Gone are the days when most people see smart homes as luxurious or fanciful. Instead, more homeowners are opting for the smart option, which will most likely sustain the trend into the long foreseeable future. Why? We now have tons of devices specially built to automate household processes. In addition, experts are constantly exploring the […]
Author: Architects North East
Construction 3D Printing Explained
Construction 3D printing entails all the technologies that rely on the 3D printing method to fabricate parts of buildings or the entire building. There are various techniques of 3D printing used in construction. The commonly used ones include Powder Bonding and Extrusion. While Power Bonding involves polymer bond, reactive bond, and sintering, Extrusion involves cement […]
The search for beauty in religious places: Hagia Sophia
Religion has always been a sensitive subject in human history and it is believed that places of worship were the first buildings in the world. To move forward in the field of architecture innovations first we need to understand our past. Fortunately, many buildings around the world were witness to human history and can still […]
Introduction to Thermal Comfort in Earthships
What is an Earthship? An Earthship is an unusual form of the passive solar building with a couple of typologically outstanding features. For instance, there is an elongated plan form sitting on the east-west axis. Its sun-facing side receives an extensive amount of glazing on the sun. Its berm is against the other three flanks, […]
Floating Architecture Is Fast Becoming Mainstream
Every new day comes with the news of increasing risk from unexpected storm surges and rising sea levels due to global climate change. The risks are even higher in coastal cities like Shanghai, New York, etc. In the same vein, cities like Amsterdam, London, and Lagos, which are continually dealing with double urban pressures of […]