tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114446062024-03-17T20:03:24.577-07:00architechnophiliaArchitecture is a beautiful thing to love | and an even better thing to shareUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2961125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-38878585895172767142014-10-03T14:30:00.000-07:002014-10-03T14:30:00.539-07:00work | life balance<div style="text-align: center;">
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Amsterdam design studio Heldergroen by <a href="http://www.zecc.nl/" target="_blank">Zecc Architects</a> <a href="http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/agencys-office-literally-disappears-after-hours-so-you-cant-work-late-160333" target="_blank">via</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-91015771907906406012014-09-26T10:24:00.000-07:002014-09-26T10:24:00.136-07:00ARCKIT <a href="http://arckit.com/">ARCKIT®</a> is a freeform model building tool that allows architects and everyone to physically explore designs and bring their projects to life. The interconnecting components use no glue and are completely modular, making it possible to create a diverse range of scaled structures that can be used as working models to communicate ideas to clients and to showcase finished projects.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-7282768039314737672014-08-25T07:30:00.000-07:002014-08-25T07:30:00.832-07:00blog wunderlust: 251th August 2014<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">The sun never knew how great it was until it struck the side of a building. </div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Louis Kahn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pnpYo4a-aPs/U_X9BuGDLFI/AAAAAAAANXM/qNdAv2sYN88/s1600/Lego.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pnpYo4a-aPs/U_X9BuGDLFI/AAAAAAAANXM/qNdAv2sYN88/s1600/Lego.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br />
Could <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/aug/06/lego-architecture-studio-could-it-be-useful" target="_blank">Lego Architecture Studio</a> actually be useful for architects? | The ‘<a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/opinion/the-starchitect-image.html?_r=2#_=_" target="_blank">Starchitect</a>’ Image | <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/rebelarchitecture/2014/08/rebel-architecture-creator-view-2014810132621275358.html" target="_blank">Rebel Architecture</a>: The creator's view | Big Read: <a href="http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/europe/big-read-a-feast-of-art-food-and-architecture-in-rodez-30492660.html" target="_blank">A feast of art, food and architecture</a> in Rodez | <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/paper-palaces" target="_blank">Paper Palaces</a> | <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/aug/08/clay-robotics-architecture-chilterns-farm" target="_blank">Clay robotics</a>: the future of architecture is happening now in a Chilterns farm | <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/rebelarchitecture/2014/06/spain-guerrilla-architect-201462993348959830.html" target="_blank">Guerrilla architect</a> | 20th Century architecture: Is it the end of our '<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-28113687" target="_blank">concrete jungles</a>'? | <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/08/functional-chocolate-legos-by-akihiro-mizuuchi/" target="_blank">Edible Chocolate LEGOs</a> by Akihiro Mizuuchi<br />
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last word: <a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20140813/business/business1.html#.U-s5gp3G2_k.gmail" target="_blank">Stop Order Placed On St Lucia Towers</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-19797603359167818992014-08-04T07:28:00.000-07:002014-08-07T07:06:30.863-07:00blog wunderlust: 4th August 2014<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. </div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Frend Kent</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oO7_MJDF1XQ/U-ODSe2U66I/AAAAAAAANVs/d36QgQ6Q-Eg/s1600/lucas-museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oO7_MJDF1XQ/U-ODSe2U66I/AAAAAAAANVs/d36QgQ6Q-Eg/s1600/lucas-museum.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br />
George Lucas announces <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-lucas-museum-met-0728-20140728,0,3127265.story">architects for lakefront museum</a> | Are the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/07/28/are-the-star-architects-ruining-cities-9" target="_blank">‘Star’ Architects Ruining Cities</a>? | <a href="http://citiscope.org/story/2014/medellin-made-urban-escalators-famous-have-they-had-any-impact" target="_blank">Medellín made urban escalators famous</a>, but have they had any impact? | <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/aug/02/david-adjaye-interview-not-always-looking-at-usual-references" target="_blank">David Adjaye interview</a>: 'I'm not always looking at the usual references' | David Adjaye designs a <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/08/roksanda-ilinic-david-adjaye-london" target="_blank">new boutique for Couturiere Roksanda Ilincic</a> | Never Too Young; <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/103117101/never-too-young-15-librarian-recommended-architecture-books-for-young-children" target="_blank">15 Librarian-Recommended Architecture Books</a> for Young Children | <br />
