Dutch Architecture 2008 Coins
Click here for enlarged image Click here for enlarged image The Dutch Ministry of Finance organized an architecture competition for which a selected group of architectural offices and artists were… Keep Reading
Click here for enlarged image Click here for enlarged image The Dutch Ministry of Finance organized an architecture competition for which a selected group of architectural offices and artists were… Keep Reading
Was in Perth’s Chinatown and stumble upon this rather strange looking figure on the roof of a Chinese Gate – an unknown figure on a hen. Unlike most European’s gargoyles,… Keep Reading
Image Source and Copyright: The Puddle Dry – ich bin ein berliner pils The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed to house the Reichstag, the first parliament of the German… Keep Reading
Image Source: Transparent House Here is a simple way to dress up the stark industrial bare concrete floors; I believe their floral patterns can be applied to interiors of a… Keep Reading
Australia, a country where land is abundant as opposed to Singapore (reminds me of my Singaporean lecturer, I dislike him – a fresh graduate with zero working experience, he said… Keep Reading
Image Source and Copyright: Sze Tsung Leong Clearing of the old and making way for the new, tall, definitely soulless apartment blocks. The McDonalization of architecture is China has lead… Keep Reading
Image Source: Inhabitat The Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe has no conventional air-conditioning or heating, yet stays regulated year round with dramatically less energy consumption, the building uses less than… Keep Reading
image source: Notebook © 2005 James Wheare Blog reader James dropped a comment on the previous post “Architects are lower down the pecking order now!”, I thought it was really… Keep Reading
Image Source: Contour Crafting Your phones, shoes, clothes, cars, planes and almost everything man made are made automatically with machines, except for your house and it doesn’t make sense, or… Keep Reading
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… Keep Reading
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… Keep Reading
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… Keep Reading
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… Keep Reading
Image Source: Ebbe Brian Clark from Teaching Sells has this interesting story on simplicity: Back when NASA started launching manned spacecraft in the 1960s, they found out that the astronauts… Keep Reading