THE PRACTICE
From the Crux, to the Circumstantial
Questioning the territorial nature of contemporary practices, Rahul Mehrotra outlines the tidal nature of the architectural marketplace. In doing so, he establishes manifestos that guide the intellectual investments made by his Mumbai-based practice, RMA Architects, in the built landscape.
ENCLOSURES
A Gehry with a View
Continuing with redefining the limits of enclosure - a comment on the trend of temporary pavilions in architecture, recently exemplified by Frank Gehry's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London.
MASTERSTROKES
"Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?"
The first woman to win the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in its history, Zaha Hadid has defined a radically new approach to architecture by creating buildings with multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life. Featuring another of her masterpieces - the Zaragoza Pavilion.
ARCHITECTURE
An Alternate Face for Retail
The new John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex at Leicester, designed by Foreign Office Architects, attempt to create a new face for retail and leisure outlets with its unconventional methods for façade treatments.
Building in the Crevasse
The architecture firm, Snøhetta has a reputation for maintaining a strong relationship between landscape and architecture in all of its projects. Continuing with the same concept, they slice though the rocky landscape to create a new site for the Petter Dass Museum at Alstahaug in Norway.
LOCUS
Incremental Development: Preserving Street Layouts
Slums are organic settlements, synonymous with the growth of a city. Should their existence be ignored or should they be forcibly integrated with the urban plan? The streetscape is where the answer to this dilemma lies and it can be used pragmatically for slum redevelopment.
DETAILS
The God of Small Things
What comes first design or details? Nothing kills a great design more than bad detailing, but
how does one ensure that details are taken care of in design?
OPINION
A Library of "WATERS"
A review of the installation design for a memorial to the fast-shrinking glaciers of Iceland by American artist Roni Horn
|
