RTF Architectural Reviews Archives - RTF | Rethinking The Future https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/category/rtf-architectural-reviews/ Architecture Awards | Courses | Magazine Tue, 28 Nov 2023 04:52:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-rethinkingthefuture-favicon-1-32x32.jpg RTF Architectural Reviews Archives - RTF | Rethinking The Future https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/category/rtf-architectural-reviews/ 32 32 An architectural review of location: Herzegovina https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/a11498-an-architectural-review-of-location-herzegovina/ Thu, 23 Nov 2023 06:59:07 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=445168 With Bosnia being the larger and more southern of the two, Bosnia and Herzegovina are made up of two main geographical regions. It has never enjoyed administrative recognition within the confines of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economic and geographic division, nor has it ever possessed clearly defined limits concerning geography, culture, or history. Four significant historical [...]

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]]> Museums of the World: Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/museums-of-the-world-mauritshuis-in-the-hague-netherlands/ Thu, 23 Nov 2023 06:44:07 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=445153 Mauritshuis, a palace made for Count John Maurice of Nassau in 1673, currently exhibits Dutch and Flemish artworks of master artists such as Rembrandt Van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Roelant Savery, Jan Steen, Peter Paul Reubens and Frans Hals. The Royal Gallery, situated within this palace in the Hague, houses the highest number of masterpieces per [...]

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]]> Optimizing Bedside Space, The Advantages of Wall and Pendant Lights Over Table Lamps by Janavi Javeri https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/optimizing-bedside-space-the-advantages-of-wall-and-pendant-lights-over-table-lamps-by-janavi-javeri/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:36:52 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=444940 Renowned for her expertise in interior styling and as the creative force behind Walls and Things, Janavi Javeri consistently injects vitality into spaces through innovative solutions. Today, in her quest to enhance the visual appeal of bedside areas, Janavi sheds light on the concealed advantages of opting for wall and pendant lights instead of traditional [...]

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]]> Museums of the World: Mercedes-Benz Museum https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/a11485-museums-of-the-world-mercedes-benz-museum/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:30:00 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=444792 Museums today: The art of display has evolved to the extent that museums stand as massive pieces of display themselves. Architects wish to depict a story through these museum spaces. They wish to guide the user systematically in a way that they understand the concept better. The Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart, Germany is one [...]

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]]> Book in Focus: Women Design: Pioneers from the twentieth century to today by Libby Sellers https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/a11466-book-in-focus-women-design-pioneers-from-the-twentieth-century-to-today-by-libby-sellers/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 06:10:37 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=444595 Voicing out how “design is, and always has been, a patriarchal industry with women being outnumbered by their male counterparts”, Women Design: Pioneers from the twentieth century to today, penned by Libby Sellers and published by Francis Lincon in an attempt to “redress this balance” as Libby identifies a need for it, is a 176-page [...]

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]]> Museums of the World: Acropolis Museum https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/a11436-museums-of-the-world-acropolis-museum/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 04:48:29 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=444352 A very famous saying by Orhan Pamuk, “Real museums are places where time is transformed into Space” gives a clear understanding of the importance of various forms of art in defining a society. Different forms of art are a depiction of the history, culture, traditional values of a community and museums are the places that [...]

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]]> Book in Focus: Genealogy of Tropical Architecture: Colonial Networks, Nature and Technoscience by Jiat-Hwee Chang https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/a11417-book-in-focus-genealogy-of-tropical-architecture-colonial-networks-nature-and-technoscience-by-jiat-hwee-chang/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:29:34 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=444104 (Warning: Minor spoilers regarding structure and certain themes of the book) Jiat-Hwee Chang, an architectural historian, discusses the notion of tropicality in ‘Genealogy of Tropical Architecture: Colonial Networks, Nature and Science’. What is this book and why is it? There are a lot of concepts in the title alone that carry ideas and theories from [...]

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]]> Museums of the World: Museo Reina Sofia https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/a11415-museums-of-the-world-museo-reina-sofia/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:04:21 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=444083 Introduction  The Museo Reina Sofia is a museum for outstanding national and international representation of avant-gardes and neo-avant-gardes and is a depiction of Spain‘s democratic transition. The physical design of the museum is an artistic work that Spain may employ to break up the routine of conventional mainstream museums and produce new current narratives that [...]

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]]> Museums of the World: Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/a11414-museums-of-the-world-apartheid-museum-in-johannesburg/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:53:56 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=444069 The Apartheid Museum Inception   Whenever we think of a museum, the first thing that comes to our mind is, that it will tell you a story of the past that maybe we haven’t come across. The word “apartheid” means apartness, the apartness between South African communities that turned whole history upside down. This history needed [...]

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]]> An architectural review of location Porbandar https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-architectural-reviews/a11411-an-architectural-review-of-location-porbandar/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 08:12:09 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=444035 The architecture of every city is shaped over a period of time by the societies that have lived in it . Porbandar too, is no stranger in this regard. The city of Porbandar is located on the Gujarat coast between two other famous cities of the ancient period, i.e., Somnath and Dwarka. The name, Porbandar, [...]

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