Linear cities; a bad idea A linear city is an urban plan consisting of an elongating urban formation. This kind of urban plan occurs naturally in some instances. For...
Posted by | 6th August 2021
Classical Mathematics in Architecture Classical math is closely related to classical geometry in architecture. A subject I have discussed in a previous post here. This is not a complete...
Posted by | 12th April 2021
Parametric Design is Systems Thinking The time of Modernism has ended and the Bauhaus as an educational system is no longer relevant. The obsession of Modernists with the machine, linearity,...
Posted by | 5th November 2020
Contemporary and Parametric Geometries in Architecture Carrying on from the previous list of historical geometries in architecture, it’s time to look into contemporary geometry typologies. These increasingly depend on mathematics...
Posted by | 4th November 2020
11 Classical Architectural Geometries The type and use of geometry in architecture is a fundamental element of the variation between styles or language of architecture. The type of geometry is...
Posted by | 3rd March 2020
The Sublime versus the Pretty "The Beautiful Origin from the Latin bell(us) fine + -ity (state or function). The quality present in a thing or person that gives intense...