A timely article on "one way roads"....... What you should know about one-way traffic systems: Traffic and road management By Prof. Amal S. Kumarage "So we have heard of yet another experiment (extending the one-way flow from Vajira Road-Visaka) junction on Duplication Road to Dickmans Road (Lester James Peiris Mawatha) in traffic re-arrangement in Colombo? We have learnt to accept ...
Thisara Thanapathy has won the Geoffrey Bawa award for Architecture, this year for his urban house design ‘The Sarath Abeyrathne House'. Archt Yudish Ganeshan was adjudged the first runner-up receiving Commendation for his post-tsunami Udayapuram school in Periyakallar. Richard Murphy Associates was the other among the eight shortlisted nominees to be chosen for Honourable Mention for the .
The Carbuncle Cup is an architecture prize, given annually by the magazine Building Design to "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom". This year it has been awarded to London's Strata Tower. "It was hailed a breakthrough in urban wind power: a 42-storey tower with built-in turbines to deliver 8% of its electricity needs. But ...
SLIA has published two books recently. First is “The Architect 50” is a commemorative volume for the 50 years of SLIA 1957-2007. (Priced around SLRs. 2500/= Please check). Tend to be bit verbose and has an
Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World by David B. Berman "Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future. Design is therefore responsible for the world our children will live in.” David B. Berman’s important new book is honest, timely, and hard-hitting, delivered with in-your-face directness—it presents a strong argument regarding the inherent power of ...
Ada Louise Huxtable, who pioneered modern architectural criticism in the pages of The New York Times, celebrating buildings that respected human dignity and civic history — and memorably scalding those that did not — died on 7th Jan. in Manhattan. She was 91. Read Newyork Times article
I generally keep myself to architecture and design in this blog. but this is worth listening to; especially if you are a cricket fan like me. 11th MCC Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's
Is it possible to run an architectural office solely based on open source software? Perhaps yes. Reliability and the ability (to handle complex tasks) has never been an issue with open source software now a day. The issue, most of the time is to do with the compatibility with their more expensive big brother software. Would I ...
All designers say simplicity is important, but what does it really mean to make something simple? Most of the time we think it means less, that by removing stuff we achieve simplicity. We think by keeping content above the fold we're helping people focus, or by using bullets instead of paragraphs more people will read it, or by cutting ...
The fourth and final age of Soviet architecture Photographer Frédéric Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express what he considers to be the fourth age of Soviet architecture. His poetic pictures reveal an unexpected rebirth of imagination, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the ...
Image from www.treehugger.com How can large-scale revegetation through profitable production of food, freshwater, biomass and electricity be achieved? The team behind the Sahara Forest Project has developed a combination of proven technologies that bring along highly beneficial synergies, allowing for commercial viability. Core values of the Sa
And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. — T. S. Eliot, "Little Gidding" During a recent retreat here at Chapel Hill, planning faculty conducted a brainstorming session in which each professor — including me — was asked to list, anonymously, ...
Monorail has seen by many, especially architects and architectural students as the epitome modern, clean, sustainable public transport systems. And as a must for any 'sophisticated' city. But they failed to evolve beyond their city symbol image in to some thing more useful and affordable.And now city of Sydney has said enough is enough. Sydney has demolished its monorail line.Images: ...
