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How to Pronounce the Names of 22 Notable Architects

Ariana Zilliacus — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:30:00 +0000

There’s no doubt that one of the best things about architecture is its universality. Wherever you come from, whatever you do, however you speak, architecture has somehow touched your life. However, when one unexpectedly has to pronounce a foreign architect’s name... things can get a little tricky. This is especially the case when mispronunciation could end up making you look less knowledgeable than you really are. (If you're really unlucky, it could end up making you look stupid in front of your children and the whole world.)

A Virtual Look Into Mies van der Rohe's Core House

Ben Devine, Archilogic — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:30:00 +0000

Architecture depends on its time. It is the crystallization of its inner structure, the slow unfolding of its form. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Lima de Freitas School Renovation / Ricardo Carvalho + Joana Vilhena Arquitectos

Romullo Baratto — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:00:00 +0000

From the architects: The renovation and expansion of Lima de Freitas School, in Setúbal, is based on a strategy of appreciation of architecture and landscape on the eastern edge of Arrábida Natural Park. We sought to preserve the rainforest that works today as the unpredictability of the interior space of the building, constructed only in the spaces where it was not necessary to fell trees.

Center for High Yield - Rowing Pocinho / Alvaro Fernandes Andrade

Joanna Helm — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The guiding principles and strategies of the project for the Pocinho Center for High Performance Rowing play their part in a dense and inextricable mixture that includes the peculiarities and identity of a pre-existing, specific “place”, the characteristics and demands of a very recent program, and the needs and wants of the architectural act.