Fyren is a residential project completed by Omar Gandhi Architect in 2015. It is located in Purcells Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Fyren by Omar Gandhi Architect: “The home is a beacon high atop the hillside. Set atop one of the highest sea-side plateaus in the Halifax area, the residence has clear views of both point pleasant park and the open water. Formally, the home twists and turns towards the..
Job of the week: head of design at the V&A Museum
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a head of design at London’s V&A Museum, which exhibited British architect Sam Jacob’s replica refugee shelter at the Venice Biennale (pictured). Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Comic Break: “Taking the AREs: Employer Support”
Courtesy of Architexts
Let’s face it, becoming a licensed architect is not for everyone, and is certainly not necessary to having a fulfilling career. Becoming a licensed architect is not easy. For many, it’s not a decision; becoming licensed has always been the plan. For others, there are lots of factors involved that make pursuing licensure a difficult decision. It’s an important decision to make, and will affect your life, personally and professionally. Professional support for pursuing an architecture license may vary from firm to firm, but it is very important that everyone who wants to be licensed get some form of support from their employer. From the smallest firms to the largest, architecture as an industry has a responsibility to architects of tomorrow to do their part to achieve that ultimate professional goal of becoming an architect.
In our webcomic, Architexts, the character Scott decided it was time to get licensed, and started taking the Architect Registration Exams. Over the course multiple comics, you can follow Scott’s path to licensure; from making the decision to take the exams, studying, taking the first exam, waiting for results, studying, studying, studying… all the things that every licensed architect takes. Can you relate to Scott’s experiences? Let us know, we’d love to hear from you for our next book project, Architects, LOL.
Micaella Pedros explains how to make furniture using discarded plastic bottles
Graduate shows 2016: design graduate Micaella Pedros demonstrates how heat-shrunk plastic bottles can be used to create stable furniture joints in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the Royal College of Art (+ movie). (more…)
MA House / PYO arquitectos
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- Architects: PYO arquitectos
- Location: Calle de Maldonado, Madrid, Spain
- Architect In Charge: Paul Galindo Pastre, Ophélie Herranz Lespagnol
- Design Team: Natalia Vera Vigaray, Lian Blok
- Area: 80.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Imagen Subliminal
- Construction: Mario Mirca
- Client: Private
- Budget: 50,000 euros
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From the architect. Before its renovation, the apartment had a dark corridor and a dark entrance hall giving access to a sequence of small rooms.
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The main objective of the project is to provide natural light to the entrance hall and the corridor and to bring closer the kitchen and the living room.
Floor Plan Before
Floor Plan After
The kitchen becomes a space of social character linked to the entrance of the house, extending its use beyond the mere act of cooking and eating. The project promotes a domestic space of relationship while linking visually and programmatically the hall and the kitchen.
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A 45 degrees oriented bedroom introduces a new direction in the use of the apartment, articulating the hall and the kitchen. This movement is reflected in the way the apartment is used, in the arrangement of the pavements and in the treatment of the vertical surfaces.
Axonometric
The kitchen ceramic tiling folds out to the entrance area, defining a space “in between two” uses, “in between two” materialities, bringing natural light up to the entrance door of the apartment. The same material is also used in the bathrooms, with variations in the joints colors: grey in hall and kitchen, red and blue in bathrooms.
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The courtyard natural light enters into the hall through longitudinal voids made in the top of the walls. Plywood details are given special attention, making visible the assembly of the elements, defining the transitions between materials and planes through the graduation of shades and thicknesses.
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A Cozy Wooden Cabin in Straumsnes, Norway
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💙 Across the Bay on 500px by Amir Salehi, Walnut Creek,…
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OMA uses coloured mirrors and aluminium foam for Repossi Vendôme store interior
4 Ways To Be More Polite
We all like to see ourselves as happy people. We are generally happy with where we are, what we are doing, and how we are doing it. The only perspective we ever have in life is our own, based on what we see and feel. In that sense, how to express happiness, trust, sadness, and the rest of our emotions, is the best way we know how to do it.
But certainly there are times when you’ve watched a video and seen some really happy people; motivating, comforting, encouraging. You thought, wow, these people surely know how to express themselves. What exactly are they doing differently? Do they have a better understanding of manners than you do? We go to websites for guidance about manners, ideas and fears that we have. We want to present ourselves at our best, make good first impressions and instill positive energy into others.
Sometimes even at our most well-to-do behaviour we can find room for improvement. In an effort to be polite, sometimes we try too hard and forget about others; or get too excited and it comes off as being arrogant!
1. Compliment others
We are the sum of our environment; a lifetime of exposure, people, influences and places. If you are at a public event there is no limit to the thanks you can give to others, or support you can show to their cause. If you need to draw attention to yourself, give it to others first; as they say, respect is not given, it is earned. These days it is quite popular to be subtle about most things, as people are afraid to off end others in the wake of an energetic social performance. Don’t be afraid – use your energy to deliver thanks and praise to others. Be enthusiastic and true to your words. There’s no reason to be shy. We look up to charismatic people for their energy; where we have the same energy, but are just afraid to use it. Tell someone they look good in that dress; compliment someone’s attire when they least expect it; thank them for something simple. It shows you have an eye for detail, and the social room to deliver.
2. Don’t say anything negative
This is worth an entire article. Even when you are at your most polite, we often get into conversations about opinions and it is important for us to find new ways to express disapproval or disagreement. Think of teachers who have to say something positive to the parents about a poorly behaved student, despite his downsides. Think of all the times you’ve heard someone at a party start a rebuttal with:
- “Oh I hated that part when he…”
- “Oh I could never wear that colour it looks horrible on me…”
- “The wine tastes awful and…”
- “I can ’ t believe she would…I would never”
There are as many bad adjectives in English as there are good, and we need to steer clear of them when we are talking to others. Use phrases with positive direction such as: I could see your opinion on that, though I prefer… Thanks for your suggestion, but I have better experience with… Its nice to try new wines; this one has a lighter body than I am used to… Although I see where she is coming from, I believe…
3. Respect your stance
If you are in a casual disagreement with someone you don’t know well it’s easy to just agree with them for the sake of small talk. Maybe you just want them to go away or stop talking. We’ve all been there! Though it’s a comfortable path to just say
- “Oh, I know how you feel!”,
about pretty much anything, sometimes lying for the sake of small talk makes you feel poorly, and usually the other person can see right through it as well. There are ways to deter certain topics, change the mood or respect your own opinion. In order to be more polite to others you must also be polite to yourself. You can easily disagree with others without causing conflict by keeping a positive tone of voice , being aware of your body language, and smiling. Small gestures like this act defensively, where the other person will be able to read your positive disagreement, and understand that it’s not balanced to continue the conversation. You two will subconsciously steer the topic into more friendly water until both parties are happy.
4. Body language
Today when people usually have a designer handbag and iPhone 6 in their hands at all times, we tend to forget classic social body language. In Europe it is still popular to greet and provide each other with a kiss on the cheek. Even younger people continue the tradition in a forward moving culture, just like American teenagers are revitalizing sales of vinyl records. Don’t forget, when it’s appropriate, to embrace, shake hands, and use your body language to accentuate your words and praises. They make you a more characteristic and memorable person, and people will easily remember your rhetoric and positive attitude.
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