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Richard Tenguerian (Armenian: Տիգրան Թընկըրեան; born, August 3, 1955) is an architectural model maker of Armenian descent.Some of his notable physical models include the Kingdom Center in Riyadh (1998), Yankee Stadium in New York (2006), The Sail @ Marina Bay in Singapore (2007), and Comcast Center in Philadelphia (2008).
A so-called "cathedral" mound produced by a termite colony. Structures built by non-human animals, often called animal architecture, [1] are common in many species. Examples of animal structures include termite mounds, ant hills, wasp and beehives, burrow complexes, beaver dams, elaborate nests of birds, and webs of spiders.
Architectural models are being constructed at a much smaller scale than their 1:1 counterpart. The scales and their architectural use are broadly as follows: 1:1 full (or real) size for details; 1:2 Details; 1:5 Details; 1:10 Interior spaces and furniture; 1:20 Interior spaces and furniture
TWA Flight Center, New York. Zoomorphic architecture is the practice of using animal forms as the inspirational basis and blueprint for architectural design. "While animal forms have always played a role adding some of the deepest layers of meaning in architecture, it is now becoming evident that a new strand of biomorphism is emerging where the meaning derives not from any specific ...
Richard Old was born in Staithes, North Yorkshire in about 1856.At about the age of twenty-five and living in Middlesbrough, he began making models. [1] For the next thirty-two years he continued to create models in the kitchen of his four-room cottage where he lived, at 6 Ruby Street Middlesbrough, until there were a total of 767 models contained in 128 packing cases.
Architects examining a model (urban planning) from a bird's-eye view, Rostock, 1955. The endoscope was invented in 1806 by Philipp Bozzini, in medicine it was used to look inside the human body. [1] In 1954, the Paris-based German architect, Martin Schulz van Treeck (van Treeck), was the first to use endoscopes for visualisation of ...
Biomimetic architecture is a branch of the new science of biomimicry defined and popularized by Janine Benyus in her 1997 book (Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature). ). Biomimicry (bios - life and mimesis - imitate) refers to innovations inspired by nature as one which studies nature and then imitates or takes inspiration from its designs and processes to solve human problem
Lego Architecture (stylized as LEGO Architecture) is a Lego theme that aims to "celebrate the past, present and future of architecture through the Lego Brick". [2] The brand includes a series of Lego sets designed by "Architectural Artist" Adam Reed Tucker, and each contain the pieces and instructions to build a model of a famous architectural building or city skyline in micro-scale.