Archinect - Features

Cosmology, Subcultures and Urban Wilderness

2017-05-12T13:27:00-04:00

Throughout human history, every civilization has created its own cosmology, narrating and building a vision of the world, the universe, and of life and death. Each cosmology coincided with a method of shaping the human environment through architecture, and, within these realities, various cultures and forms of social organization of different degrees of completeness and complexity were born. This makes it possible to comprehend how society and social customs are continuously reimagined and actualized.

A sheet of plastic, a few screws, and five minutes are all it takes to assemble one of these "darling" stackable chairs

2016-03-01T15:34:00-05:00

IKEA may be the main peddler of assemble-it-yourself furniture, but, as many disgruntled college students would attest, their designs are often less-than-easy to realize. The "Thermoplastic Darling Stackable Chair", on the other hand, requires just one sheet of pre-scored polypropylene, a few screws, and about five minutes to put together.

Working out of the Box: Linda Bennett, Architect turned Jewellery Designer

2014-10-09T15:09:00-04:00

Working out of the Box is a series of features presenting architects who have applied their architecture backgrounds to alternative career paths.

In this installment, we're talking with Linda Bennett, co-founder of Architact Collective, a Melbourne-based DIY jewellery design outfit.

Are you an architect working out of the box? Do you know of someone that has changed careers and has an interesting story to share? If you would like to suggest an (ex-)architect, please send us a message.