February 24, 2014

blog wunderlust: 24th February 2014

Good architecture is like a good theory session, a good marriage, a good poem - gently and almost invisibly allowing you to be you, as flawed and as beautiful as you are
Robert Sullivan

Robert Redford and Wim Wenders on new architecture film Cathedrals of Culture | Architecture: The Most Romantic Profession in Tinseltown | Alejandro Aravena: architect, equaliser, el visionario | An Amazing Village Designed Just For People With Dementia | Green Globes challenging LEED for market share | A Dictator's Guide to Urban Design | Peak Gentrification | Bicycle roundabout | Architect Rem Koolhaas' Protégés

last word: Jamaican Architecture Students [from the Caribbean] Visit Belize

February 21, 2014

February 17, 2014

Blog Wunderlust: 17th February 2014

In becoming architects, we learn to see the world with intelligent sensuality. Intuitive propositions become the means by which we discover the qualities of location
Jeanne Sillet (Forward to Mega III, Architectural Association, London, 1987)

I love you Building – Happy Valentine’s Day | A bridge that’s a carpark that’s also a park | Frank Gehry Is Still the World's Worst Living Architect | Crossrail brings in top architect behind King's Cross revamp | Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie laments unfriendly Hong Kong architecture | Sexism in architecture: Remember what Kathryn Findlay said? 'Women, don't be put off by the aggression of men' | The world's first 'selfie building'

last word: Cuba’s Reward for the Dutiful: Gated Housing

February 14, 2014

February 3, 2014

Blog Wunderlust: 3rd February 2014

Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put Some of that turmoil into architecture, or it isn't real
Frank Stella

10 Innovative Affordable Housing Designs For Sustainable Living | Vandals break into Le Corbusier's Ronchamp chapel and spark a scandal | Building Faces Wrecking Ball. So Does Couples’ Friendship | An affordable modern home in Atlanta | Far East: Architecture in India | Taiwan architect leads humanitarian building projects | Architect Named to Transform Courtyard at MoMA PS1 | Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) open Motor of Modernity


last word: Colonial gems in T&T