Bricks Decoded: Curved Brick Buildings.Curves. And bricks. These are two concepts we donât usually associate with each other, at least not straight away, right? Since I personally love nothing more than challenging that which weâve all come to expect, I thought it...
Stories On Design // Cunning Cantilevers.The soaring cantilever is a daring thing of beauty. Cantilever speaks of ambition, inspiration, unconventionality and an aversion for doing things the easy way. Itâs the extreme sport of architecture as it defies gravity and screams...
Stories On Design // Iran’s Contemporary Architecture Boom.Contemporary architecture in Iran is flourishing. New building typologies are being explored with passion, rigour and ingenuity. There are some bold and daring statements alongside subtle and sophisticated expressions. This awakening is...
Iranian Photographer Jalal Sepehr’s Images Translate a Communityâs Hardship into a Visual Metaphor.Jalal Sepehr's arresting images offer the Iranian photographer's personal perspective on global affairs, translating a communityâs hardship into a visual metaphor. The title of Sepehr's 'Red Zone' series refers to the unending state...
Architect Photographs Extraordinary Ceilings in Iran.Armed with his iPhone, Iranian architect and âinstagram photographerâ @m1rasoulifard takes spectacularly beautiful kaleidoscopic images of mosque ceilings in his native city, Tehran. From the oldest mosques in the city that date...