One of three winning proposals, this by the partnerships of Atelier Data & MOOV for the Re:Vision Dallas competition.
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August 6, 2009
on the boards: Re:Vision Dallas
One of three winning proposals, this by the partnerships of Atelier Data & MOOV for the Re:Vision Dallas competition.
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on the boards: University of Lausanne
Architects Burckhardt + Partners competition entry for the faculties of social and political sciences, geosciences and environment at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
on the boards: BibLLLiotheek
NY based architects REX have been named the winner of the BibLLLiotheek competition to build a Library of the Future for the city of Kortrijk, Belgium. REX partnered with landscape architects Bureau Bas Smets for the design of the library and master plan of the area.
Competition jury noted that the design by REX was “the most inspiring model,” and praised “the originality of the design approach compared to other design teams.”
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August 5, 2009
House of the Week 034: Thiang Residence
Designed by Bojan Simic to accommodate three generations of family in two houses clustered around internal courtyards for the family to come together.
August 4, 2009
Michael Graves Interview
Architechnophilia recently interviewed renowned architect and designer Michael Graves who has partnered with [yellow tail]wines. We spoke about architecture, Post Modernism, sustainability and wine.
Firstly, when did you make that initial step into product design?
For me, it started back in college. I designed every piece of furniture in my apartment. At that time, it probably wasn’t anything more than orange crates but I was proud of that work. That passion continued for me and never stopped.
Do you think architects approach product design differently than those formally trained in industrial design?
I’ve always considered myself a general practitioner. We are entering an era of specialization and I’ve always thought it was best to be well-versed in a number of areas. In the past architects designed not only the buildings but most everything in them.
Where did you find the inspiration for product design, and importantly for the wine glasses?
The inspiration usually starts when a client brings us the project. We find that most clients have a passion and excitement for their work and we feed off that. And the process goes from there.
For this new set of limited-edition [yellow tail] glasses that celebrate their wine[tails] recipe collection, we looked for inspiration to what the brand represented: fun, unpretentious – they aim to make wine accessible to all.
When the [yellow tail] people and our team sat down together, it was apparent that they had really turned the wine industry on its head. So, we had some fun with that.
The design of the glasses is based on a traditional cocktail glass but flipped on its head to showcase the fun and ‘unpretentiousness’ of a wine[tails] cocktail. Each glass is designed to provide the illusion of an inverted bottle within an individual glass shape.
Do you think as a culture we have moved into a new mode of ornamentation?
Functionality should never be lost in design. Ornamentation is important, but it should never be the sole purpose. It should fit within the functionality of sound design.
What are your thoughts on attempting to unite form & ornament in product design?
They complement each other well. We are in a minimalist society, where it’s often said that “less is more.” Well, sometimes “more is more.” So, ornament does play an important role, as long it complements the function.
Your products although ergonomic typically have a playful twist to it, can we expect the same with your proposals for Yellow Tail?
The [yellow tail] brand demands it. The brand is so playful and fun, that you can’t deliver a good design if it doesn’t capture those qualities.
The actual project assignment was to create glasses for a program they have called wine[tails] – which pretty much break the rules of wine by telling people it’s okay to mix wine with other ingredients to create flavorful cocktail drinks. It flips wine on its head, so to speak.
What is the role of sustainability in design - be it architecture or housewares?
While it has become a buzzword, sustainability for us is a "big picture" proposition. We are the stewards of our planet and we owe it to ourselves and future generations to preserve and enhance (not just sustain!) our natural resources. Our architectural practice belongs to the U.S. Green Building Council and we incorporate sustainable and energy-efficient features in our buildings as a matter of course. For example, in a planning or architecture project, we look at how to balance built and open space, what materials are used, how the air quality affects the wellness of the inhabitants, how water is recycled, and so on.
Why did post-modernism sound so good but unable to survive critical perception?
