Architecture/Meaning
Imagine a building made of water. It features liquid curtains for walls - curtains that not only can be programmed to display images or messages but can also sense an approaching object and automatically part to let it through.
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*see building photo on blog page
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Key Phrase: building with water, digital waterfalls
- Date: July 10, 2007
- Source: MIT News
Architecture/Meaning
How do humans respond to different water features used in urban plazas?
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Key Phrase: response to water features
- Date: October, 2003
- Source: Landscape Research, Vol. 28, No. 4
Architecture/Meaning
“Buildings convey meaning, whether they are meant to or not,” Nasar said. “So it makes sense that buildings be designed to indicate their use. But our results suggest it doesn't often happen.”
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Key Phrase: public buildings don't convey function
- Date: NA
- Source: Ohio State University
Architecture/Meaning
about the Seattle Central Library - "This library, incredibly, is an uncomfortable place to read. The third-level "Living Room," which has the feel of a vast indoor park, is not conducive to intimacy with a book."
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Key Phrase: Seattle Central Library
- Date: March 27, 2007
- Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Architecture/Meaning
For years contractors, real estate agents and event planners have said that whether building, buying or planning an event, a higher or vaulted ceiling is always better. Are they right? Until now there has been no real evidence that ceiling height has any influence or advantage with consumers. But recent research by Joan Meyers-Levy, a professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, suggests that the way people think and act is affected by ceiling height.
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Key Phrase: ceiling height can affect how a person thinks, feels and acts
- Date: NA
- Source: University of Minnesota
Architecture/Modern
How do you get taken seriously as an architect if you're seen as being a bit of a prankster? If the kind of buildings you design do not accord with the Establishment view of what a building should be?
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Key Phrase: FAT, Fashion, Architecture, Taste
- Date: January 15, 2006
- Source: The Sunday Times, London
Architecture/Modular
"Open Architecture means that it is possible to substitute, upgrade, replace, maintain or repair any building system independent of all other building systems."
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Key Phrase: open architecture and modular design
- Date: 2007
- Source: Francis Loetterle, Architect
Architecture/Prototypes
Called Desert Seal, the tent is a prototype for a one-person inflatable tent for use in desert conditions. It is light, easy to transport and simple to set-up.
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Key Phrase: innovative tent
- Date: October 20, 2005
- Source: European Space Agency
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