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Renovation of the old Port of Leith, Edinburgh
#OldPortOfLeith #Edinburgh #renovation #UK #愛丁堡 #TheGreenGoodDesignAward #iFDesignAward #SDGTechAward #SkiftIDEAAward...
Frederick Rickmann

AFR ThinkingUrban transforms an old railway yard into a green revitalized,
with low CO2 emission levels parkway that enhances an eco-friendly style of living Published on June 17, 2021 By Global Design News...
Thinking Urban


ARCHITECTURAL PARADOX
Throughout Europe, the 60's and the 70's saw a rapid expansion of residential building. In Scandinavia as in most other countries, some...
Frederick Rickmann


THE FAILURE OF CITY PLANNING
This desert of rubble was photographed in 2014. It’s the place where I grew up, lived with my family, played with the kids in the...
Frederick Rickmann


Champagne Flowing
It's an old tradition we have that goes way back. Everytime we get a significant design award, we crack open a bottle of bubbly. This...
Frederick Rickmann


無形的歧視
菊島來的男子愛上寶島女子,想將女子帶回菊島共度一生,其理由相當單純:我不喜歡台灣。 儘管已經在台灣求學生活三年了,仍然厭惡大城市,說台灣人都很有心機。我無言以對,禮教告訴我:「來者是客、以和為貴」。後來我重新看這個問題,身為被歧視對象的我,為什麼沒有任何反應呢?是的,他說的...
Frederick Rickmann


文字為思想的載體 勿隨意興「戰」
近來台灣媒體用字越來越中國了,改變最大之一例是「策略」改寫為「戰略」,報導賣手機的商業手法用的是「行銷戰略」;說明政府在疫情衝擊下採取的振興經濟「戰略」;鼓勵民眾讀書買書用的也是振興文創產業「戰略」,未料在一本學習英文雜誌中的文章也用到「戰略」二字,英語島(English...
Frederick Rickmann


Glass vs. Brick. Modern vs. Old. Barcelona
The capital of Catalonia offers many sight like this one. Glass and steel juxtaposed with brick. A great example of future rooted into...
Frederick Rickmann


The White House - windows of opportunity
As an architect, I always wanted glass to be glass. Windows should be more like transparent walls, rather than holes in a wall and that...
Frederick Rickmann


The serenity of Hong Kong
Looking out over Causeway Bay on a calm cloudy evening. Even in the most vibrant and buzzing conurbations, there are periods when the...
Frederick Rickmann

Pilot the 4th Dimension
The shape of a tv screen now is more or less just like a sheet of black glass. It has length and height, but the thickness now is down to...
Frederick Rickmann

ABBEY ROAD. The world's most photographed pedestrian crossing for 50 years.
On the 8th August 1969 the BEATLES released their ABBEY ROAD album. The cover showed the group crossing the road outside the Abbey Road...
Frederick Rickmann
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