In the 21st century the rush to consume anything from objects to culture and lifestyle has become synonymous with success. The UAE is now ranked among the top 10 international retail destinations. Dubai’s retail space is approaching 2 million square meters. The city is almost all about advertising, marketing and shopping in an act of ‘total lifestyle’.
(more...)
Filed under: NEWS + PUBLISHED-ARTICLES
Comment
George presented Emerging Morpho(eco)logies at the International Conference on Patterning from Traditional to Contemporary Architecture, 16 October 2007, Tehran, Iran.
(more...)
Filed under: NEWS + Texts-PROCESS-and-FORM
Comment [1]
This rapid expansion of the city has inevitably created a new architectural phenomenon: individual high-rise blocks grouped together by virtue of proximity and with little or no surroundings create distinguished skylines.
(more...)
Filed under: PUBLISHED-ARTICLES + Texts-CITY
Comment
The scope of the publication is to look at Dubai’s architecture and urbanism with focus on its evolution (historical, social, cultural, contemporary) in the form of a documentation, presentation and analysis.
(more...)
Filed under: PUBLISHED-ARTICLES + NEWS
Comment
George has contributed to the With/Without publication by Bidoun
(more...)
Filed under: PUBLISHED-ARTICLES + Texts-CITY
Comment
George has been invited as a member of the judging panel for the 2008 Middle East Lighting Design Awards (MELDA), Dubai.
The studio will be engaged in the research and design of morpho(eco)logical systems by investigating physical systems in relation to their capacity to modulate microclimates and provide spatial and programmatic opportunities and solutions.
A new series of posters of current student work of my studio since January 2007 is posted here. These posters were issued according to various presentations and reviews.
George Katodrytis, (Advisory Board member of the International Design Initiative) participated at the International Design Forum 27-29 May 2007, at the Madinat Conference Hall in Dubai.