Water towers can be seen across the world. As more modern and technological forms of water harvesting have now taken their place, in many cases they’ve fallen out of use, gently degrading and serving only as a visual reminder of former times. However, visionary designers and architects are transforming old structures and occasionally creating new ones. Here are some of our favourite projects.
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Art that stimulates all our senses deliver a more profound experience and these three exhibitions bring together both physical art and sound to create fantastically engaging, playful and particularly in the case of the final piece, thought-provoking, work.
This month the Aram Gallery in London’s Covent Garden is staging the latest edition of its exhibition series Prototypes and Experiments, looking at the architectural process.
Balconies lend a luxury element to the most mundane of architecture. They allow a joining of the outside and inside worlds, with even the smallest of balconies allowing a perspective just not possible from a window.
Public art is ubiquitous. So much so that it can be all too easy to walk right past beautiful and sometimes iconic structures that mark a point in history. However, forward-thinking organisations increasingly understand how to harness the creativity of artists, designers, and architects to create public art for the greater good that helps them drive home messages of charity, politics or sustainability, to name but a few.
Artists often incorporate mirrors into their sculptures, so we’ve chosen some of our favourites to show you the huge variety of work now on display.
Scientists, designers, and architects are collaborating to develop concepts of future architecture where live, digital information can be gathered and utilised to transform the experiences of people in built environments.
This blog takes a closer look at a selection of cutting–edge restaurants where chefs, designers, and architects have collaborated to bring together extremely creative approaches in a bid to offer customer multi–layered dining experiences.
Attitudes towards brutalist architecture are mellowing. At the same time, technological advances in materials are opening new development potential, which means contemporary architects and designers are again looking to concrete as a material of choice.
Urbanites wondering into the countryside for escapism and fresh air can be inspired by ideas of destination — a pub or tea rooms at the end of a walk. But what if artists were to add to the experience by providing some sculptural shelters along the way?