Friday, August 28, 2009
"The figure of Daniel Burnham has been very important for the city of Chicago as we currently know it, as he was one of the authors of the Plan of Chicago, also known as the Burnham Plan, which reshaped Chicago’s central area starting in 1909. To celebrate the centennial of this plan several events have been held during this year, such as the Union Station 2020 competition and the Burnham Memorial competition. Also, two pavilions by UN Studio and Zaha Hadid have been temporally installed at the Millenium Park (read our previous article about this), hosting multimedia exhibits on the future of Chicago. The pavilions will be opened to the public until Oct 31st, 2009.Zaha Hadid Architects´s pavilion merges new formal concepts with the memory of Burnham’s bold, historic urban planning. Superimpositions of spatial structures with hidden traces of Burnham’s Plan are overlaid and inscribed within the structure to create a dynamic form..."
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
"55 Blair Road produces a spatial experience that excites the senses by promoting light open plan living which is unusual to this type of terrace house. This residence brings a balance between nature and contemporary living in a renovation of an Art Deco style terrace.Concept
To create a light open plan living space, whilst promoting Inside/outside space. The contrasting relationship between the metallic elements and subtle tones within the house create an exciting spatial relationship throughout.
55 Blair road project is a renovation and restoration to a traditional art deco style shop house. Originally the house was renovated 10 years ago. The new owner however believed it was too dark and desired more light in the living spaces..." to find out more...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
"Saxo Bank’s new headquarter in Copenhagen is designed by 3XN. Although the customers primarily encounter the bank in cyberspace, the physical premises of the head office is of great importance to the management of the bank who participate actively and are highly dedicated to the development of the building. The building is of great iconographic significance, and there is a strong conviction that architecture and design affect each staff member’s performance and awareness of the company...Tuesday, July 7, 2009
"The Rudy Bruner Foundation has chosen the Inner-City Arts project, a downtown Los Angeles education facility which provides art instruction to a large population of at-risk children and youth in LA, as one of five finalists for the 2009 Rudy Bruner Awards. The project, designed by LA-based architect Michael Maltzan together with garden designer Nancy Goslee Power, received the Gold Medal Award for Urban Excellence...Wednesday, June 10, 2009
One of the impressive work by Atelier Tekuto / Yasuhiro Yamashita when i saw it in Tokyo.
‘Minerals’ are considered to combine abstract properties (conceptual object) with nonfigurative properties (object whose presence of matter is more obvious). Changes from transparent, translucent to opaque occur according to light entering in certain ways at certain angles. The body can in no way be treated as a simple element. Tuesday, June 2, 2009
"...The office situates the practice of architecture within a broader context of performative research and material investigations that negotiate dynamic relationships between users and environments...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
"Founded in 2003 by Minsuk Cho in Seoul, Korea, as a critical investigation of architecture in the context of mass production, intensely over-populated urban conditions, and other emergent cultural niches that define contemporary society. Amid the many frictions defining spatial conditions in the twenty-first century, namely past vs. future, local vs. global, utopia vs. reality, and individual vs. collective, Mass Studies focuses on the operative complexity of these multiple conditions instead of striving for a singular, unified perspective. For each architectural project, which exist across a wide range of scales, Mass Studies explores issues such as spatial systems/matrixes, building materials/techniques, and typological divergences to foster a vision that allows the discovery of new socio/cultural potential." to find out more...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
"It's no wonder, then, that Ned Kahn's work with complex natural systems elicits mythic and contemporary associations. An artist from Northern California, Kahn replicates the forms and forces of nature..."
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Kengo Kuma always one of my favourite architect. I was impressed by Vladimir Belogolovsky talks with Kengo Kuma. Among other things Kuma discusses his desire to create "weak" buildings.
"...Weak relates to the idea of breaking materials into particles. The concrete building is very strong – too strong for the human body. I think that the human body is very week and fragile. So people can’t feel comfortable in strong places. But if the building itself is as weak as a human body, we feel comfortable..."Wednesday, February 18, 2009
"Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG - is a Copenhagen based group of 85 architects, designers, builders and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development.Historically the field of architecture has been dominated by 2 opposing extremes... We believe that there is a third way wedged in the no mans land between the diametrical opposites. Or in the small but very fertile overlap between the two. A pragmatic utopian architecture that takes on the creation of socially, economically and environmentally perfect places as a practical objective..." to find out more...
Thursday, February 12, 2009
J. MAYER H. Exhibition “Patterns of Speculation” (February 06, 2009 - Tuesday, July 07, 2009) is currently holding at SFMOMA. Check out his great work that not only limited to building architecture.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Another young architect that impressed me during the ArchiFest 2008. One of the points as follows:Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Met this cool architect at archifest 2008. I like his "portable stuff" that i have been also exploring during my thesis work. Description that i could put on his work is about "unique, refreshing and colored" that really reflects what a spirit a young architect should have. Check out his homepage and get inspired!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Just bumped into this impresive architectural firm through the Architectural League of New York.
