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a+u’s August issue features the work of 6a architects, founded by Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald in 2001 and based in London’s historic Holborn district. Deeply immersed in the British art and design scene, and in the cohort of British architects who came of age in the post–high tech 1990s, 6a are at the forefront of a contemporary movement characterized by deep sensitivity to the environment, community, and context, while appearing to play down conventional signatures of style and theory. Divided among 4 chapters – “Repairing,” “Gardening,” “Shaping,” “Walking” – 20 projects present themselves as invitations to distinct experiences. Setting the tone for a trajectory that has endured the past 2 decades, 6a’s earliest work, at Raven Row, captures transformations accrued on the building over the past 300 years and narrates them into a new story through the bricolage of remnants and elaborate interior carvings. The ornate fireplace, relocated a century ago, is restored to its original location, while concrete that was added as a fire protection floor in the 1970s becomes the flooring of the art gallery. Each of the 4 chapters opens with a statement by the protagonists and is brought to reflection by a friendly interlocutor, describing how the architects conscientiously “work with what is already there and understand time as part of that existing material,” that “decay and maintenance are natural conditions of architecture.” 6a’s architecture becomes defined through “invisible mediums amid those things,” like site, materials, tools, and participants. They respond by gently “shaping the things and places that they have found,” and hence every project they touch “extends this idea of architecture dissolving into the city.”

Architecture --- architectural firms --- 6a Architects [London] --- 72.07 --- Architecture and Urbanism ; a+u (tijdschrift) --- A+U (tijdschrift) --- 6a architects ; opgericht in Londen 2001 --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z

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If you've decorated on a budget, you've probably braved IKEA, where the promise of a brighter and better living space comes sealed in a cardboard box. But what do we lose when big-box retailers rule the home furnishings marketplace-and, by extension, our homes? Wouldn't it be more satisfying to surround ourselves with handcrafted pieces that perfectly suit our needs? While making your own furniture is not a requirement for a well-planned home, it is certainly possible-no matter one's budget, skill level, or space-and immensely gratifying. For Dust Free Friends, Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald of the London-based architectural firm 6a architects offer the plans for a series of small pieces of furniture that can be simply assembled with a few common tools and in even the most confined spaces. Inspired in equal parts by the utilitarian forms created on construction sites and the do-it-yourself designs of modernist furniture designer Enzo Mari, each of the sixteen chairs, stools, shelves, and other small pieces of furniture is built of affordable and lightweight plywood, which can be dressed to suit any taste. The plans are easy to follow and just as easy to modify, making the possibilities nearly endless.

Plywood furniture --- Furniture making. --- 749.07 --- Furniture --- Furniture building --- Joinery --- Woodwork --- Building --- Plywood construction --- Furniture making --- Construction en contreplaqué --- Meubles --- Drawings --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Dessins --- Fabrication --- Guides, manuels, etc. --- 749.02 --- Meubelen ; om zelf te maken ; 6a architects --- Ontwerppraktijk ; Do It Yourself (DIY) design ; meubels --- Anti-design --- Multiplex meubelen --- Meubelen ; zelf ontwerpen ; technische handleiding --- Meubelontwerpers ; designers ; interieurarchitecten --- Meubelkunst en design ; technieken, materialen --- 6a architects ; opgericht in Londen 2001 --- Emerson, Tom °1970 (°Parijs, Frankrijk) --- Macdonald, Stephanie (°Groot-Brittannië) --- Construction en contreplaqué --- Meubles en bois --- Design --- 6a Architects (Firm) --- Meubles en bois. --- Design. --- 6a architects

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Beyond the many elements that make up a building’s appearance, its physical preconditions remain the most important. Buildings are subject to fundamental and immutable laws that impose shapes, patterns, orders, and constraints. ‘The Bones of Architecture’ investigates the cultivation of structures for architecture. Several European architects and engineers present their works and approaches while reflecting on rules, strategies, and methods in structural design. Various design strategies are explored through selected projects by 6A Architects, Rui Furtado, Bruther Architects, Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, Alejandro Bernabeu, Brandlhuber+, and Ingegneri Pedrazzini Guidotti.

710.9 --- 766.9 --- 715.9 --- architectuurfotografie --- architectuur --- bouwkunde --- bouwtechnieken --- constructieleer --- constructietechniek --- tekentechnieken --- perspektieftekenen --- ontwerppraktijk --- 21e eeuw --- architectuur, overige bijzondere onderwerpen --- fotografie, overige genres en motieven, o.a. sportfotografie --- geschiedenis van de architectuur, 21e eeuw --- Building materials. Building technology --- Architecture --- architecture [discipline] --- structural frames --- 69(035) --- 72.039 --- Brandlhuber b&k+ ; Arno Brandlhuber ; Bernd Kniess --- 6a architects ; opgericht in Londen 2001 --- Bruther Architects --- Furtado, Rui --- Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter --- Ingegneri Pedrazzini Guidotti --- Bernabeu, Alejandro --- Bouwwezen. Constructie ; handboeken --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 --- Architecture, Modern --- Architectural design. --- Architecture, Modern. --- Bernabeu Larena, Alejandro. --- Furtado, Rui, --- 6a Architects (Firm) --- Brandlhuber+ (Firm) --- Bruther (Firm) --- Ingeneri Pedrazzini Guidotti (Firm) --- Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter (Firm) --- 2000-2099 --- Structural engineering --- Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Design architectural --- Technique de la construction --- Théorie des constructions --- 692 --- 72.04 --- Constructiedelen --- Details (architectuur) --- Architectuurdetails --- Structure --- Analyse de l'architecture --- Brandlhuber, Arno, --- Pedrazzini, Guidotti --- 6a architects --- Bruther architecture --- Brandlhuber, Arno, 1964 --- -Furtado, Rui, 1959 --- -Pedrazzini, Guidotti