Tag: Architecture, Modernity, and Design
Suprematist architecture is presented as speculative world-making
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in AestheticsStudy reframes Soviet Suprematist architecture as systematic speculative inquiry into cosmic space and post-human inhabitation, transcending conventional architectural constraints.
Regenerative interior design research has grown rapidly since 2017
Explore how bio-based and regenerative materials are transforming interior design. This systematic review analyzes research trends, biofabricated innovations like mycelium, and vernacular.
Sound installation created an aural space within a water tower
Site-specific sound installation study exploring aural architecture within Santiago water tower heritage structures through multichannel sonic composition and phenomenological spatial experience.
Chandigarh Capitol reflects Le Corbusier’s architectural concepts
Explore Le Corbusier’s Capitol administrative center in Chandigarh, analyzing how modernist urban planning principles were implemented in post-independence India through seven monumental structures.
Architectural laboratories can reconnect design with material agency
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in EpistemologyExplore how architectural laboratories restore material agency and resist reductionist approaches through situated engagement and distributed human-nonhuman collaboration in design practice.
Special issue surveys open building’s past, present, and future
Explore the Open Building movement’s legacy and future potential through longitudinal case studies, pedagogical applications, and evidence of successful adaptive design across diverse global contexts.
American architects pursued major projects in 1970s Iran
Explore American architects’ ambitious but largely unrealized projects in 1970s Iran, driven by oil wealth and Cold War economics but constrained by political instability and cultural disconnects.
Contextual factors shaped mosque design and construction in Greater Phoenix
Contextual framework for mosque construction in U.S. cities examining demographic, economic, social, and institutional factors shaping design and development processes.
Airport gate design is tied to traveler experience
Research examining relationships between airport boarding gate terminal design elements—lighting, amenities, aesthetics, seating—and traveler experience using mixed-methods analysis.
