Pavers are slabs, tiles, and blocks that can be made from various materials, such as rubber, brick (clay), concrete, flagstone, marble, travertine, porcelain, and even plastic. Concrete pavers are manufactured in a factory by pouring a combination of concrete and ...
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13 Types of Domes in Architecture
A dome is an architectural element that is curved in shape and forms the top half of a sphere. Domes do not need any internal support and can cover a great area while using very little quantity of material. Domes ...
6 Principles of Biophilic Design
Biophilic designs are innovative ways of incorporating nature into buildings and modern architecture. Biophilia means the human tendency to interact or be closely associated with other forms of life in nature. This concept is incorporated into the building industry to ...
What is Neuroarchitecture?
Neuroarchitecture is the discipline dealing with the design of efficient spaces by studying the relationship between health and buildings with the application of neuroscience. It studies the impact of architectural elements on the emotional and physical health of the people. In ...
How to Provide Shading for Passive Solar Building?
Regulating the amount of sunlight that is admitted into a building is an important aspect of passive solar design. It prevents excess heat gain in warm and sunny weather, which can otherwise lead to an increase in the consumption of ...
How to Plan Rooms in Passive Solar Building?
The layout of rooms in a passive solar building is important because an intelligent arrangement can reduce energy consumption and increase comfortability. The layout of different spaces in a house relies on their utilization in each season and at various ...
Tube Structural System: Types & Features
A tubular structural system is used in high-rise buildings to resist lateral loads like wind and seismic forces. These lateral load resisting systems let the building behave like a hollow cylindrical tube cantilevered perpendicular to the ground. Thus the structure ...
Russian Quintessential: Cantilever Pipe-Shaped Holiday Home
Moscow’s chief architect, Sergey Kuznetsov, designed a cantilever pipe-shaped holiday home named “Russian Quintessential” on the edge of a slope in Russia’s Nikola-Lenivets Art Park. The unique art object has been opened for the annual Archstoyanie Festival, also called Russia’s ...