When Apoorva Shroff was a child, her mother, a banker, told her about a client of hers who would send the architects in his building firm around the world. The architects’ mission was to be inspired by the beautiful buildings they saw and to replicate them in India. The best part of the job? The … Read more
Travis Price is an internationally renowned architect, author, philosopher and advocate of green architecture. He says, “We architects seed our future buildings in the sun while dreaming under history’s shade of mighty oaks. Nostalgia is not our vision for the future. Yet forever the past and its endless glories are the roots that let our … Read more
The Tiny Farm Fort was the first project of the Tiny Farm Lab, helmed by architect brothers Raghav and Ansh Kumar. 90 volunteers from over 18 countries arrived at a remote mountain forest in Rishikesh, India in 2021 to help build this house of cob. They say the project “was a consequence of a lifestyle … Read more
Natalie Musielski, a student in the Architecture program at Ferris State University in Michigan, imagined “Happy Walls,” a cooperative apartment complex for graduate students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks that leverages sustainable design principles and the psychological effects of light to counteract the negative mental health impacts of the region’s unusual seasonal light cycles. … Read more
With 25,000 euros and 1,000 hours of work, Maurizio Cesprini and his partner Paola Gardin rebuilt a ruined home in the medieval village of Ghesc, Italy. They hope other young families will consider their example with a plentiful supply of medieval ghost towns. They also feel drawn to save the rich architectural heritage of artisanal … Read more
When Riyadh-based Syn Architects organized workshops on rammed earth construction recently, it was amazed by the level of interest. Hanno Burtscher of Earthman led the workshops; Syn had worked with him on its recent Desert X rammed earth installation in AlUla. He also oversaw the rammed earth construction on a visitor pavilion in Riyadh. 2000m² … Read more