Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency review – how energy shaped the way we built the world | Art and design books
[ad_1] Consider the Georgian terrace, now a widely admired model of traditional city-building. Its most important material was not those of which it was ostensibly made, but coal: coal fired the kilns that made the bricks and the lime for the mortar; it helped make the glass for the large windows; it smelted and melted […]
Why are our cities built for 6ft-tall men? The female architects who fought back | Architecture
[ad_1] When Le Corbusier developed his proportional system Le Modulor in the 1940s, the great architect had in mind a handsome British policeman. His system would go on to shape the entire postwar world, dictating everything from the height of a door handle to the scale of a staircase, all governed by the need to […]
‘The Flash Gordon of architecture’: Helmut Jahn’s bombastic marvels – in pictures | Art and design
[ad_1] One Liberty Place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Helmut Jahn was one of the most flamboyant architects of the postwar era. The German-American developed a bold, bombastic form, designing company headquarters, banks, airports and government buildings across the world that caught the power-dressing pomp of the 1980s. This skyscraper, completed in 1987, burst through Philly’s height limit. […]
‘This is exciting for artists’: is this project the future of billboards? | Art
[ad_1] In 1967, Elektra Records took a risk by purchasing a large hand-painted billboard on West Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard to promote a new album by The Doors, an up-and-coming local band in residency at Whiskey a Go Go, a nearby nightclub. It would ignite a golden era of advertising on the 1.5-mile stretch known as […]
Cities of dreams: a Dutch master reimagines the metropolis – in pictures
[ad_1] Frank van der Salm has spent 25 years turning the way we see urban surfaces upside down – from twinkling nightscapes to eerie, empty interiors Continue reading… [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
Rome’s Colosseum to gain hi-tech arena floor | Italy
[ad_1] The floor of Rome’s Colosseum, where gladiators once fought against each other and wild animals, is set to be restored to its former glory. Milan Ingegneria, a structural engineering and architecture firm, has won an €18.5m (£16m) bid to build and install a retractable arena floor that will allow visitors “to see the majesty […]
‘A parallel universe’: the rickety pleasures of America’s backroads – in pictures | Art and design
[ad_1] Shingle clad, double-wing house, West Fulton, New York State, 2016 The rickety, devolving structures related a history of hard work, ingenuity, and respect for the function of things, along with a creative imagination expressed in whimsical touches Facebook Twitter Pinterest [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
MoMA wants to cancel Philip Johnson – many who knew him do not | Michael Henry Adams | Opinion
[ad_1] Whether you’re me or the Duchess of Sussex, to be Black is to always be negotiating around the bias of others. Racism is omnipresent. White supremacy is the west’s original sin. But what about when charges of racism seem to be made up? Assessing people from the past by the standards of today, as […]
‘Sometimes the answer is to do nothing’: unflashy French duo take architecture’s top prize | Architecture
[ad_1] When Lacaton & Vassal were commissioned to redesign a public square in Bordeaux, their response was unusual. The French architects told the client to leave it alone. They thought the square was perfectly good as it was, and that public money would be better spent elsewhere. “When you go to the doctor,” said Jean-Philippe […]
How grey was my valley: forgotten Welsh architecture – in pictures | Art and design
[ad_1] A new photozine by Peter Halliday on the mid-century architecture of Wales brings attention to underappreciated Welsh buildings under threat of demolition All photographs and text by Peter Halliday Main image: The slab and podium police station in Wrexham, now demolished. Tue 16 Mar 2021 03.00 EDT [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
