article thumbnail

Ceramics Supporting the New Reality: Healthcare Sector Architecture

Tile of Spain USA

This technique impedes the growth of micro-organisms and eliminates them, making this an ideal ceramic cladding for facilities with stringent regulations for safety and maximum standards of sanitation that are mandatory for the sake of visitor’s health. Gres de Aragón, Series Faveker Collection. Grespania, H&C Tiles.

Ceramics 130
article thumbnail

Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Contemporary Mobile Home in the UK’s New Forest Woodland

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

The architect described it as having a “feeling of solidity, serenity, and permanence” in The Architects’ Journal, which are not words commonly associated with spaces that conform to the 1968 Caravan Act. The house is constructed to PassivHaus standards and is at level four in the Code for Sustainable Homes.

Journal 40
article thumbnail

What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2018]

Life of an Architect

Architecture Lego Sets [27:09 – minute mark] Andrew Gift As a kid I loved Legos. I can often trace my interest in architecture back to this toy. The other class that I am starting to watch now is from architect Frank Gehry teaching design and architecture ( like I need that ) and so far, it’s extremely well done.

Journal 95
article thumbnail

What to Get an Architect for Christmas – 2016

Life of an Architect

I could also argue that boiling water is particularly handy for architecture students so they can eat those oh-so-delicious $0.99 Books For Architects I have a lot of books … but by the standards of most architects, I run kind of light in terms of actual numbers. The other positive to have a pocket knife only 2.5″?

Journal 40
article thumbnail

An Interior Designer's Bag 003 | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

So far we have seen the bag contents from an architect, an architecture student, a dry wall contractor, and for today, we finally get to take a look at what’s exactly inside the bag of an interior designer. As an architectural-studio trained designer, I’m skeptical about the lack of a thorough site analysis.

article thumbnail

You Make Your Own Opportunities | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Make Your Own Opportunities Make Your Own Opportunities Bob Borson — April 21, 2014 — 26 Comments Young architectural interns are awesome … full of promise and possibility. I’ve been around the architectural block more times than I care to admit at this stage of my career and I have learned a few things along the way.

Policies 109