Junk Architecture in Africa and NEWater

Talk about recycling junks, Sammy Ansah transforms refuse into objects of beauty. Sammy Ansah is an architecture graduate from the United States, according to Mr.Ansah, during his university years in New Jersey, he slept on the bare pine floor in his apartment and that is basically how he fell in love with wood. Read the [...]

How to Charge the Pablo Picaso and Hokusai Way

Legend has it that Pablo Picasso was sketching in the park when a bold woman approached him.

“It’s you — Picasso, the great artist! Oh, you must sketch my portrait! I insist.”
So Picasso agreed to sketch her. After studying her for a moment, he used a single pencil stroke to create her portrait. He handed the [...]

PAM Council for 2006-2007

PAM Council for 2006-2007, as announced at the 40th Annual General Meeting of Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia on 19 August 2006. I guess the old ways pervails… Ang-ism lost.
I only have one thing to say to these council members - please do something about that ugly website, for the sake of mankind.
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Breathtaking Bridges

Dong Hai Bridge

Breathtaking bridge? well, not really. The Dong Hai bridge has a simple design, but the muddy water is an eye-sore. The bridge is constructed with the latest technology, making it the longest over-sea bridge in the world. —thanks to plastic — the bridge is more sustainable and stronger.
Messina Bridge

If completed, the controversial bridge [...]

Nippon Evolution Paint Factory Site Visit

My boss arranges this Nippon paint site visit for the whole office, it’s really nice of him. We get to tour the factory and visit their R&D facilities. Surprisingly some of their tools are really old, dating back 50 years ago. Like most of the site visits, no photos allowed, not even hand phones.
Guess what, [...]

Robotic Parking Garage With a Trojan Horse

Talk about squeezing 324 vehicles into a 100- by 100-foot lot, now that is a miracle. But all has not been well for the automated car-lifters, the City of Hoboken decided to change the management that operates the “Sardine” Car Garage, but what they failed to change is the software that run the Robotic Garage [...]

Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) 2006 Election

Prepare to be Ang.ism by Mr.Ang Chee Cheong.
Who said time travel is impossible, all you have to do is to visit PAM’s website, the overall layout is horrible. From the humble beginning of June 2002 until today, there is no changes in the layout. We’re talking about art here mr.council members; the PAM official website [...]

Google - Star Trek - SketchUp 3D Competition

The 5th Annual Official Star Trek Convention is around the corner and if you happent o be a SketchUp user, its time to be Zaha Hadid. No, I don’t think Zaha Hadid knows how to use SketchUp, let alone AutoCAD.
What you have to do is design some kind of space craft or alien structure, and [...]