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last word: <a href="http://m.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2014-08-03/build-communities-not-just-home-units" target="_blank">Build communities, not just home units</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-70387329035631847302014-08-02T08:03:00.002-07:002014-08-02T08:03:37.434-07:00Cristobal Palma<div style="text-align: center;">
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Acclaimed photographer cristobal palma, of santiago-based estudio palma, has produced a film which documents a great number of the buildings he has captured over the past four years. the movie, entitled ‘cristobal palma: architecture film work 2010-2014′ compiles palma’s short architectural videos, offering the viewer a deeper understanding of the various works.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-40308104101078217012014-08-02T07:44:00.000-07:002014-08-02T07:44:46.044-07:00Breath Box <iframe width="520" height="293" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bnSeAzdEHks" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
A installation for the 2014 Festival of Lively Architecture entitled "BREATH BOX" designed by<a href="http://www.nasarchitecture.com/" target="_blank"> NAS Architecture</a> which consists of a reflecting façade that reacts to wind, distorting the reflection of the sea.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-53349758546423471072014-07-28T07:26:00.000-07:002014-08-02T07:49:47.831-07:00blog wunderlust: 28th July 2014<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Architecture isn't a job persae, it is more of a lifestyle. We never really stop [doing] architecture no matter what we are doing.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://herbstarchitects.co.nz/" target="_blank"> Lance Herbst</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nW1hoKdw4Hk/U9z6ZbCLlMI/AAAAAAAANK0/LEY3zsmY_1M/s1600/vertical-slum-office-tower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nW1hoKdw4Hk/U9z6ZbCLlMI/AAAAAAAANK0/LEY3zsmY_1M/s1600/vertical-slum-office-tower.jpg" width="5200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/vertical-slum-office-tower.jpg" target="_blank">weburbanist</a></div><a href="http://www.dwell.com/travel-reports/article/modern-lexington-kentucky" target="_blank">Modern in Lexington, Kentucky</a> | The tale of one woman's <a href="https://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces/dee-williams--tiny-house--big-change-193912961.html" target="_blank">radically simplified</a> 'built-it-myself' life | Two Cool Skyscrapers By <a href="http://sfist.com/2014/07/23/two_cool_skyscrapers_by_architect_n.php" target="_blank">Architect Norman Foster</a> Proposed for First and Mission (San Francisco) | Tour the Concrete Home of <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2014/07/23/peter-zumthor-concrete-studio-switzerland.php" target="_blank">Reclusive Architect Peter Zumthor</a> | So much <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/28/architecture-blown-up-three-cooling-towers-demolished-didcot" target="_blank">architecture is monstrous</a> – that’s why we like to see it demolished | <a href="http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/07/31/the-problem-with-minimalism/" target="_blank">The Problem With Minimalism</a> | How a <a href="http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-a-new-dutch-library-smashed-attendance-records" target="_blank">New Dutch Library</a> Smashed Attendance Records<br />
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last word: End comes for notorious <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/end-comes-for-notorious-venezuelan-vertical-slum-slideshow/broken-windows-seen-covered-wood-planks-world-tallest-photo-204535753.html" target="_blank">Venezuelan vertical slum</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-89238098660791178322014-07-14T06:58:00.000-07:002014-07-17T07:26:46.886-07:00blog wunderlust: 14th July 2014<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">There's a lineage of carpentry and masonry, building with high skill and great efficiency that's specific to India, and I am transferring that ideology to projects around the world.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Bijoy Jain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2x8gvwvODHM/U8fdDEm-H8I/AAAAAAAAHiQ/0aL2_uBU_7Y/s1600/Maracana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2x8gvwvODHM/U8fdDEm-H8I/AAAAAAAAHiQ/0aL2_uBU_7Y/s1600/Maracana.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><span id="goog_10899474"></span><span id="goog_10899475"></span><br />
