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Peter Molick The exit sign—humble, omnipresent, code-mandated—is begrudged by designers. Perched above doors and in the nooks of long corridors, its fluorescent letters glow, gleefully indifferent to any adjacent color palettes, finishes, and details. Though essential in emergency situations, the exit sign is often the bane of architecture practitioners. “We thought it was an area that was ripe for design, ” says Mark Wamble, a founding principal of Houston-based Interloop—Architecture. By stripping the sign down to its core—the four letters, E-X-I-T—he…
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Design Scotland
Cramasie wins the prestigious iF Product Design Award for Deisgn Excellence in 2016! Cramasie and Rider Developments attended the festive awards ceremony of the iF design awards night on 26 February 2016 in Munich to receive the prestigious Product Design award. The iF design awards night is the design event of the year. Some 2, guests from the international design world, from the media and from business and politics celebrated the iF design award winners at BMW World in Munich. Mountain bikers spend most of their day pedaling uphill with the…
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Home to Scotland’s outstanding national collection of modern and contemporary art, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art includes two buildings, Modern One and Modern Two. Modern One Works from the Gallery’s collection, plus special loans, are presented here. The early part of the collection features French and Russian art from the beginning of the twentieth century, cubist paintings and superb holdings of expressionist and modern British art. Special highlights include paintings by Matisse and Picasso. The Gallery also has an outstanding…
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2016 has been designated as a year in which scotland’s achievements in innovation, architecture and design will be showcased and celebrated with a programme of activity aimed at supporting and driving the nation’s tourism and events sector. Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design in 2016 will be led by VisitScotland and partners including Architecture + Design Scotland, National Museums Scotland, Festival of Architecture 2016 and V&A Museum of Design Dundee. From cutting-edge technology to textiles, architecture and craft…
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By David Odgers A sound approach to the conservation of historic graveyard and cemetery monuments requires an assessment of their form, materials and relative significance, as well as their condition and attendant risks. The care of monuments entails a range of preventive and remedial treatments, within an effective management framework. This document provides guidance on best practice for the assessment, planning and implementation of conservation work to monuments as well as legal frameworks and statutory duties. It is intended for anyone interested…
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The French colonists developed the Creole Cottage, the earliest house form designed in the area that would become the state of Mississippi. Drawing by Richard Cawthon. Courtesy Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The De La Point-Krebs house in Pascagoula, Mississippi, built around 1770, is a good example of the Creole Cottage, and is the earliest surviving building in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Courtesy Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Anglo-American settlers introduced the vernacular I-House form to Mississippi…
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De Anza College offers an extensive course list to help you achieve your goals, which may include: Transfer to a four-year college or university Improve your job skills Seek a new career Take classes for personal enrichment. Our academic programs provide specialized career/technical areas of study, Associate in Arts and Science degrees, and lower-division major and general education courses required for transfer. CERTIFICATES and DEGREES Certificate Programs are focused on a particular area of study and designed for students who wish to prepare…
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You might dream of attending one of the best schools of architecture in the UK. If so, this list released by The Guardian will put some order in your choices. Cambridge University occupies the first place in the Guardian’s annual rankings among the best architecture schools in the UK. With a solid academic reputation going back some 800 years, University of Cambridge propelled into the first place this year as the top architecture school in the UK. Meanwhile, UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture dropped to the second spot after spending three years…
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The Royal Mile runs through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, connecting the magnificent Edinburgh Castle, perched high on a base of volcanic rock, with the splendorous Palace of Holyroodhouse, resting in the shadow of Arthur s Seat. The Mile is overlooked by impressive, towering tenements, between which cobbled closes and narrow stairways interlock to create a secret underground world. Peppered with superb attractions such as The Real Mary King’s Close or the Scottish Storytelling Centre, historical sites including St Giles Cathedral and some…
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