President Barack Obama Wanted To Be An Architect
The World Election 2008 United States presidential election 2008 is around the corner, and this could be the most interesting election ever, that is if, a BIG if, one of… Keep Reading
Drafting is Like Riding a Horse
Anyone with both experience in riding a horse and drafting? Is it “Like riding a horse”, am not too sure about the riding part, but it sounds as if they’re… Keep Reading
China, A Country Without Memory
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
Social Housing, Making Small Seem Large
Image Source: Wikipedia This semester’s design class is about social housing, before we jump into the design stage, we need to understand what is social housing? I bet 9 out… Keep Reading
When I Grow Up I Want To Be An Architect
I would like to apologize for the lack of updates, I’m having some issues with my current hosting company and things are made worst with the lack of internet at… Keep Reading
How to Become a Famous Architect
I had a conversation with an architect last week and during the conversation he told me, “The fastest way to become a famous architect,” he said, “is to throw a… Keep Reading
Diller & Scofidio – Blur Building
Image Source: Swiss Expo 2002 Image Source: Swiss Expo 2002 Seven years ago when I was in secondary school I came across a documentary about the Swiss Expo 2002 in… Keep Reading
Wedding at Tanarimba Janda Baik
I’m not a very sociable person, close friends of mine knows that I am awfully quiet in a crowded environment, such as party and gatherings, same goes for wedding dinner,… Keep Reading
Going Green – Chicago City Hall
Image Source: Time Magazine, Photographer: Anne Ryan / Polaris I came across an interesting article on the latest Time Magazine, it is about greening rooftops. According to the magazine, in… Keep Reading
Kuala Lumpur Flood Control, Damage and Restoration System
Sorry for the lack of updates, was away attending my cousin’s wedding, will update about that too. Anyway, while I was in Kuala Lumpur for the weekend prior to the… Keep Reading
All I Want For Christmas Is An Architect Outfit!
Next year is my 8th year studying and working in the architecture field, 8 years of rubbish and suffering is one hectic journey. Quite a number of my friends asked… Keep Reading
Sustainable Building in Zimbabwe Modeled After Termite Mounds
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
As Per Architect Specifications
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
Contour Crafting, 3D Construction Printing Printer by University of Southern California
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
Legendary Landmark For Sale
image source: Wikipedia The Eiffel Tower for Sale – $100,000 In 1925, Victor Lustig, a Czech con artist read in the newspaper that the Eiffel Tower needed a major repair,… Keep Reading
Zaha Hadid’s Island, Radical Plan for Bilbao
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