Often overlooked is the fact that many of the ideas of architects are patentable. And with a patent, the architect can obtain an ‘exclusivity’ for a 20-year term. So what sort of ‘architectural’ ideas are patentable?
Written by Annie Reid. Image above, Christopher Boots’ Nepenthes pendant light. Today’s designers are busy with tomorrow’s next lighting collections, and there’s plenty on offer for all things bright and sparkly. Annie Reid rounds up lighting’s best and brightest. One thing’s for sure: glamorous pendants for residential applications are now equally at home within commercial […]
The highly regarded British architect Sir David Adjaye OBE will be talking at Melbourne’s MPavilion on Monday 13th February. Internationally respected, Adjaye’s work spans continents and scales including the multi-faceted facade of the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, the refurbishment of the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, along with the most recently completed New Smithsonian […]