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Architectural House Design – Why Bespoke Design is Best!
Posted by in Architecture on December 25, 2011
Architectural House Design will provide you with a home that ‘stands out from the crowd’, is functional and perfectly suited to your lifestyle and taste. The fact is that engaging an architect to work with you in designing your home can sound both daunting and expensive yet ironically as far as both these scenarios are concerned this doesn’t have to be the case.
What I have found with many of my clients is that when I have been involved from the early stage the design works. It works from two aspects cost and functionality. Whether you like it or not, from my experience it’s very difficult (but not impossible) to get that ‘magic touch’ on completion if you and your architect don’t become ‘immersed’ in what you want. You know, the feeling that Yep, this is exactly as I dreamed it would turn out! This is especially vital when it comes to renovation projects utilising modern architecture design.
Architects in Hampstead, London and Kensington in particular will know that houses in these areas are ‘period’ properties with new housing stock coming on to the market that are usually flats – houses are rare. This makes it difficult not only to find properties that are suitable for integrating contemporary architecture design but also to get the necessary planning applications through. Read the rest of this entry »
Medieval and Gothic Architecture History and Origins
Posted by in Architecture on October 12, 2011
Architecture is the living voice of the past and a window into history that reveals decades of knowledge and theology. In essence, Gothic Architecture, also known as Medieval architecture, is the product of multiple generations of influence. Characteristics include the pointed arch, ribbed vault and flying buttress. Spanning from the 12th to the 16th century this style of architecture, also termed “French Style” flourished and peaked during the high and late medieval period. The heart of the art evolved from Romanesque architecture, which later developed into Renaissance architecture.
Interestingly, the term “Gothic” used to describe this form of architecture is quite misleading as it implies that this genre of architectural design was heavily influenced by the Goths or Visigoth tribes. In actuality, those tribes were vanquished by the 6th century and thus their influence on architecture design is non-existent. It is by mere convention that the term “Gothic Architecture” is used to describe these distinctive designs. Read the rest of this entry »