Postcard-Perfect Mental Maps
WHAT do the Eiffel Tower of France, Hagia Sophia in Turkey, Sydney Opera House of Australia and Petronas Towers of Malaysia have in common? Well, these structures are significant components in the evolution of architecture. Apart from that, these have been familiar postcard portraits for the...
The future of Architecture
PROMISE beams in every drawing sheet and board. The vibrancy of the building plans, perspectives and other drawings bespeaks the animated nature of the minds of this year’s fifth year architecture students. Five years of rigorous academic training is summed up in the ultimate project before the...
Designing the mood
APART from defining the cityscape and creating shelter for people and their activities, architecture seeks to mold spaces with the right mood to encourage effective building use. From planning to final detailing, architects toil to come up with buildings and spaces that snugly fit to their...
Answering Haiti's call
ALMOST a year ago, just as everyone had happily greeted the New Year, the world was shocked by a great tragedy.
On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake reduced the already impoverished Carribean nation of Haiti into an almost complete pile of rubble, claimed more than 200,000 lives...
Yuletide comfy
UNLESS you are a descendant of Ebenezer Scrooge, spreading the Christmas spirit everywhere is almost an obligation at this time of the year. Filipinos are one of the most avid lovers of the Yuletide Season as evident in their longest celebration of Christmas, which usually kicks off when the...
Dream City
CONTRARY to what the majority of the population still thinks, architecture is neither solely about conceptualizing designs for houses nor do architects just do sketches for a living.
Steering the course
TO BE a leader in an organization composed of your colleagues is no easy job.
Space couture
THERE was a time in cake maker and decorator Trina Ang-Kokseng’s life when the saying “When life throws you a lemon, make lemonade” was true.
Drawing his destiny
INSPIRED BY DAD. Neil Andrew Menjares says being an architect is what he wanted even as kid. “I was inspired by my father, who is a very good painter.
Master Rocker
PURSUING master’s degree is quite a taxing endeavor. You need a lot of focus and hard work to get through it. It’s extra tough when you are also working to earn a living.
A healthy collaboration
NOWADAYS, the lure of fast food joints makes easy bait for busy yuppies and semi-stressed-out school kids.
Design that soars
WHAT makes an airport world class?
Ancient touches on a modern temple
EBEN way back to the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, temples have always conjured images of grand and beautiful places of worship.
The voice of the city
WHEN the executive committee of this year’s Mandaue City Fiesta decided to bring back the search for Mr.
From TV kid to '‘Mandaue Idol'
YOU may have watched Ang TV Kids Cebu during the infancy of cable TV in the ‘90s, so chances are you will find this guy’s face familiar.
Heritage in an industrial hub
HAVING been stereotyped as an industrial center, you can easily equate almost anything about business when it comes to Mandaue City.
Torchbearears of Excellence
ONCE upon a time in Mandaue City, torches amid a festive community atmosphere were used to greet Mandauehanons who excelled in their studies or passed the board examination.
Showing their brand of architecture
ARCHITECTURE design competitions are playgrounds for innovative building design ideas that could stamp their marks in our cities and towns.
Making cool buildings
APART from dried-up farms and the scarcity of water, here’s another summertime (or El Niño) dilemma.
Small is beautiful
THE thrill of college graduation is not solely due to the thought of getting a diploma and making the much-anticipated exit from student life.
Three-in-one building
THE predominantly gray exterior betrays the building’s purpose. With regard to its use, the building does not wander lazily along the so-called gray area, but emphatically covers three bases.
Building hats
People wear hats for a variety of reasons. Hats, with their different styles, make for great fashion statements.
Standing Tall
AT 828 meters high, the world welcomed its newest “tallest building,” the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, with a hypnotic display of fireworks and high-powered stroboscope lights.
Urban village
WITH congestion already embracing our cities, and zoning and building laws often ignored, architects and planners are challenged to not only come up with designs that enhance the aesthetics and charac
Designing out of line
WHATt comes to your mind when someone mentions “non-linear architecture”?
