New York City – City of the Great Pyramids
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
Architects are lower down the pecking order now!
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
Beijing Great Wheel
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… Keep Reading
Wolf Prix and Peter Eisenman, Architecture Design Crit
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
How to work “I’m an Architect” into Casual Conversation
Click here for more sage words of wisdom Via James Stamp from Life Without a Building, these are AIA recruitment posters. According to a survey, architects are sexy! It appears… Keep Reading
Moving Houses Companies and Services in London, UK
Image Source: Fogonazos Peter Green House, at Brown University, America, was moved last summer approximately 450 feet away from the existing location, moving an architecture is not a new far-fetching… Keep Reading
Rome’s Trevi Fountain in Read
Image Source : Wikipedia – Trevi Fountain “A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. A symbol, in and of… Keep Reading
The Zero Gravity Pen
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
Antonio Gaudi’s Quote
I thought Architects were Kings and Emperors, boy, I was wrong again. According to Antonio Gaudi, some of us are God and Goddess. Antonio Gaudi is the genius behind the… Keep Reading
Naypyidaw, Burma’s New Capital
According to Danny Lyon, designing cities was the job of emperors and kings during the medieval age, today; it takes a dictator to build a city. Burma’s new capital city… Keep Reading
Kisho Kurokawa 1934 – 2007, Kuala Lumpur International Airport KLIA
Kisho Kurokawa died on 12th October 2007 in Tokyo due to heart failure. Kisho Kurokawa was a well-known Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement. He… Keep Reading
James Howard Kunstler: The tragedy of suburbia
After getting a series of hate mails from die-hard-architecture fans and not to mention archi-maniac on my previous post – What is Architecture? Once again, what is architecture? Is it… Keep Reading
You must be crazy not to love Alvaro Siza
“You must be crazy not to love Alvaro Siza,” said my lecturer in a monotonous voice and expression, “His designs are really good and a strong respect for every site.”… Keep Reading
Bodegas and offices commercial Huanacu Ltda
I’ve been really really busy for the entire week, assignments are snowballing while my balls shrink to the size of a raisin, this week’s presentation must have been the shortest… Keep Reading
Farnsworth House – Blending with Nature
Image Source : Pruned Its a boat, its a plane, its Farnsworth House! Yes, the area is prone to flood and I couldn’t agree more with Pruned that the Farnsworth… Keep Reading
The most Liveable Cities in the World
According to The Economist, Australia has four out of ten most liveable cities in the world, they are Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney. Technically I am currently in one of… Keep Reading