Mampe, good luck in China. I figured you could use some wisdom.
Posts Tagged ‘architecture’
Fortune for Mampe
Friday, May 2nd, 2008PKNY
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Pecha Kucha is tonight…
See you there.
Update:
Here are some random images from last night’s presentations
abalos y herreros
Terminal 5 and Terminal 3
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Paul Goldberger has written an interesting article / review in The New Yorker on Foster’s Terminal 5 at Heathrow, and how the idea of the airport was rethought for this specific project. Then, on Rogers’ Terminal 3 in Madrid and how, with smart strategies, the experience of the infinite corridor can be a pleasing one.
Read the article here.
Temporarily permanent
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Nothing says “temporary stay” like the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, the U.S.’s largest diplomatic compound anywhere in the world, which is now ready.
“It’s been a difficult few weeks, rockets are bouncing off your buildings, and maintaining focus can be an occasional challenge,” (ambassador) Crocker said…
Read the CNN article here.
Read my previous entry here.
via [archinect]
Reusing PC heat
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Heat produced by computers has long been one of those byproducts that are, more often than not, vented to the exterior and therefore wasted. A computer center in Switzerland is reusing the heat produced by its equipment to warm up a town pool. The town payed for part of the system to reroute the heat but it’ll continue to use it or free. A cool symbiotic relationship that will probably become a model.
Read the Wired article here.
GAUD++ Opening Pics
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Last night, after an awesome lecture by Jose Oubrerie on the completion of The Church of Saint Pierre, the student work show GAUD++ curated by the independent study group opened in the first level gallery at Pratt.
From left to right:
Sean Dugan, Mike Szivos, Troy Zezula, Jason Mcgee, Andrew Seskunas and Robert Beach.
View some low quality pics after the jump, but check out better pics from the opening in their blog here.
GAUD++ Opening Tonight
Monday, March 31st, 2008
GAUD++
Opening Reception
March 31, 2008
Immediately following lecture
Robert and Hazel Siegel Gallery
61 St. James Place
Brooklyn, NY 11205
To see the development of the project, please visit the blog at: http://www.gaudplusplus.com/
United Bottle
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Last Friday was the opening of United Bottle, a project by INSTANT ARCHITECTS, Dirk Hebel & Jörg Stollmann with Tobias Klauser at the Van Alen Institute. A very smart and interesting solution to the issue of waste.
Read about the project at the Van Alen’s site here.
More images after the jump below.
Jean Nouvel Wins Pritzker Price
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Gehry’s Serpentine Pavillion
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Gehry’s proposal for the Serpentine Pavillion takes us back to, I’d say, 1996 (remember decon anyone?). Maybe his assistants submitted the study model instead of the final one…
Read the BBC article here.