Why the Millennial Architect <a href="http://architizer.com/blog/why-the-millennial-architect-wont-be-your-cad-monkey/" target="_blank">Won’t Be Your CAD Monkey</a> | How Chinese Urbanism Is <a href="http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/July-2014/How-Chinese-Urbanism-Is-Transforming-African-Cities/" target="_blank">Transforming African Cities</a> | Inside the Iconic <a href="http://architizer.com/blog/inside-the-iconic-world-cup-finals-stadium/" target="_blank">World Cup Finals Stadium</a> | Why <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/15/why-modern-bathroom-wasteful-unhealthy-design?CMP=fb_gu" target="_blank">the modern bathroom</a> is a wasteful, unhealthy design | Is maverick master builder <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/is-maverick-master-builder-bjarke-ingels-the-worlds-smartest-architect--or-just-the-craziest-9595291.html" target="_blank">Bjarke Ingels the world's smartest architect</a> - or just the craziest? | Slovak architect turns <a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/370201/lifestyle/design/slovak-architect-turns-billboards-into-homes-for-the-homeless" target="_blank">billboards into homes</a> for the homeless | Knud Lonberg-Holm: ‘<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/arts/design/knud-lonberg-holm-the-invisible-architect.html?_r=0" target="_blank">The Invisible Architect</a>’<br />
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last word: <a href="http://www.worldarchitecture.org/authors-links/pnech/villanueva-114-years.html" target="_blank">Villanueva 114 years</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-71706174375527417902014-07-07T07:30:00.000-07:002014-07-09T12:28:18.290-07:00blog wunderlust: 7th July 2014<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Architecture must seduce. </div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Alberto Perez - Gomez</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Klww_AHb8qo/U72Wtqwo36I/AAAAAAAAHhY/yjXv7fuwvcs/s1600/Brazil-Poster2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Klww_AHb8qo/U72Wtqwo36I/AAAAAAAAHhY/yjXv7fuwvcs/s1600/Brazil-Poster2.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(c)architect André Chiote</span></div><br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jun/24/garden-bridge-london-thomas-heatherwick-joanna-lumley?CMP=fb_gu" target="_blank">London's Garden bridge</a>: 'It feels like we're trying to pull off a crime' | <a href="http://livewellcohousing.ca/discover-cohousing/six-characterisitcs-of-cohousing/" target="_blank">Six Characterisitcs of Cohousing</a> | David Adjaye-Designed <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2014/06/140610-David-Adjaye-Designed-Sugar-Hill-Affordable-Housing-Development-Nears-Completion-in-Harlem.asp#" target="_blank">Sugar Hill Affordable Housing</a> Development Nears Completion in Harlem | <a href="http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/902/" target="_blank">Green Roofs</a>: An Introduction with Pretty Pictures | <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/conceptions-of-space-moma-nyc-architecture-07-08-2014/" target="_blank">conceptions of space</a>: MoMA NYC's recent acquisitions in architecture | The Rise And Fall Of London <a href="http://www.psfk.com/2014/07/london-assemble-pop-ups.html#!bbzkDT" target="_blank">Pop-Up Architecture</a> | <a href="http://www.visualnews.com/2014/07/08/world-cup-posters-celebrate-stadium-architecture/" target="_blank">World Cup Posters</a> Celebrate Stadium Architecture<br />
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last word: <a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Evelyn-Mitchell-Infant-School-cops-top-architectural-award_16992372" target="_blank">Evelyn Mitchell Infant School cops top architectural award</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-25105409135647764672014-06-30T19:40:00.000-07:002014-06-30T19:40:00.817-07:00blog wunderlust: 30th June 2014<blockquote>
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. </div>
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Drink in the World's <a href="http://architizer.com/blog/drink-in-the-worlds-architecture-in-milky-coffee-swirls/" target="_blank">Architecture in Milky Coffee</a> Swirls | How Technology Is <a href="http://architizer.com/blog/arch-tech/">Changing The Architecture Profession</a> More Than Ever Before | The <a href="http://architecturelab.net/the-invisible-architect-of-invisible-architecture/" target="_blank">Invisible Architect</a> Of Invisible Architecture | 10 <a href="http://blog.buildllc.com/2014/06/10-architectural-features-that-should-be-taken-out-of-rotation/" target="_blank">Architectural Features</a> That Should Be Taken Out Of Rotation | 15 Reasons to <a href="http://www.iam-architect.com/date-a-architecture-teacher/" target="_blank">date an Architecture Teacher</a> | Beyond the World Cup stadiums, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-brazil-architecture-world-cup-20140615-story.html#page=1" target="_blank">architecture in Brazil returns to glory</a> and <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/dramatic-architecture-of-brazils-capital-draws-world-cup-tourists/1944237.html" target="_blank">Brasilia's Dramatic Architecture</a> Draws World Cup Tourists<br />
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last word: <a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20140622/focus/focus73.html#.U6ihyNPUxZA.facebook" target="_blank">Jamaican Architecture - The People's Views</a> and UDC acquiring, <a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/UDC-acquiring--refurbishing-derelict-buildings-downtown-Kingston" target="_blank">refurbishing derelict buildings</a> downtown KingstonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-12980975999688025082014-06-27T18:26:00.000-07:002014-06-27T18:26:00.333-07:00Cathedrals of Culture - Trailer<iframe width="520" height="293" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/s3f52bMVWqw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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Produced and Directed by