What really makes the glass or curtain wall building striking? What’s the part which really shows itself? Is it facade characteristics or the facade design, which is both functional and aesthetical? The facade treatment is largely responsible for the permanence of its structures. Over the last 200 years, the key issue for facade design has been …
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Products and product designs are intended to enhance user experience and to improve life quality of people in a way that a more comfortable living environment is created by using them. Here I present to you 21 such creative product designs – 1. Cucumber Spiral Slicer 2. Wireless Key Finder Also Read: 6 castles that …
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The Architecture and Design of the Taj Mahal is very impressive. This building is frequently studied by Architecture students in general and students studying Islamic architecture in particular. It was made by emperor Shah Jahan for his third wife Mumtaz Mahal who died while giving birth to their 14th child after being in labor for …
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Columbus State Community College’s Architecture and Design Harold M. Nestor Hail is a building of the ’90s. In its setting, it serves as both the major entrance to the campus and as an edge to the college quadrangle. To down-town, the building presents a “refined” facade curved to give the college a “proper front”. To …
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Introduction Color Capture App is the best application which helps you capture color from anywhere. Many times your eyes catch a beautiful color and you cannot remember the shade of that color. We are surrounded by shades of color all around us and our eye catches while we are walking on the roads or admiring the …
Church of The Light was designed by the architect Tadao Ando and was built with donations from members of the church. The budget was 25 million yen (about US$ 218.000). At first, Ando believed there was not enough money to complete the building. There might be enough to put up the walls but not to …
Tadao Ando’s Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum is bold and architectural ambition is embodied in a brilliantly simple design. Architectural ambition is the will to give order to the world, not through language or metaphysics, but design. Moreover in this case study I’ll be focussing on the importance of STAIRWAYS and how Japanese architect Tadao Ando has used …
Chichu Art Museum Site Planning Japanese architects tend not to tamper with the land. However, Ando is not loathed to shape the land. He placed importance on site planning even as a young architect but has gradually grown bolder in manipulating topography since the Koshino House. In Rokko Housing, he took up the challenge of …
Central Ohio Technical College is located at a small, commuter branch campus situated along the western, geographical demarcation of the foothills in eastern Ohio. The programme integrates two diverse disciplines within the same building: technical education classes (electronics and industrial technology), and the arts (dance, drama, music, and fine arts). The design part was derived …
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Cayan Tower – World’s Highest Twisted Tower The architectural wonder and the world’s tallest twisting tower, known as Cayan tower, was designed by world-famous architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Dubai. The project was developed by Cayan Group Real Estate Investment & Development firm, owned by Ahmed M Alhatti. The most interesting thing about …
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