Post-modernism initially was a reaction to the abstract nature of commercial modernism that was prevalent in the middle of the 20th century, which many found alienating. I coined the phrase "figurative architecture" (and by extension "figurative design") to refer to a way of working that allowed the use of both the traditional and familiar language of forms (and color) and the lessons of modern composition to be part of our work. It was around that time that I was referred to as a post-modernist. I still think that is a valid way of thinking. However, because people associated post-modernism with particular forms and colors, it was regarded as a style rather than a way of working. Like Art Deco, I suppose. Once those forms and colors were imitated throughout commercial architecture, like the abstract commercial modernism that preceded it, it became hackneyed. Even though I've been associated with the origins of post-modernism, I don't refer to myself as a post-modernist in the stylistic sense.
Last question, red or white? Cabernet or Chardonnay? What's your preference?
How about both? I don’t know; I really do enjoy them all.
Michael Graves is designing for a limited set wine glasses to accompany [yellow tail]’s new wine-based cocktail recipes that will be auctioned in November this year.
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Firstly, when did you make that initial step into product design?
For me, it started back in college. I designed every piece of furniture in my apartment. At that time, it probably wasn’t anything more than orange crates but I was proud of that work. That passion continued for me and never stopped.
Do you think architects approach product design differently than those formally trained in industrial design?
I’ve always considered myself a general practitioner. We are entering an era of specialization and I’ve always thought it was best to be well-versed in a number of areas. In the past architects designed not only the buildings but most everything in them.
Where did you find the inspiration for product design, and importantly for the wine glasses?
The inspiration usually starts when a client brings us the project. We find that most clients have a passion and excitement for their work and we feed off that. And the process goes from there.
For this new set of limited-edition [yellow tail] glasses that celebrate their wine[tails] recipe collection, we looked for inspiration to what the brand represented: fun, unpretentious – they aim to make wine accessible to all.
When the [yellow tail] people and our team sat down together, it was apparent that they had really turned the wine industry on its head. So, we had some fun with that.
The design of the glasses is based on a traditional cocktail glass but flipped on its head to showcase the fun and ‘unpretentiousness’ of a wine[tails] cocktail. Each glass is designed to provide the illusion of an inverted bottle within an individual glass shape.
Do you think as a culture we have moved into a new mode of ornamentation?
Functionality should never be lost in design. Ornamentation is important, but it should never be the sole purpose. It should fit within the functionality of sound design.
What are your thoughts on attempting to unite form & ornament in product design?
They complement each other well. We are in a minimalist society, where it’s often said that “less is more.” Well, sometimes “more is more.” So, ornament does play an important role, as long it complements the function.
Your products although ergonomic typically have a playful twist to it, can we expect the same with your proposals for Yellow Tail?
The [yellow tail] brand demands it. The brand is so playful and fun, that you can’t deliver a good design if it doesn’t capture those qualities.
The actual project assignment was to create glasses for a program they have called wine[tails] – which pretty much break the rules of wine by telling people it’s okay to mix wine with other ingredients to create flavorful cocktail drinks. It flips wine on its head, so to speak.
What is the role of sustainability in design - be it architecture or housewares?
While it has become a buzzword, sustainability for us is a "big picture" proposition. We are the stewards of our planet and we owe it to ourselves and future generations to preserve and enhance (not just sustain!) our natural resources. Our architectural practice belongs to the U.S. Green Building Council and we incorporate sustainable and energy-efficient features in our buildings as a matter of course. For example, in a planning or architecture project, we look at how to balance built and open space, what materials are used, how the air quality affects the wellness of the inhabitants, how water is recycled, and so on.
Why did post-modernism sound so good but unable to survive critical perception?
Post-modernism initially was a reaction to the abstract nature of commercial modernism that was prevalent in the middle of the 20th century, which many found alienating. I coined the phrase "figurative architecture" (and by extension "figurative design") to refer to a way of working that allowed the use of both the traditional and familiar language of forms (and color) and the lessons of modern composition to be part of our work. It was around that time that I was referred to as a post-modernist. I still think that is a valid way of thinking. However, because people associated post-modernism with particular forms and colors, it was regarded as a style rather than a way of working. Like Art Deco, I suppose. Once those forms and colors were imitated throughout commercial architecture, like the abstract commercial modernism that preceded it, it became hackneyed. Even though I've been associated with the origins of post-modernism, I don't refer to myself as a post-modernist in the stylistic sense.
