Active design revolves around design in buildings, landscapes, or communities that prioritize human health. These are consolidated into the architectural design to promote physical activity for the residents living in…
Open floor plan living spaces started to become popular in the 70s, and still rules the real estate market today. An open floor plan means that there are fewer separations…
Passive design, for those not in the know, sounds blah. But passive design is good, especially for the environment. Climate change is a global issue that affects all of us.…
A previous post focused on a pitched roof as an important feature in our vernacular architecture, a style of building which did not involve professional architects. This is the building…
There is an important feature—a pitched roof—in our vernacular architecture that can best be considered by prospective homeowners before they start building their homes. Vernacular architecture is an architectural style…
French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux creates spaces using colors. She moved to Japan in 1996 to live and work there because the culture and architecture of the country inspired her. Moureaux…
The summer months are here, and it’s getting hot, hot, hot! With the different Qs we all have to deal with, lucky are those who have an exterior domestic space to…
Jean Nouvel, a French architect who was chosen as the 2008 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for his oeuvre, has this vision for a subterranean luxury resort hotel called Sharaan…
A breath of fresh air, sun-kissed skin, a soft breeze, bird song, the scent of a flower—these are luxuries and they’re free. Vacations in places where we are embraced by…
In a previous article where I interviewed Architect Edwin Uy of EUDO about his thoughts on architecture in a post-Covid world, he mentioned critical regionalism. He said, In this approach…