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Designing through cognitive architecture.

2017-12-11T02:16:00-05:00

Architects know best, as they often claim. With conviction, they’re sure certain details will make a space more hospitable, more beautiful, more preferable, and more enjoyable...But an emerging field of research is now uncovering and quantifying our psychological response to buildings: cognitive architecture. The hope is that by better understanding through science what exactly it is people like or dislike about our built environment, designers can truly improve it.

What does it mean to see a building? As we approach a building, what is that calls our attention? The door? The entry? That corner detail that is doing something we have never seen before?

Architect Ann Sussman and designer Janice M. Ward are two leading researchers studying how our brains see buildings. Their interest arose from their own observations and curiosity about how architects could create places that encouraged walkability and lingerability. Their results give us a glance into the fascinating and potentially freeing manner in which our brains and conscious really see architecture.

Results of the Architect’s Eye 2013 Photography Competition

2013-07-11T15:58:00-04:00

Winners of the Architect’s Eye 2013 Photography Competition were announced at the Zaha Hadid-designed Roca London Gallery in London not long ago. The biennial competition was launched in 2007 by International Art Consultants to celebrate and encourage photography by architects.

Architect’s Eye Awards - Category Finalists from ‘Architecture and People’

2011-12-06T13:03:20-05:00

A few days ago, we published the winners of the Architect's Eye Awards, a British competition celebrating excellence in architectural photography. Today, we are happy to also post all finalists from the 'Architecture and People' category.

Architect’s Eye Photography Competition Announces Winners

2011-11-29T13:18:19-05:00

The winners of the Architect's Eye Awards, which celebrates architects' passion for photograph, were announced on Tuesday, November 22, during a ceremony hosted by the competition organizers, International Art Consultants, at their gallery in London, UK.