Posts Tagged ‘architecture’

Mos wins P.S.1

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009


Third time’s the charm right? And I kept thinking this was a ‘once in a lifetime shot’ type of deal.

Take a look at the primitive huts here in the NYT slideshow.

Just as a refresher, the other two entries were in ’07 (Prehistoric Future) and ’04 (Plug-in Drop-out)

Alice Tully Hall

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

The New Yorker’s Paul Goldberger has a pretty good review on DS+R’s renovation of Lincoln Center.

Read the article here and don’t miss the video here.

Make it Work

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Erratica - Make it Work

I made it last Friday to the Make it Work exhibition at the Center for Architecture. The exhibit was sponsored by Arup (among others), and it included work they’ve done with architects around the world and how they’re pushing new technologies/techniques/materials to achieve those projects. The show included a prototype of the Trusset, devised by Phil Anzalone and Corey Clarke. Our good friends Robert Pallman (who works at Arup) and Troy Zezula from Pratt (worked at Arup over the summer) had to do with some of the projects.

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Justice House

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

justice house

Planda designed the Justice House. Take a look at the video of the process in the link below.

Read the rest here.

Thanks Mike for the link.

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False Advertising

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

CNN has an article on 15 jobs -or careers I’d say- that will make you more money. Being an architect made the list…

2. Architect
Annual mean income: $62,246
Projected employment in 2016: 155,000
Increase between 2006 and 2016: 18 percent

Try getting that salary at any of the ‘cool’ architecture studios.

Read the article here.

EFGH

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Erratica - EFGH

SOFTlab has just completed the website for our good friends Frank Gesualdi and Hayley Eber at EFGH.

The site was conceived as a pulsing array of pixels that contain the projects. After a while, it looks like the site is breathing, almost alive.

Go check it out.

Chanel’s Mobile Art Pavilion

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Erratica - Chanel Pavillion

I had forgotten to upload these images on Zaha’s Pavilion. It was definitely good walking through it, too bad though that (most of) the art was just, mediocre to say the least.

More images after the jump.

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Morphosis

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Erratica - Morphosis

I had the pleasure today of taking a tour of Morphosis’ new building for the Cooper Union (thanks Hayley!). The building, which will be completed approximately in May 09 will be the new science and engineering labs for the school.

Take a peek at some more images after the jump below.

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Dogmatic

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Erratica - Dogmatic

Our good friends from EFGH -Frank Gesualdi and Hayley Eber- had the opening of their first completed architectural project: Dogmatic, a nifty little quasi fast food restaurant in Union Square which specializes in gourmet sausages, served in a vertical baguette. Very yummy by the way.
The design of the space is incredibly smart and playful: a hefty communal table takes the center stage, with a thick butcher block top and steel base. The table has cantilevered retractable seats which is such a good move for a small place, avoiding altogether any type of loose furniture. A mural baked into the tile is another great detail, moreover since it’s placed along the area where the waiting line will be. These guys took a lot of care in the details, so go take a look at it and try some of the goodies.

More images after the jump below

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RSVP wins Indoor City Rack competition

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Erratica - RSVP Studio Brian Ripel

Our good friend Brian Ripel, founder of RSVP studio, won the New York City Racks competition for the indoor bike racks, which was sponsored by Google. The first prototype, according to the competition, is to be deployed at Google’s offices. I’ll try to get an image from Brian later on to post it here. .