In 1648 the Amsterdam architect Philips Vingboons (1607–1678) published his first book with engravings of his own designs from the past decade1. In the introduction he wrote a brief history of architecture, from its biblical and antique origens up to his own time, including finally his own work. He informs us that in Holland “only recently had the love for true architecture according to the principles and rules of

In my last post, I talked about Expressive HTML and the importance of writing your markup from the content out. This idea—that you start at a granular level and work your way outward, building context...

Ku’damm-Eck, Berlin The large-scale building volume is a combination of a form penetrating the socle along the site boundaries and a circular form, which conti...

Architecture and design is deeply rooted in mathematics, and the most obvious example of this is the ‘golden ratio’ a formula, dating back to 300 BC.

In 1648 the Amsterdam architect Philips Vingboons (1607–1678) published his first book with engravings of his own designs from the past decade1. In the introduction he wrote a brief history of architecture, from its biblical and antique origens up to his own time, including finally his own work. He informs us that in Holland “only recently had the love for true architecture according to the principles and rules of

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