Learning From Louis Henry Gibson, Architect
First I found by accident the ”Convenient Houses : With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper” by Louis Henry Gibson, Architect – 1889. Then I searched for more! He also wrote […]
Author: Octavian Ungureanu
The 20th Salon of Architecture in Novi Sad
OAR (Order of Architects in Romania) sent the open call for submissions at the 20th Salon of Architecture in Novi Sad, Serbia. The Novi Sad architects organization is DANS. I am […]
Someone Has Built It Before
I feel frustrated to find stuff online that I feel I had to read it much earlier than I do. „Someone Has Built It Before” is such a website. If […]
A Home Design In Bucharest, Romania (Pics)
My colleague, Costin, who is also an architect, has shoot these awesome images of this home we designed back in 2013. I am very pleased to finally show a set […]
500 Thanks For 500 Likes!
Day by day I am more amazed how the new technologies change our lives. I discovered with a little help from social media that people are more the same than […]
The Death of (Modern?) #Architecture
Justin Shubow wrote in Forbes ”Architecture Continues To Implode: More Insiders Admit The Profession Is Failing”. This gentleman thinks that architects lost their contact with common people and this happens mostly with […]
My Articles On Linkedin
Walking The Architect Shoes is my second post on Linkedin. Well, it is about being an architect nowdays. Nothing fancy, just like the shoes I used to wear that day. […]
The Fear of The Young Architects
I wrote a few time ago an article about the condition of the young architects on Linkedin. Young Architects – Not Good Enough to Design? In many countries, including mine, […]
Why The Architecture Is Not an Art
The Greeks tried to find the perfect beauty in architecture. They searched and studied and finally design sets of rules of how to design beauty. Their architecture is beautiful. Later […]
Architectural Design Requirements in Romania
Romanian Construction Quality law sets a a few architectural requirements for the building design, named: Design Requirements These requirements are not solely for the design, they target the building […]
The Power Of The Architectural Design: Fire Safety
I’ve just wrote an article related to the high rise fire safety in Romania under the Building in Romania Category on my company website. Actually the starting point was not […]
My First Architecture Project: A House Design
I am still wondering if my parents really wanted to build a house or they just were too proud to have a son studying architecture. My first architectural project was […]
Houses Projects on Video
I posted two videos on my Architecture Company Youtube Channel: My company launched two series of house projects since 2004, being one of the first type houses projects. At least […]
Apartment Buildings Architecture After The Crisis In Romania
The new apartment buildings developed in Romania failed to target a specific market: the typical middle class family. They targeted a more and more narrow market niche as the prices […]
An Architect Inspiration
As an architect, Lee Calisti is asking himself where the creativity and inspiration comes from in his blog. He first describe a system that is very similar to the Gestalt […]
Buying a Plot/Land? Must Know Things Before You Buy Land in Romania
This topic is about the technical conditions required to Build in Romania. What makes a plot of land suitable for construction in Romania First of all, the plot of land […]
Urban Regulations in Romania (Zoning in Romania)
How to build in Romania: Zoning Urban Regulations in Romania are applicable in all areas: urban, rural areas and even agricultural lands. Urban Regulations are set by: The General Urban […]
Dialogues: Architecture Is Big
I used to post comments to this article that I found on ThinkArchitect. Lee Calisti wrote: “My question is can we give to the profession while serving our clients? Or […]
Architecture Lessons: Ancient Rome
Any visitor of the ancient ruins of Rome sees that many of our contemporary understanding of the buildings are ancient: they built stadiums, public spaces, courts of judges, public facilities […]
Euro 600 Millions To Be Lost By Romanian Office-Building Developers Annually
in Romanian Dozen articles used to reveal the huge demand of A-Class Building Spaces. Deficits of Hundreds of thousands or even millions squared meters were shown compared with Budapest, Warsaw […]
Deep Excavations in Romania
The Romanian Building Code has a set of rules to support the edges of deep excavations in urban areas with slurry walls or piled walls made under protection of bentonite. […]