every nest starts with a simple twig…
Color: We take the natural dull ochre color of the surrounding mountains and local built structures and enhance it by saturating this color into a golden braised surface… Continue reading “[architecture] Afghan Cultural Centre 5/24”
I’m not sure how to approach this topic, because I really don’t have any proof of what I’m about to suggest, but suffice it to say that I believe that if an urban environment, home, or any place embodies a bad vibe, that it will more likely induce criminal acts.
Below is an image of Volterra, Italy, one might call a typical Italian hill town. Why take note? It represents a unified composition. When an artist makes a painting or sculpture, Continue reading “When to design contextually, when to make a statement.”
It was my first job in New York City and I was working for a firm I thought of as world-wide famous, Philip Johnson and John Burgee Architects…
In celebration of the upcoming D-Day ceremonies, and part of our exploration into digital rendering programs, lets take a look at some SimpleTwig military rendering studies….
Continue reading “[rendering] Study of Industrial and Military modeling”
We (SimpleTwig Architecture.llc) will show you the character, layout and thinking behind several different rental apartments (this is the third of several articles)
Our cultural center composition takes advantage of this unique hill-top peninsula overlooking the Bamiyan valley below by affording every interior space a view…
Continue reading “[architecture] Afghan Cultural Centre 4/24”
We go to the polls to cast our vote. Walking away most of us think it won’t make a real difference, our one vote, as we realize we are relying on millions of people we don’t know to have our common sense and likes. Continue reading “Influencing Change to Make Life Better for Everyone”
I meet a wide variety of people who become my clients. It should go without saying that I often reject potential projects due to the characteristics of people and what they want (often requesting me to approve an illegal design direction).
One can think of all the primary public spaces as being organized around a circular courtyard ‘open-air atrium’, including the the Auditorium which is also connected via the ‘Bamiyan Stair Bridge.’ Continue reading “[architecture] Afghan Cultural Centre 3/24”