Perspectives is an ideas hub to showcase the trends, studios and people pushing the creative boundaries of the built environment. It features thought-provoking content meant to shape the discipline of the future.
Today’s building façades have a lot resting on their shoulders. As well as defining a building’s aesthetic and introducing the interior experience, the façade interprets and expresses key themes, embodies social values and communicates aspirations. It takes design ingenuity to achieve all this while harnessing and taming one of the most powerful elements in architecture—sunlight.
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Whether it inspires, challenges, entertains or informs—public art plays a vital role in creating vibrant places to live. So how can emerging artists harness the increasing public art opportunities and ensure their artwork is successful?
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Neither design nor architecture happens in a vacuum. In times of dynamic progress, technological advancement and rapid regulatory changes, every design professional relies on the specialised expertise of a wider team – particularly the skilful craftsmen and manufacturers who help make their unique ideas a reality.
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Next time you hear someone say, “you can’t serve two masters”, spare a thought for the modern day architect: they’re required to serve four. Aesthetic, functional, economic and sustainability imperatives are all equally important to a successful project outcome—the challenge lies in ensuring none are compromised in the pursuit of all. This is particularly true of the aesthetic/sustainability nexus when implementing passive design strategies.
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Industrial design has always been a fundamentally human-centred discipline. So it's no surprise that industrial designers are playing an increasing role as part of multi-disciplinary placemaking teams, responding to complex urban design briefs.
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Perspectives is a platform to share outstanding work as much as it is a source of inspiration. It is an ideas hub to showcase the trends, studios, and people pushing the creative boundaries of the built environment.
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For our very first episode of the podcast series 'Exploring industrial design and architecture' we’re going to go back to where it all began for Tilt, The Heliostat at One Central Park. Emily Wombwell, SJB's Studio Director, talks to Tilt's Tim Phillips about the industrial design process behind 'The Heliostat' and the delivery of one of the most remarkable architectural features of One Central Park.
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