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What Is Not Art?

What Is Not Art? Read the most recent essay from Architectural Comment. It constructs an aesthetic bridge between labor and modern culture.

Art is something made, as simple as that. With due respect, we acknowledge effort, yet there is a question about status when it comes to Art, with a capital “A.” The Art world has stated that performance and artifacts are Art works. The status of a work as Art infers that it can be important compared to other works. Art is special. A work can be nearly anything, yet it is not Art if it is not…

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What Is Architecture?

A profound architectural experience can invoke a memorable response. Admired for its figure, architecture is space. A structure is solid material and architectural space is void for experience and …

Architectural essay “What Is Architecture?” answers the title question.

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The Heavyweight Client in Public Space

The public realm is the total sum of space that is disposed to the general population. It is planned, architected, designed, allocated, and has clearly marked access that is open at predictable or …

Architectural exposition known as “The Heavyweight” reaches all urban professionals and intrigues readers deeply interested in the public realm.

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Public Realm in a Design Portfolio — Selected works by Snøhetta, Part Three

Snøhetta expands the area of public realm in a design for a performance theater in Norway, their home country. Architecture and urban form are the prospect for public conviviality and Bjørvika of O…

Architectural portfolio review “Selected works by Snøhetta, Part Three” is about a project by Snøhetta with photography by Gerald Zugmann, Jens Passoth, Jiri Havran, and Helene Binet.

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Public Realm in a Design Portfolio — Selected works by Snøhetta, Part Two

Snøhetta impacts the public realm by directly reaching enormous populations through these two works. Visual signs and symbols that move and connect people are key to designs for Vy visual identity …

Architectural portfolio review “Selected works by Snøhetta, Part Two” is about work by Snøhetta with images from the design firm. Photography is by Anna Dziubinska, and Calle Huth / Studio Illegal.

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Public Realm in a Design Portfolio — Selected works by Snøhetta, Part One

INTRODUCTION Snøhetta was selected for this portfolio study. The Snøhetta portfolio exhibits originality and versatility. In addition to signing with prestigious international clients, Snøhetta has…

Architectural portfolio review “Selected works by Snøhetta, Part One” is about a project by Snøhetta with photography by Gerald Zugmann.

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Portfolio

A portfolio can be thought of as a set or range of things that have been collected by ownership or contribution over time. It can be reviewed, assessed, and admired. Designers understand something …

Architectural exposition “Portfolio” reviews the prospects of completed work.

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Year-round Fresh Air at Day Camp

Architecture is cultural medium connected to social infrastructure. A building is a venue for experiential learning about social values. The French architectural agency Tectoniques designed a day c…

Architectural comment: “Year-round Fresh Air at Day Camp” is about a project by Tectoniques Architectes.

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Touch the Ground Plane Vicariously

The ground plane has an aesthetic role in photography, landscape, architecture, and urban space. The real environments of places and settings can be visually and materially engaged with the ground.

Architectural Comment reviews some honest photography by Annie Wright in the article “Touch the Ground Plane Vicariously.”

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Renewable Folded Shell

Located near New Zealand estuarial waters, a community building is framed with pleated edges that form a zigzag perimeter. When people arrive to a community centre they arrange their personal effec…

Architectural comment: “Renewable Folded Shell” is about a project by Chris Moller Architecture+Urbanism with photography by Lightforge Photography and Dennis Radermacher.

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Place & Time, a Process

Architect Anna Heringer has worked on many projects with a community in Bangladesh over the years. Time and change are always influential. A site is always dynamic, even without construction activi…

Architectural comment: “Place & Time, a Process” is about a project by Studio Anna Heringer with a variety of images.

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A School and Space for Play

School play yards are spaces that include obstacles, color, motivation, and greenery.

Architectural comment: “A School and Space for Play” is about a project by Vincent Parreira Atelier Architecture with photography by Luc Boegly.

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Whole Cycle of Borrowed Material

It sounds impossible. No screws, no glue, no nails. It sounds ironic. Circular cruciform. Numbers don’t lie. 100% Zero. This is the People’s Pavilion, a central venue for the important 2017 annual …

Architectural comment: “Whole Cycle of Borrowed Material” is about a project by bureau SLA and Overtreders W with photography by Filip Dujardin and Jeroen van der Wielen.

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Abandoned Lexicon: Empty Words

Architecture guides us back to the heart of itself. Engrave a memory for scenes that changed in the advance of time.

Architectural Comment reviews some dramatic photography of neglected opulence by Christian Richter in the article “Abandoned Lexicon: Empty Words.”

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Adventure in the Canopy

Some architectural projects, like this recreational nature park in Denmark, have a uniqueness that originates from the functional mission of the client. The schema is seen in a visitor’s map, illus…

Architectural comment: “Adventure in the Canopy” is about a project by EFFEKT Architects. It was written before construction and features the comprehensive architectural graphics of the proposal.

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Riverside Gem in Clay

Artist studios are often studied by architecture students. An architectural graduate might take a short pause to reflect on the importance of understanding a building with such concise brevity. Stu…

Architectural comment “Riverside Gem in Clay” is about a project by Tropical Space Co. Ltd. with photography by Oki Hiroyuki.

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A Puzzling Site

Like a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle positioned for a solution, this 12-unit housing development is a composite of three interlocking rectilinear blocks that are set apart. The spaces between the…

Architectural comment “A Puzzling Site” is about a project by Atelier O-S with photography by Huy Anh Nguyen and Cyrille Weiner.