Metabolist architecture
The Japanese group known as the Metabolists proposed a new kind of architecture based on values of adaptability and change. Their visionary designs included...
Archigram
The British group Archigram formed in the 1960s as a forum for architectural discussions and ideas. Its projects existed mainly on paper, but its...
Progress in engineering as a challenge for architects
The innovations and the development of engineering that gave an impetus to the Industrial Revolution also prepared the ground for revolutionary changes in the...
Dissonance between the engineering potential and the academic tradition
The development of innovative technologies opened up undreamt of possibilities for the creation of space and building in architecture. However, despite the enormous transformations...
Architecture of railway stations
Russian Art Nouveau differs from Western European by the pitched roofs of the main building and the outbuildings of numerous turrets that were used...
The architecture of the city through the eyes of a modern...
A beautifully built city, each building of which was built under the guidance of an experienced architect, can have a very different effect not...