Robert Redford and Wim WendersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-31492999022486818932014-06-27T17:19:00.002-07:002014-06-27T17:19:44.754-07:00Do the Architect<iframe width="520" height="293" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9A8Vk1FltNc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-23285474665608105652014-06-23T07:30:00.000-07:002014-06-23T07:30:00.512-07:00blog wunderlust: 23rd June 2014<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">We see architecture as the direct result of the way of life. </div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Peter and Alison Smithson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yin1fy_7nj4/U6SmWzLnL5I/AAAAAAAAHfI/4KwyoplxYfo/s1600/mollaspace-concrete-planter-11-990x500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yin1fy_7nj4/U6SmWzLnL5I/AAAAAAAAHfI/4KwyoplxYfo/s1600/mollaspace-concrete-planter-11-990x500.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://www.realtytoday.com/articles/5981/20140620/archimusic-songs-look-buildings-photos.htm" target="_blank">Archimusic</a>: If Songs Were To Look Like Buildings | <a href="http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/13418013" target="_blank">Constructing identities</a>: Contributions from Iran, Morocco, and the UAE | When it comes to housing, <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/when-it-comes-housing-small-new-big.html" target="_blank">small is the new big</a> | Modern <strike>soccer</strike> <b>football</b> wouldn't be the same without <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/51296/why-are-soccer-balls-made-hexagons" target="_blank">an architect's invention</a> | <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2014/05/140523-Newsmaker-Marc-Norman.asp" target="_blank">Newsmaker: Marc Norman</a> | <a href="http://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/October-2013/22-Questions-for-Stanley-Tigerman/" target="_blank">22 Questions</a> for Stanley Tigerman | This is not actually <a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/06/17/actually-abandoned-building-overgrown-plants" target="_blank">an abandoned building</a> with overgrown plants | <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2014/01/20/why-architects-love-surface-pro.aspx#.U6Y_6o1dVAQ" target="_blank">Why architects love Surface Pro</a><br />
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last word: <a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/career/Taylors-win-architecture-award_16877399" target="_blank">Taylors Win Architecture Award</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-29553607047656302522014-06-16T07:00:00.000-07:002014-06-17T09:38:46.701-07:00blog wunderlust: 9th June 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
It is in hard times especially, that good architecture is made. </div>
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Christopher Whyms-Stone [<a href="http://www.cdlarc.com/" target="_blank">Cornerstone.Design Ltd</a>]</div>
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Are Ivy League Schools Really Offering <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/450367/are-ivy-league-schools-really-offering-the-best-architectural-education/" target="_blank">the Best Architectural Education</a>? | <a href="http://www.entrearchitect.com/2014/06/02/25-architects-you-should-follow-on-twitter/" target="_blank">25 Architects</a> You Should Follow on Twitter | A new blueprint for <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-monuments-men-architecture-20140613-column.html" target="_blank">architectural excellence</a> | Berlin Plans '<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/14/house-of-one-berlin-interfaith_n_5489444.html?utm_hp_ref=religion" target="_blank">House Of One</a>,' A Place Where Jews, Muslims, And Christians Will Pray Under The Same Roof | <a href="http://www.worldarchitecture.org/authors-links/pnenf/life-in-the-suburbs-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.html" target="_blank">Life in the suburbs</a>: the good, the bad and the ugly | <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-tool-set/" target="_blank">How to make a tool set</a> | Miami's new vice – an <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/01/miami-new-vice-star-architecture" target="_blank">addiction to star architects</a> |<br />
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last word: <a href="http://www.aclaworks.com/blog/mandilee_newton_first_leed_architect_trinidad_tobago/" target="_blank">“LEEDing” The Pack: acla:works Deepens Commitment to Green Building, Design and Construction</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-31936281289871474812014-06-02T12:38:00.000-07:002014-06-02T20:36:16.436-07:00blog wunderlust: 2nd June 2014<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">I think my designs are quite contemporary, but I like to use older forms. I would describe my style as modern, which learns from the vernacular; it applies local building materials while reflecting indigenous culture, offering solutions to environmental issues and accounting for modern technology.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Ann Hodges (<a href="http://kingston10architects.com/" target="_blank">Kingston 10 Architects</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pELqL-zMh20/U41AU0_rigI/AAAAAAAAHdw/Kdp_hq3tf-g/s1600/architecture_animee_01.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pELqL-zMh20/U41AU0_rigI/AAAAAAAAHdw/Kdp_hq3tf-g/s1600/architecture_animee_01.gif" width="520" /></a></div><br />
