Site analysis – Visit
The very first task you should do at the beginning of the design phase is to visit the site. What is there waiting for you? How much space? What constraints?…
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August 27, 2017
Mentor – Mentee
Even though the school is starting on Wednesday, I was there already on Saturday and Monday as well. And you might ask. Why? At the end of the second semester,…
August 22, 2017
Too much on my plate and school is coming
Summer holidays are going to end in a few days for me and I barely finished a fraction of what I intended to do. Sad realization. But maybe it is…
August 18, 2017
Introducing archilectures
Observant subscribers probably noticed that I DID NOT post anything on Friday. Why is that? I realized that people might not be that interested in opinions and personal life, but…
August 14, 2017
vitamin green
Another great book to light up your mind is definitely 'vitamin green'.This book provides an up-to-date view of contemporary sustainable design and architecture. Published by Phaidon, at more than 350…
August 9, 2017
Testing ideas
I am in the process of making another book. If it is worth publishing is yet to see, but one of the stages I want to share with you is…
August 6, 2017
Jutaku: Japanese Houses
Jutaku is a Japanese word that means house, the major theme of this book by Naomi Pollock. And since they are in Japan, these houses which can be found in…
August 4, 2017
Sound of silence
Visiting galleries is a great experience for me. And many times it is not because of the artwork. Last week I had an honour to visit an exhibition at the…
August 1, 2017
Turned twenty
Oh my... another year older. I wanted to write something clever about aging. Something like that wine gets better as it gets older, but that is not always true. Or…
July 31, 2017
Used to be my home
Coming to my parents house to Czech Republic is always strange. It used to be my home for eighteen years. It is not anymore. I live thousand kilometers away, in…
July 28, 2017