Reading Architecture as a Book

The standards for classifying good or terrible architecture are usefulness and beauty, or what we commonly refer to as practicality and aesthetics. However, practicality might quickly direct us toward functionalism, which is the only viable option, or toward the design of sculptural structures. The architect Le Corbusier once stated, “If you create a house with stone, wood, and concrete, that’s just a building; if you touch my heart, that’s architecture.” However, perhaps the readability of architecture might serve as a criterion for good architecture: Reading architecture as a book with complete words and sentences that stand up to careful consideration.

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Legibility and readability are two different concepts in architecture. Architectural legibility is a term used to describe the degree to which a building facilitates the ability

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Edificio AN 867 / CRB Arquitectos

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  • Area Areas of this architecture project Areas:
    1416 m²

  • year Completion year of this architecture project

    Years :


    2022


  • Photographs

  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers : AutoDesk, Grupo Arca, Holcim, Hunter Douglas, Trimble Navigation

  • Lead Architects :

    Sebastian Canales, Javier Rivero Borrell

Edificio AN 867 / CRB Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade
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Text description provided by the architects. AN 867 is a vertical development located in the State of Mexico in a residential area to the west of Mexico City. The project seeks to adapt to the environment with the use of sober materials such as concrete and natural pine wood. The building is located on a 268m2 area of ​​land and has 4 levels of apartments and two basements for parking. The building has an access patio

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Fairytale House / Hinzstudio

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  • Area Areas of this architecture project Areas:
    257 m²

  • year Completion year of this architecture project

    Years :


    2022


  • Photographs

  • Lead Architect :

    Phan Văn Trn Tuấn

Fairytale House / Hinzstudio - Exterior Photography, Windows
© Quang Tran

Text description provided by the architects. Fairytale is built in a rural area located far from the center of Da Nang city. The house is the dream of a peaceful and poetic home of a young couple and two dogs.

Where the project is located in peaceful countryside with fields and green bamboo bushes. Behind the mountains in the distance, every day you can watch the sunset and sunrise from the house. The disadvantage of the site is the fact that this place often receives annual floods with the water level rising more than one meter. In addition, the small land area

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