General Architecture & Building

Here is a short video about how a  Loft Conversion is built. Despite the strong Yankee accent, us Brits find a lot of the videos provided by our overseas Colony very much appreciated.

Architecture is more than designing buildings. Students who study architecture in college may choose to go into many different careers. Here’s just a sampling:

Being an architect is not the lofty, rich 007 image movies can sometimes make it out to be. Several architects I speak to occasionally ask me how to handle stressful situations. Without writing a book about how  to overcome being on planet Earth here are some alternative things one can do. Tips to combat stress; [...]

The Olympic Games is the world’s largest sporting event, attended by thousands of competitors and watched by millions across the globe. An event of this magnitude requires intensive planning and a huge financial investment in both infrastructure and buildings. The centerpiece of the event is a stadium large enough to host the opening and closing ceremonies, the track and field events and accommodate the huge crowds the Olympics attract.

Pieter Bruegel’s Tower of Babel, image by Kunsthistorisches Museum

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna presents its masterpieces in public. In Vienna, on about 29 busy locations – subway stations, railway stations, house walls – the museum is showing treasures from the collection: Pieter Bruegel’s Tower of Babel, Raffael, Lucas Cranach and much more. The campaign should bring the museum back to the people’s mind.

Architecture begins with geometry. Since earliest times, architects have relied on mathematical principles. The ancient Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius believed that builders should always use precise ratios when constructing temples. “For without symmetry and proportion no temple can have a regular plan”.