Pecha Kucha :: Global Caribbean

I have recently recieved permission to host the Pecha Kucha in the Caribbean

Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work

Here is YOUR chance to tell the the world about YOUR design, YOUR thoughts, YOUR ideas

But as we all know, give a microphone to a designer (especially an architect) and you'll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each - giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show. It doesn't hurt to serve drinks as well.

Pecha Kucha is a copyright of Klein-Dytham architects and is a not for profit organisation

The Millwood residence by Canadian practice Farrow Partnership

another white box

A 150 sq.m home & office by Marià Castelló

CASA PR34 house,Mexico City by Rojkind Arquitectos

World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum

Designed by Leeser Architecture, the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum is designed as a low-impact & highly insulated response to the extreme climate, elevated 20 feet above off the thermally sensitive permafrost by structural supports to minimize heat transfer.

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New Zealand Masterclass with John Lindsay, Peter Stutchbury, Richard Leplastrier and Ian Athfield.

No Love

Apparently the fetish has fell from the Floating Podium

DesignBoom interview with Jean Nouvel

aka Dr. Evil

Links to previously mentioned designers

Hella Jongerius
Jurgen Bey
Fernando & Humberto Campana
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Greg Lynn
Jürgen Mayer H
and an article on Jerszy Seymour from ICON Magazine

My Home

MyHome - Seven experiments for contemporary living

Interventions by Jurgen Bey, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Fernando & Humberto Campana, Hella Jongerius, Greg Lynn, Jürgen Mayer H., and Jerszy Seymour

prefabulous!

A modern prefabricated house by Kohn Shnier Architects

more info here, and here

An article on a recent addition to a 1950s modernist house by Aidlin-Darling Design

“The only thing we really care about existing beyond us is the buildings,” Billy Tsien

Not so for many other architects, many top US architects trade years of architectural process for profit whilst others consider it unethical.

The Great Bow Yard, is an ecological attempt at residential development comprimising of 12 houses and apartments. The units have been built with sustainably sourced materials, sans toxic chemicals typical of new construction; additionally with greater insulation (above UK standards) and involve green energy use and passive solar devices.

Louis I. Kahn: Beyond Time and Style: A Life in Architecture by Carter Wiseman

and its review

milestone

On the late Friday night 20th July, architechnophilia hit another milestone with over 200,000 visits to the site since March 2005. Thanks to all who make the site part of their architectural commute.

blackout

thunderstorms knocked out all power and communication for 24 hours...will blog later

dad architects

current reading

A History of Orgies by Burgo Partridge

The Suburban Nation, the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck

Thomas Daniell Architects. "Improvisation during construction is an essential part of the design process," conceiving architecture in continuity with the built environment, not by mimicking other buildings, but by being influenced by each locale's identity."

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