Paris stadium to be covered with greenery in bid to become Olympic venue

May 2, 2018 India Block 0

SCAU is set to cover the Clamart stadium in Paris with verdant foliage, as part of a renovation that will be completed in time for the Olympic Games in 2024. The French architecture practice has won the competition to overhaul the stadium in Clamart, which backs onto the Meudon Forest in the Parisian suburbs, in a bid to

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FAB House / TDO Architecture

May 2, 2018 Pilar Caballero 0

Fab House is a new modular constructed house typology designed by TDO architecture, working in collaboration with George Clarke for joint venture developers Places for People and Urban Splash.

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Bjarke Ingels Features on Cover of Latest Issue of Surface Magazine

May 2, 2018 AD Editorial Team 0

In recent years, it seems like Bjarke Ingels has been everywhere you look; he has been profiled by The New Yorker, was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2016, has given TED Talks, and featured in countless other documentaries, videos, and articles (yes, including many on ArchDaily). But there is one place he hasn’t yet appeared: on the cover of Surface Magazine. Today, with the launch of Surface‘s May/June issue, that changes.

Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar nears completion

May 2, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

These new images by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan show the almost-complete National Museum of Qatar, designed by architect Jean Nouvel. The new national museum is currently being built in the country’s capital Doha, and is expected to open in December 2018. It will be formed from a pile of interlocking disks of various dimensions made from steel clad in glass-reinforced

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Capitals Of Classical Antiquity: Understand The Difference Between The 5 Orders

May 2, 2018 Matheus Pereira 0

Whether it’s to start analyzing a detail or impressing someone in conversation, understanding a classical building begins with an awareness of the different classical orders of architecture. In the historical records of architecture, the first account of the orders was written by Vitruvius: “[…] The orders came to provide a range of architectural expressions, ranging from roughness and firmness to slenderness and delicacy. In true classical design, order choice is a vital issue—it is the choice of tone,” [1] which for the author, synthesizes the “architecture grammar.” [2]