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Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright – the birth of contemporary museum design
In the crowded, regularly-shaped New York, a white concrete spiral catches the eye of the passer-by with its flowing game of volumes, reminding of the winding moves of nature in the closely-located Central Park. No wonder why this special building has been declared a city landmark and one of the major architectural achievements […]
10 ways to find your motivation as an architecture student
Architecture university is a continuous challenge, a test of resistance facing all-nighters, subjective criticism and financial efforts, while required to stay creative and open to new ideas. Difficult as they may seem the night before deadlines, once these aspects pass we somehow understand that they are part of our lives now and we start asking […]
Broadacre City vs. Garden City – a comparison between two urban proposals
Aspiring to reunite cities with nature, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City and Ebenezer Howard’s Garden city remain in the history of architecture as utopian forms of urbanism, in an era when industrialization produced radical social changes and, as a direct consequence, affected the appearance, size and conditions of the urban settlements.[1] Although similar as far […]
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1893 Arhitect, designer si pictor, Charles Rennie Mackintosh a ramas o figura emblematica in istoria arhitecturii moderne datorita contributiei sale de o mare valoare si originalitate la miscarea Art Nouveau. In cadrul grupului “Cei Patru din Glasgow” Mackintosh, alaturi de Herbert MacNair si surorile Macdonald, s-a afirmat in cadrul scolii de […]
Locuirea în comunitate. Arad – arhitectura de a fi împreună
TEMA Tema de proiectare a anului II in cel de-al doilea semestru, comuna cu cea a concursului CASA (Concursul Anual al Studentilor Arhitecti) a fost “Locuirea in comunitate. O grupare de case”. Plecand de la conceptul de “Comunitate sau mai bine impreuna decat separat”, tema cerea proiectarea de case pentru 7 familii pe un […]
Citate si Caligrafie. Despre arta de a fi profesor
Menirea unui profesor este sa ne ajute in procesul nostru de educare. Cu totii am avut parte de indrumarea a numerosi profesori care ne-au prezentat diverse discipline, prin personalitatea lor au contribuind intr-un anumit procent la formarea afinitatilor noastre. In unele cazuri, un profesor exceptional poate sta la baza alegerii unui drum in viata. Cum […]