This <a href="http://gizmodo.com/this-abandoned-wasteland-was-once-americas-largest-mall-1581357311/+ace" target="_blank">Abandoned Wasteland</a> Was Once America's Largest Mall | <a href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/09/playful-workspaces/" target="_blank">Playful Work Environments</a> | Finding <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/arts/design/finding-space-for-the-living-at-a-memorial.html?_r=1" target="_blank">Space for the Living</a> at a Memorial | Renewed Hope For <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/09/garden/renewed-hope-for-black-architects.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">Black Architects</a> | <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324853704578587373750850406" target="_blank">Bauhaus Beauties</a> | <a href="http://www.visualnews.com/2014/06/02/remixing-famous-architecture-animated-gifs/" target="_blank">Remixing Famous Architecture</a> in Animated GIFs | Focus of <a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/people/2014/06/178_158379.html" target="_blank">architecture is people</a> | klopf architecture remodels <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/klopf-architecture-double-gable-eichler-remodel-06-01-2014/" target="_blank">double gable eichler</a> home in california | Man who compiled the '<a href="http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Man-compiled-bible-architecture/story-21117559-detail/story.html" target="_blank">bible' on architecture</a><br />
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last word: Fire razes [<a href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Fire-razes-commercial-building-in-Falmouth" target="_blank">Historic</a>] commercial building in FalmouthUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-30911429674689450912014-05-30T14:00:00.000-07:002014-05-30T14:00:00.163-07:00TED talks: Iwan Baan<iframe width="520" height="293" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SxwLfSlkJDI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
Iwan Baan: Ingenious homes in unexpected placesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-56265071456608636972014-05-26T07:01:00.000-07:002014-05-29T06:23:37.904-07:00blog wunderlust: 26th May 2014<blockquote>
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last word: <a href="http://jamaicantillidie.blogspot.com/2014/04/holness-fortress.html">Holness Fortress!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-5171578727182585892014-05-23T20:55:00.000-07:002014-05-26T20:56:08.902-07:00Folie Richter Montpellier by MVRDV for ADIM<iframe width="520" height="293" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CEOsF0wfiEg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-9857390943591553542014-05-19T08:30:00.000-07:002014-05-26T20:52:04.149-07:00blog wunderlust: 19th May 2014<blockquote>
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<a href="http://theastergates.com/home.html" target="_blank">Theaster Gates</a> Gets $3.5M Grant to Push <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140508/washington-park/theaster-gates-gets-35m-grant-push-arts-as-tool-for-revitalization" http:="" sheri-koones="" solar-decathlon-innovatio_b_5297749.html="" target="_blank" www.huffingtonpost.com="">Solar Decathlon</a> -- Innovation in Home Design | This City Aims to Be “<a href="http://themindunleashed.org/2014/02/city-aims-car-free-20-years.html" target="_blank">Car Free</a>” in 20 Years | <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/older-smaller-better-why-new-ideas-need-old-buildings.html" target="_blank">Older, Smaller, Better</a>: Why new ideas need old buildings | Creatives, now <a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/05/15/creatives-now-can-swap-homes-creative-types/" target="_blank">you can swap homes</a> with other creative types | Trash, waste and household items turned into <a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/05/14/repurposed-trash-houses-homeless-gregory-kloehn/" target="_blank">houses for the homeless</a> | <a href="http://www.graphisoft.com/users/case_studies/BIG_BIM_for_the_concept_arch.html" target="_blank">BIG BIM</a> for the conceptual architect</div>
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last word: <a href="http://blink.hdrinc.com/10-essential-habits-successful-architects" target="_blank">10 essential habits for successful architects</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-14464511380135459702014-05-16T20:33:00.000-07:002014-05-16T20:33:00.215-07:00Jockey Club Innovation Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/94977159" width="520" height="293" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/94977159">Jockey Club Innovation Tower / Zaha Hadid Architects</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/archdaily">ArchDaily</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-32453111303149333872014-05-16T17:00:00.000-07:002014-05-18T21:01:13.705-07:00Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/26513083" width="500" height="281" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-53766540063362667442014-05-12T07:00:00.000-07:002014-05-12T20:51:48.491-07:00blog wunderlust: 12th May 2014<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">By tattooing walls, graffiti writers free them architecture and turn them once again into living, social matter, into the moving body of the city before it has been banned with functions and institutions.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Jean Baudrillard "Kool Killer, or the Insurrection of Signs"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vlTkzFp92a0/U3GVxuOdhoI/AAAAAAAAHbw/_E74g8pA2zo/s1600/Screen+shot+2014-05-12+at+10.46.00+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vlTkzFp92a0/U3GVxuOdhoI/AAAAAAAAHbw/_E74g8pA2zo/s1600/Screen+shot+2014-05-12+at+10.46.00+PM.png" width="520" /></a></div><br />
