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Antoine Navarro connects cultures through the art of architecture

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French creative, Antoine Navarro, considers himself fortunate to have been able to travel the world with his parents from a very young age. Along the way, he slowly fell in love with the world’s remaining traces of ancient civilization and the mysterious buildings, sculptures, and statues they left behind. As he explored, and as he gained more exposure to the various pieces of architecture that today’s society has to offer, he experienced an overwhelming sense of fascination and he knew that it was a world he was destined to be a part of. He finds himself energized by the way each building, pillar, and column could connect him to the designers’ experiences and to the cultures that they lived in. Today, Navarro is a highly sought-after architect designer and feels a great sense of pride in knowing that he found a way to channel his deepest passions into tangible projects for the benefit of not only his clients, but of the general public, who experience his designs around them without e...

Interview with award winning architect Eric M Roberts

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Eric M Roberts , AIA is a husband, a father of five children and an award winning architect. Eric lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and travels throughout the United States in his search for inspiration. His art is rooted in the study and rendering of architecture and its impact on society. A strong focus on religious structures and their impact on western communities is expressed throughout his work. He is an avid sketcher and prefers capturing his subject matter in plein-air. What are the awards you have won as an architect? I have been the recipient of the AIA Nevada Silver medal. This is the highest honor that the architects of Nevada can bestow upon another architect. I have also been the recipient of the AIA Nevada Service award (2015), the AIA Nevada Young Architect Award (2010), Alpha Rho Chi Medal for architecture (2005), Vegas Seven Magazine’s “Most Intriguing People 2014”, What importance do you regard the originality of art? I think art has a responsibility t...

Interview with architect and interior design specialist Ar. Sunil Dhingra

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For Sunil, architecture is everything. From the structures that surround us to the designs and novelties that simplify and beautify our day-to-day existence, he looks for inspiration in the most minute details. As an architect and interior design specialist, he is able to blend creativity and practicality to innovate unique, well-designed environments for living, working, and everything in between. Holding nearly two decades of experience, Sunil has watched the industry grow and evolve. He is dedicated to creating visually-astonishing, environmentally-responsible results. We have conducted an interview with Ar. Sunil Dhingra from New Delhi based architecture and interior design firm SD Inc. . Why is architecture everything to you? Architecture is the essence of any religion. No joke. Talk about any religion. They have a specific architectural statement. Temples have pointed tips. Mosques have minarets and domes. Churches have pediments, pitched roofs and so on. If we look a...

Eat - Eco Art & Theory

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Ksenija Bunjak is an architect, a researcher of sustainability in urban and rural contexts and architecture for the climate change and a hobby photographer. Currently, she lives in Serbia. Previously, she lived and worked in Barcelona, Spain; Copenhagen, Denmark; Munich, Germany and very briefly in Shanghai, China. Ksenija holds a PhD in Architecture and is strongly dedicated to the sustainable and energy efficient architecture, education and rising public awareness about these issues. She works as an outsourcing architect and she also has her own NGO: EAT - Eco Art & Theory that deals with the global questions such as sustainability and climate change. We have conducted an interview with Ksenija. When did you begin the founding of your NGO 'EAT' (ECO ART & THEORY)? The idea for starting an NGO related to the environmental issues and their representations in art and theory is not new. We came together for the first time in 2012. At the very beginning we w...