Archive for November, 2007

Zaha Hadid’s Island, Radical Plan for Bilbao
3 Comments November 26th, 2007

Image Source: ArchitectureLab
Zaha Hadid was once known as the paper architect because her works never made it off the blueprint, things started to change for the good in recent years, her work has started to mushroom across the world, the latest proposal by Hadid is a yet to be named island, the radical plans for [...]



New York City - City of the Great Pyramids
1 Comment November 21st, 2007

Image Source: Dezeen Copyright: Jean Nouvel
A new kid on the block - the 53 West 53rd Street by Jean Nouvel.
French architect Jean Nouvel did it again; his latest groundbreaking design for Manhattan will rival the Chrysler Building in height and possibly the old bird’s iconic statues. 53 West 53rd Street by Jean Nouvel is a [...]



To be or not to be an Architect!
6 Comments November 20th, 2007

Image Source and Copyright : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Note: Article by Guest Blogger
Hello, I have been reading your blog for quite sometime now, and your recent entry- Architecture - A Glimpse Into My Past, described about some similarity in both of our situation. It is exactly what I have to face at this moment, kept crying [...]



Architects are lower down the pecking order now!
5 Comments November 14th, 2007

Listen up kids, Uncle Piers Gough from CZWG Architects had a Groovy interview at Building.co.uk, according to him, people used to sweep the construction site prior inspection, graduate architects has the same treatment as well, but that was all history. Life as an architect back then must be like a king.
Is architecture a tougher job [...]



Demolish My School, Please?
No Comments November 9th, 2007

Image Source and Copyright : Andrews McMeel Publishing
This is a girl in Ireland making a prank call to a demolition company, she requested their help to demolish her school together with her teaches inside the building. Can you imagine she is just 8 year old girl! This is the best prank call ever, sounds pretty [...]



MIT Alleges Flaws in Frank Gehry’s Building
6 Comments November 8th, 2007

According to Yahoo News, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is suing renowned architect Frank Gehry, alleging serious design flaws in the Stata Center, a building celebrated for its unconventional walls and radical angles.
The $300 million building was completed in 2004, it houses labs, offices, classrooms and meeting rooms, within a few years, it has persistent [...]



Beijing Great Wheel
3 Comments November 6th, 2007

Remember my previous post - Eye of the world and the Pakistan Eye? The Chinese government began construction on the Great Wheel of China (220meters, 680 feet), believed to be the world’s tallest ferris wheel provided that Dubai (Dubai Eye at 200meters, 600 feet) doesn’t go back to the drawing board.
Originally $99 million Beijing Great [...]



Wolf Prix and Peter Eisenman
7 Comments November 2nd, 2007

Found this at aperion, my final presentation is on this coming tuesday, possibly my real ‘final’ presentation. Anyway, here is a short video clip of Peter Eisenman and Wolf prix of Coop Himmelblau during a class presentation, it appears to me they are debating on the topic ‘How to teach architecture’. Possibly the worst [...]




     

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    Currently studying Architecture in Curtin University, Western Australia. Calvin loves web designing and photography, occasionally he blogs about his thoughts and opinions.

    Every morning he refill himself with weird energy-inducing substances known as coffee and tea and then off saving the world, I mean studying and blogging of course.

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