Elliot Gardner, Author at World Construction Network

After the flood: the pioneering architects embracing flood-conscious design

Elliot Gardner — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:31:26 +0000

Frequent coastal and riverside floods and severe cloudbursts across Europe and America have led to an increased focus on flood-centric design. It’s becoming more and more common for architects and designers to incorporate flood defence, in some capacity, into their structures.

The privatisation of public space

Elliot Gardner — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:30:00 +0000

The challenge of passive house design

Elliot Gardner — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:30:00 +0000

The Brutalist revival

Elliot Gardner — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 05:17:00 +0000

Explore the resurgence of Brutalist architecture in the modern era. factors driving the Brutalist revival, its impact on contemporary design

The anatomy of the garage: the architectural, social and political role of the American garage

Elliot Gardner — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 18:30:00 +0000

The Green Stadium: Forest Green Rovers and the world’s most eco-friendly sports stadium

Elliot Gardner — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:30:00 +0000

Atlantis rising: Aqua architecture

Elliot Gardner — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:30:00 +0000

"Who among us hasn't at one point wanted to ditch it all and start afresh on a desert island?" So says George Petrie when I call him at his Houston home. Petrie is director of engineering at the Seasteading Institute, a US-based think tank dedicated to the creation of independent sovereign states on the world's seas as an alternative to "today's political systems".

In good shape: designing for adidas

Elliot Gardner — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:30:00 +0000

In mid-2011, 1,700 adidas employees moved into their new corporate headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany. The latest addition to the brand's thriving 'World of Sports' campus, adidas Laces sits between the Adi Dassler Sportplatz stadium and the adidas brand centre exhibition hall. Its mission: to foster creativity and team play through the conduit of clever design.

Mega practices: Size vs creativity

Elliot Gardner — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:30:00 +0000

In 2011, less than ten years after its formation, Aedas was declared the largest practice on the planet, with 1,500 architectural employees among its staff. In a troubled economic environment, and challenging time for the è��AV, the news seems counterintuitive. But Aedas' rise reflects a wider trend: the emergence of the super practice, a new breed of unfashionable multinational behemoths that don't entice the media attention of established 'starchitects', yet boast an unprecedentedly bulging and diverse portfolio of offices, projects and styles.