ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION PAGES One of the easiest ways to find inspiration for your own project presentations, particularly during school, is to look at what other people are doing in competitions. There are a number of amazing competition sites out there that put many or all of their participant’s projects up on their websites. I have…

    Photo Credit: architecturesketch Here’s what’s going on in the Architectural world this week (click the links to see more info!): This building will be interesting to construct but could be a pretty neat place to work I am kind of hoping they will NOT be making this white… it is a train station after all. This…

COLOUR IN ARCHITECTURE (Okay so I know its not Thursday but I am trying to catch up on the blogging thing!) Who doesn’t like fun colours in their architecture? Surprisingly a lot of people. Most professors I’ve had, and many professionals (not all of them of course) will tell you to use colour sparingly in…

    Don’t we all wish that we could work like this! Still accomplishing something but enjoying the great outdoors or having more fun in general! Studies do show that employees who are provided with built in “break” spaces and/or connections to nature are much more productive and of course happier. That said, obviously we…

TIANJIN BRIDGED GARDENS These Gardens located in the Hedong District , Tianjin City, China are a whirlwind of colour and texture in both landscape and hardscape. The project, completed in 2008, was a remediation project to improve the soil and water conditions on a site that was highly polluted and full of garbage. It looks…