In the first of a series of case studies on the way architects incorporate research into practice, Kat Martindale explores how Tonkin Liu uses physical model making and digital modelling analysis to inform its built work.
Researcher, writer, urbanist and educator Kat Martindale debunks the misconceptions that prevent architectural practices from undertaking research.
Research Research by Piercy & Company and Material Architecture Lab into digitally-augmented manual crafts shows great potential for design and for the construction industry, explains Guan Lee
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The international CobBauge collaboration aims to give new impetus to a traditional building material, says Anthony Hudson
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Biotechnology is the future for architecture, and it starts now, says Martyn Dade-Robertson
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A speculative design proposal – now the basis of a film by Grant Gee – shows that London can expand inside the Green Belt , says its author Peter Barber
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Peter Murray visits the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid, where the architect’s work will be used to shape discussion about the issues of tomorrow