Last question, red or white? Cabernet or Chardonnay? What's your preference?
How about both? I don’t know; I really do enjoy them all.
Michael Graves is designing for a limited set wine glasses to accompany [yellow tail]’s new wine-based cocktail recipes that will be auctioned in November this year.
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August 3, 2009
August 2, 2009
archi-tour
This architect is leaving the islands for the bustle of the city
architechnophilia will be coming to you live from Cleveland, Ohio
July 31, 2009
blog wunderlust: 31 July 2009
changing face: Kenya paid dues & overdue new directions location, location, location more Star Wars influences outdoor living a strawbale in the desert archigram walking city | reflections on a lake | modern doll house |also look out next week when we'll be publishing our recent interview with architect Michael Graves
July 30, 2009
on the boards: Camp Nou at Sea
In 2007 Norman Foster presented a redesign for the FC Barcelona stadium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the football club. The proposal although impressive had its critics. Catalan architect Emili Vidal presented a counter proposal aiming to resolve the critical aspects of based on a 150,000 capacity built on a man-made island off the coast of Barcelona. More here
on the boards: Museum of Cantabria
Museum of Cantabria by Mansilla Tunon draws inspiration from the mountains seen from the Llamas valley. The architects were awarded first place in 2003, construction is expected later this year
July 29, 2009
House of the Week 033: Residence F
This 300 sqm contemporary dwelling, designed by architects Meixner Schlüter Wendt, takes its inspiration from modern instruments of flight and speed with the steeply angled elevation and roof line. The ground floor has an unbroken visual line connecting the interior with the lawns, provided by a glazed elevation that provides ample light to the basement floor below.
July 28, 2009
the adventures of Tin Tin
The Adventures of Tintin was an internationally successful comic created in the late 1920s by Hergé, the pseudonym of Belgian artist Georges Remi. In 2009 a museum in Brussels designed by Christian de Portzamparc was dedicated to the artist and his works
July 27, 2009
A Strange Beauty
Hillary Sample and Michael Meredith of MOS Architects discuss their new installation at MoMA's P.S.1 in Queens. Visitors weigh in on the recycled aluminium and palm thatch project.
July 24, 2009
blog wunderlust: 24 July 2009
A better architecture blog | Gehry to be replaced? | Ito to the World | Our world | Have a little humanity... but not too much | new urbanism Seattle style | 13th room | architecture on a stick | pet architecture 2.0 | Rem Koolhaas and Herzog de Mueron face off | Downfall of a showman |
July 23, 2009
on the boards: Bibliosphere Library
Greeen! Architects has recently won a competition for the design of a library and student centre for the University Duisburg-Essen. The building‘s vivid, albeit familiar, design aims to be a landmark for the differing from the existing surroundings.Jokes aside the project boasts green credibility and once complete is likely to be certified Gold from the German Sustainable Building Council.
on the boards: Spaceport America
Spaceport America was designed by London-based architecture firm Foster + Partners as Virgin Galactic is expected to begin launching tourists into space from the spaceport in 2010, as more than 45,000 people have registered to take a trip from New Mexico.
July 22, 2009
House of the Week 032: House in Kasumi
Designed by architect Kiyonobu Nakagame this zigzag family house sits on a narrow lot in Kasumi, Japan. The shape of the building creates an elongated continuous interior space with views to the adjacent park throughout via two huge openings whilst providing parking and a visual separation from the neighbouring property. 
July 21, 2009
built from ashes
As our cities increase to widths unimaginable the balance between the living and the dead must carefully be weighed. Historically in many cultures the dead were sited on the perimeter our towns or set a blaze reduced to ashes. Increasingly in our modern society especially where land is of a premium, areas previously earmarked for the dead are becoming housing or worse big box retail outlets. And it seemed we lost our regard for the dead or so we thought.
