We’ve decided to dedicate two issues, back-to-back, to a single subject for the very first time. We’ve been developing the concept of the healthcare issue, together with guest-editor Irena Hradecká, since last December, until it finally grew too big and complex to fit in one magazine. Architecture of Health came out in February and it was, paradoxically, mostly about disease. By the same token, Architecture of Care will be a lot about death. After all, both are natural parts of life, much as we like to tell ourselves otherwise.
» entire articleAť už stavíme moderní komerční projekty, veřejné budovy, nebo tradiční rodinné domy, nepochybně je vhodné, aby všechny prvky – stavební, technické i vizuální – byly v souladu s celkovým vyzněním stavby z pohledu funkce i designu. Jaké dveřní kování vybrat, pokud chceme využít aktuální trendy?
» entire articlePrvní krok k široce dostupné automatizaci výroby, otevření se novým možnostem a šance posunout se mílovými kroky do budoucnosti. Generativní design je rostoucí fenomén, díky němuž lidé spojují síly s umělou inteligencí, a mohou tak objevovat dosud nevídaná konstrukční řešení. Příběhy společností, které díky generativnímu navrhování dosáhly dílčích úspěchů ve svém oboru, denně přibývají. Zavádějí ho světové značky, ale i start-upy či univerzity.
» entire articleIn her newest book X-Ray Architecture, architectural historian and theorist Beatriz Colomina analyzes the connection between architecture and disease. She looks at the relationship between tuberculosis and the evolution and growing popularity of modern architecture. She also asks how different pathologies of the beginning of the 20th century, like post-war trauma or the industrialization of cities, affected architecture. Last but not least, she considers the wider societal influence of new technological discoveries in medical diagnosis and practice.
» entire articleThe renovation of the ruins of the Helfštýn castle, perched on a rocky knoll over the town of Týn nad Bečvou near Olomouc, was finally completed last year after years of meticulous archeological examination, masonry and render restoration. But it wasn’t really a renovation in the common sense of the word, nor was it the sort of romantic reimagining and rebuilding once so popular with these types of historical monuments. The majority of changes, including safety pile foundations, bracing of walls, or restoring the existing old renders, will stay invisible to the visitors. The only conspicuous contemporary element is a new glass roof and a polished-concrete and corten-steel visitor route.
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