intended to be a symbol of Caracas’ bright financial future, complete with a rooftop helipad, but construction stopped because of a banking […]

GreekArchitects Tv – soul (spot 2014)

Watch the new tv spot of GreekArchitects television stattion. GRATV.gr (greekarchitectsTV) went on its operation in 2008, constituting the first online television for the technical world, by the e-magazine of architecture, greekarchitects.gr. It provides 24hours flow of program (live streaming) and at the same time supports the service on demand. GRATV.gr realises also, live television transmissions (real […]

The Story of Number TEN

Number TEN Architectural Group is an integrated practice of architecture, planning, strategic advisory services, interior design and visual communications. The practice is known for its collaborative client-centred approach, sustainability focus and commitment to design excellence. With offices in Winnipeg and Victoria, the firm has an extensive project portfolio covering a diverse range of building types […]

Sacred Space – Frank Lloyd Wright

The interior of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. by wisconsin-connections

Colegio La Enseñanza by OPUS

Este proyecto diseñado por OPUS + MEJÍA, fue otorgado tras la realización de un concurso privado que fue organizado por la institución educativa Colegio La Enseñanza, con el objetivo de contar con un espacio para eventos culturales y educativos, así como también, para ofrecerlo a la comunidad en general, como complemento a servicios externos a […]

Pojangmacha Porject in Seoul

Documentary of Pojangmacha Porject in Platoon Kunsthalle Seoul. The Pojangmacha Project is not merely an architectural event but has become quite a complex task. This experience has been breaking down any genre distinctions, with the participation of creators of every stripe, such as the culinary arts, studio arts and the various forms of designing. The […]

The Georges Pompidou Centre – An Overview

Centre Georges Pompidou (French pronunciation, commonly shortened to Centre Pompidou; also known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architects Richard Rogers and Renzo […]