Hot or not?
OK, this doesn't really exist as a comic, but if it did I'd be camping out overnight to get a copy. Just imagine, Charles & Ray Eames as design 'superheroes' (which they really...
Buried a bit in the schedules Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the history of mankind through the objects we make. This is the kind of short programme the Beeb does well. Great as a podcast.
It is not often that you can point to something produced by a major pharmaceutical company and say "that is a really good piece of design", but I would suggest this is one of those.
Durham is, by far, the most interesting of the English cathedrals - as well as one of the oldest. From its stunning position at the top of the hill, surrounded by a maze of medieval streets, to it's transitional status (being partly romanesque and...
Often held up as being the pinnacle of gothic architecture, Chartres is so much more than a building. Begun relatively early in the period that we now think of as Gothic, it is pioneering in so many ways.
The way the light plays through the 'gabian basket' construction of this part of the winery is simply sublime. In using the gabions, H&D are able to keep the stored wine in a cool space without...
This is one of the seminal projects of deconstruction. This project single-handedly changed the way we think about architecture. Its use of fragments and distributed function was a precursor to the way that we now think about many aspects of...
This is probabl the most uncomfortable chair you can find, but it is still 'hot'.
In a series of simple planes and 'sticks', Rietveld has summed up the entire deStijl spirit. Oddly enough, the chair existed as a natural wood design and was only...
This is best looking bad building in years!
An amazing piece of design, structure and function; true. But, it uses something like 2 times the amount of energy as the main stadium built for the Sydney Olympics 4 years earlier. Given the way...
This will probably be controversial, but I'm going to suggest that this 'iconic' building is distinctly NOT hot.