Architecture
Art & Architecture
The synergistic relationship between the built environment and art – with insights from some noted experts.
read moreJacksonville’s River of Lights
When you imagine Jacksonville twenty, thirty or even fifty years into the future what do you see?
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Pompeii Quartz
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Design Works Architectural Edge
Design Works has been proud to partner with DSA Tiles for many years. Inspired by the love of ceramics, unique room concepts can be created with unusual mosaics and tiles from the Deutsche Steinzeug group. One of the top vendors in Europe, with a Brand of the Century award in Germany, their products are showcased around the world in stylish hotels, restaurants, bars, stores, education, and ecclesiastical settings. Offering a variety of styles with sensitivity to low VOC material content and hygenic options, their mission is to provide ecologically responsible materials.
read moreArchitectural, Design and Build Projects 2015
Read about AIA Jacksonville’s latest projects:
read moreBuilding for Well-Being
We know that architecture is essential to creating buildings, but what is its role beyond the structures themselves?
read moreCelebrating the Pedestrian
Landscaping Downtown Jacksonville Mother Nature was kind to Jacksonville. With the St. Johns River coursing through Downtown, we have an abundance of riverfront property. But rarely has a major city’s biggest asset been so underutilized. Before Downtown Jacksonville can become a player in the modern world, we must first embrace its natural beauty. The Riverwalk is Downtown’s first true ode to the river, and its popularity is a testament to the lure of pedestrian-friendly public spaces. This may be an intrepid idea, but it certainly isn’t new....
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Mark Macco, AIA, NCARB President, Mark Macco Architects As architects, we are trained to consider design on a macro and micro scale. How a project affects the overall urban landscape is as critical as how that project or development affects the specific site and its immediate surroundings. Therefore, it is incumbent upon architects to consider these many levels, from neighborhood to region and beyond, as they are all interconnected. For example, on an environmental level, the heat island effect is the precept that what we put on a site can...
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