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Michael Brickler, Thom Mayne, Livio Santini, James Stafford. Headquarters. Los Angeles, California. New York City. Number of employees. >60 (2019) Website. morphosis.com. Morphosis Architects is an interdisciplinary architectural and design practice based in Los Angeles and New York City.
International. Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design, it was used in railroad locomotives, telephones, toasters, buses, appliances, and ...
Definitions. Architecture can mean: A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures. [8] The art and science of designing buildings and (some) nonbuilding structures [8]; sometimes called "architectonics" [9] The style of design and method of construction of buildings and other physical structures.
A design is the concept of or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word design refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something – its design. The verb to design expresses the process of developing a design.
Sustainable landscape architecture. Sustainable landscape architecture is a category of sustainable design concerned with the planning and design of the built and natural environments. [1][2] The design of a sustainable landscape encompasses the three pillars of sustainable development: economic well-being, social equity and environmental ...
Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture. Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture is an architecture manifesto conceived by architect, Le Corbusier. [1] It outlines five key principles of design that he considered to be the foundations of the modern architectural discipline, which would be expressed through much of his designs. [2]
Jeffersonian architecture is an American form of Neo-Classicism and/or Neo-Palladianism embodied in the architectural designs of U.S. President and polymath Thomas Jefferson, after whom it is named. These include his home (Monticello), his retreat (Poplar Forest), the university he founded (University of Virginia), and his designs for the homes ...
Pentagram is a design firm. It was founded in 1972, by Alan Fletcher, Theo Crosby, Colin Forbes, Kenneth Grange, and Mervyn Kurlansky at Needham Road, Notting Hill, London. The company has offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Berlin and Austin, Texas. In addition to its influential work, the firm is known for its unusual structure ...