There has been a substantial increase over the years of architect designed crematoriums and sites for burial - sculptural, restrained, silent. Flores Zanchi describes the crematorium as "a space which induces contemplation of the thin line separating life from death and necessarily calls up absolute, archetypal forms...far removed from ordinary architectural issues"
Below is a list of the visually stimulating.
Treptow Crematorium by Axel Schultes & Charlotte Frank with its forest of concrete columns piercing the slab, symbolically leading the ashes of the departed to the white light above
The restrained modernism of the crematorium in Heimolen by architects Claus en Kaan
Igualada Cemetery Park in Barcelona, Spain by Carme Pinos and the late Enric Miralles. This is a poetic exploration that transforms the surrounding landscape in a series of descending streets
There has been a substantial increase over the years of architect designed crematoriums and sites for burial - sculptural, restrained, silent. Flores Zanchi describes the crematorium as "a space which induces contemplation of the thin line separating life from death and necessarily calls up absolute, archetypal forms...far removed from ordinary architectural issues"
Below is a list of the visually stimulating.
Treptow Crematorium by Axel Schultes & Charlotte Frank with its forest of concrete columns piercing the slab, symbolically leading the ashes of the departed to the white light above
The restrained modernism of the crematorium in Heimolen by architects Claus en Kaan
Igualada Cemetery Park in Barcelona, Spain by Carme Pinos and the late Enric Miralles. This is a poetic exploration that transforms the surrounding landscape in a series of descending streets 
July 20, 2009
and the winner is....
Architechnophilia in association with All Modern, providers of modern & contemporary furniture, home accessories and lighting, is pleased to announce the winner of an Alessi Mediterrano multipurpose container.
All Modern has a fantastic selection of modern and contemporary furniture, home accessories and lighting from top brands including Knoll, Herman Miller, Alessi, Blu Dot & more!
Congratulations Ilya Bourim!!
All Modern has a fantastic selection of modern and contemporary furniture, home accessories and lighting from top brands including Knoll, Herman Miller, Alessi, Blu Dot & more!
Jacques Herzog for Banana TV
Studio Banana TV was appointed the audiovisual documentation of the Bienal X of Spanish Architecture 2009. Jacques Herzog of Herzog de Meuron speaks about design of the La Caixa Museum in Madrid, Spain.
Sou Fujimoto Interview / Sou Fujimoto Architects / Part 1 from 0300TV on Vimeo.
A two part feature with 300 tv interviewing Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto
Sou Fujimoto Interview / Sou Fujimoto Architects / Part 2 from 0300TV on Vimeo.
July 17, 2009
blog wunderlust: 17 July 2009
LEGO replicas | Towards a New Urban Paradigm | 100 Abandoned Houses | the price of a Corb | for the children of architects | shed of the year | Small Food Architect | paper Architect | Planning win beats a Pritzker
July 16, 2009
on the boards: Theatre Spijkenisse
A proposal by Dutch architects UNStudio for a theatre in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands. Composed of two main theatre spaces placed end to end to minimise patron movement throughout the space and receive the flow directly from the foyer and the public square.
on the boards: 8 Towers
July 15, 2009
Rising Tides: Winners
An unexpected six entrants were chosen as winners for the Rising Tides Competition - that sought to conceptualise ways of adapting to the dramatic increases in sea level expected around the San Francisco Bay area. The twist by announcing multiple winners for the competition illustrated just how many different promising solutions were offered. “San Francisco Bay is not the place for a single idea. Taken as a whole, the six winning entries begin to tell a story about adaptation to sea level rise.” said juror Walter Hood
house of the week 031: House 2
House 2 is a 6,000 sq ft single family house in Karjat, India by architect Samira Rathod
The house is situated on the edge of a stream. It was conceived as a combination of a contemporary box and a pitched roof structure forked to accommodate a fan shaped swimming pool in between. The house is devised as a series of spaces to create a narrative of tactility. Large openings blur the edge of the inside with the outside allowing the outdoors to integrate with the indoors.