When Architects Build Brands: <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/503637/when-architects-build-brands-is-architecture-s-future-in-advertising/" target="_blank">Is Architecture’s Future in Advertising?</a> | Meet <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303456104579489790265614238" target="_blank">the Dynamic Duo</a> Behind Architecture Firm Fuksas | <a href="http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/why-architects-should-blog/" target="_blank">Why Architects should Blog</a> | <a href="http://architizer.com/blog/the-green-building-reality-why-two-thirds-of-the-profession-are-cowards/" target="_blank">The Green Building Reality</a>: Why Two-Thirds of the Profession Are Cowards | <a href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/one-of-americas-most-famous-architects-was-a-nazi-propa-1566021324" target="_blank">One of America's Most Famous</a> Architects Was a Nazi Propagandist | <a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/05/12/beautiful-mobile-home-33000-talked-owners/" target="_blank">A beautiful mobile home</a> for just $33,000? | <a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/work/special-report-a-degree-in-architecture--but-all-i-can-get-are-menial-jobs-8159842.html" target="_blank">A degree in architecture</a> … but all I can get are menial jobs<br />
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last word: <a href="http://csa-utech.com/news_details.php?2014---End-of-Year-Exhibition-33" target="_blank">2014 - End of Year Exhibition</a> at the Caribbean School of ArchitectureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-71318849199566976582014-05-05T07:00:00.000-07:002014-05-08T16:47:28.235-07:00blog wunderlust: Cinco de Mayo 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
We were coming out the war the space race was on. People thought science and progress could solve all society’s problems, architecture was there to improve peoples’ lives and things could only get better.</div>
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An art collective is <a blank="" href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/05/01/art-collective-painting-entire-mexican-town-bright-beautiful-colour/" target="_">painting an entire mexican town</a> in bright and beautiful colour | Why live in buildings when <a blank="" href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/03/26/really-live-buildings-can-live/" target="_">you can live in between</a> them? | Is Liz Diller Even Convinced That Razing The Folk Art Museum Is The Right Move? | What It’s Like To Be <a blank="" href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/3025934/slicker-city/what-its-like-to-be-a-walmart-architect" target="_">A Walmart Architect</a> | Architect Hans <a blank="" href="http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80008249/" target="_">Hollein's fascination with California</a> and the U.S. | Architect puts his stamp on <a blank="" href="http://www.tourismportdouglas.com.au/Architect-puts-his-stamp-on-award-winnin.11348.0.html" target="_">award-winning home</a> |<br />
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last word: <a href="http://www.urbansplash.co.uk/blog/urban-splash/ivor-smith-park-hill-and-optimism/" target="_blank">Ivor Smith, Park Hill and Optimism</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-71709881624269201972014-05-02T15:20:00.000-07:002014-05-02T15:20:00.028-07:00emergency shelter<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/93017500" width="500" height="375" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
LAU architecture students assemble emergency shelter with plastic crates + tiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444606.post-14188249049871888462014-04-28T07:00:00.000-07:002014-04-30T19:19:43.096-07:00blog wunderlust: 28th April 2014<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote>Buildings are deeply emotive structures which form our psyche. People think they're just things they maneuver through, but the make-up of a person is influenced by the nature of the spaces</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: center;">David Adjaye</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7swUE7Q_Fck/U2GIJBfir7I/AAAAAAAAHao/u4uSebUuEVg/s1600/Giancarlo+Mazzanti_canopy+bogota.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7swUE7Q_Fck/U2GIJBfir7I/AAAAAAAAHao/u4uSebUuEVg/s1600/Giancarlo+Mazzanti_canopy+bogota.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br />
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last words: Bogota- <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/apr/22/bogota-urbanists-guide-city-colombia-bicycle" target="_blank">an urbanist's guide</a> to the cityUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2