A personal review of design creations


#BrickWeek 1 - Krushi Bhawan
Architecture Cyril Zammit Architecture Cyril Zammit

#BrickWeek 1 - Krushi Bhawan

For indoor or outdoor, for humble shelters or sophisticated homes, bricks are providing solutions for every architectural need. Today’s project involves bricks of course but much more by supporting local craftsmanship too.

Season One, Episode Three: India.

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#BrickWeek 1 - Cuckoo House
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#BrickWeek 1 - Cuckoo House

"No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune." ~ Plutarch. This ancient wisdom demonstrates the power of this humble material that has gone through the ages… Let’s start today a week dedicated to the brick!

Season One, Episode One: Vietnam.

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Lourcine: from Military to Civil Law
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Lourcine: from Military to Civil Law

In Paris’ 13th Arrondissement, the former Lourcine military barracks erected in 1875 are now home of an extension of University of Paris I. A library, a lecture theatre, classrooms and offices are now installed within the old buildings and in basement levels under the parade ground.

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The Rajasthan School
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The Rajasthan School

Imbibing the organic character of Indian villages & old cities, the Rajasthan School is a low rise 3 level school with open, enclosed and semi-enclosed spaces of various volumes.

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#LifeAfterLockdown – Berghaus Zallinger
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#LifeAfterLockdown – Berghaus Zallinger

For the last post of our series, we mix everything… The location is Italian but people speak German, the mountains are stunning in the winter but remain an endless field for Summer activities too… And the interior combines here as well traditional wood structures with contemporary flavours…

Episode Eight: Berghaus Zallinger, Italy.

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#RamadanSeries - Shah Faisal Mosque
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#RamadanSeries - Shah Faisal Mosque

The journey continues but this week, we look at one of five biggest mosques in the world. Imagined in 1966, this building is a splendid realisation by a Turkish architect.

Season 2 - Episode 3: Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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