- Samira Rathod via
July 14, 2009
on the boards: Seoul, Korea
Seoul is undergoing an Olympic-sized design makeover in preparation for their 2010 World Design Capital status, led by chief industrial designer Chung Kyung-won. More
Puerto Plata International Design Competition
The State Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic is launching an international competition for the redesign of Puerto Plata as a tourist destination. The project aims to introduce urban solutions that encourage social and cultural activities, and to serve as a catalyst for integrated and sustainable tourism. To download the pdf for more
July 13, 2009
July 12, 2009
re:mixng the 'burbs
given the chance, how would you re-conceptualize the suburbs??With the rising cost of energy and the global economic crisis the future of suburban communities looks bleak. Inhabitat in association with Dwell magazine are calling on all future-forward architects, urban designers, renegade planners etc to present how to they would re-invent the suburbs!
July 10, 2009
blog wunderlust: 10 July 2009
IKEA is 50 | the problem with Poseidon | Modern in Antiquity | rethinking prefab | I ♥ Zaha | end of another modern icon | top ten comic book cities | & another top ten |
AllModern | Architechnophilia Competition
AllModern has partnered with architechnophilia for a fantastic offer, a chance to win an Alessi Mediterrano multipurpose container.
To enter this competition simply add a comment with your name, email address, occupation, and location. The winner will be selected at random and notified by email, and your name published in a future edition.
Information received will not be stored or passed on to anyone else; rather we just want to know a little more about our viewers. Competition closes 20 July 2009.
To enter this competition simply add a comment with your name, email address, occupation, and location. The winner will be selected at random and notified by email, and your name published in a future edition.
Information received will not be stored or passed on to anyone else; rather we just want to know a little more about our viewers. Competition closes 20 July 2009.
July 9, 2009
Prefab 20*20
Introducing PREFAB 20*20: Visions For 400 Square Foot Homes, an International Open Ideas Competition. Open to all designers, architects, engineers, artists and students around the world, PREFAB 20*20 challenges you to propose a free-standing, prefab dwelling unit for a footprint no more than 400sf (37.5sm) in an urban setting anywhere in the world. Fit for two adults, its basic program shall include sleeping, bathing, cooking, living, working/studying, and storage areas.And who said Prefab is dead? I guess they didn't get the memo
on the boards: Crystal Clear
Danish architects C.F.Møller and Norwegian practice Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter have won a competition to design a series of office towers in Oslo dubbed the Crystal Clear due to resemblance to stacked glazed boxes.
on the boards: Make it Right
Frank Gehry has proposed a multi-family residence for the Make it Right foundation, a charity founded by actor Brad Pitt to develop new housing typologies for the hurricane-devastated Lower 9th Ward district of New Orleans.
on the boards: London School of Economics
Irish architecture firm O’Donnell & Tuomey has won the RIBA-organized design contest for a new $35.6 million student center at the London School of Economics.
July 8, 2009
House of the Week 030: Brosmith House
The 4,500 sq ft Brosmith residence located in Beverly Hills, California was designed by SPF:a [Studio Pali Fekete: architects] as separate living pods along a central spine to capture uninterrupted views of the San Fernando Valley below.
July 6, 2009
Della Valle Bernheimer
From the creative foment of Brooklyn comes Della Valle Bernheimer, a young design firm committed to new forms of collaborating.
July 3, 2009
blog wunderlust: 3 July 2009
Mousavi the architect | US Housing Awards | Johnston Marklee interview | the architecture of video games | the bathroom reinvented | tipsy in Shanghai | 22% of Game Show Audience Members Think Gehry Can Fly | Fighting back | a model for our times | toothpick city | green roof law grows |
July 2, 2009
on the boards: British Pavilion (Shanghai Expo)
Thomas Heatherwick has recently released images for the British pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai Exposition. The six-storey pavilion under the theme "Better City, Better Life" is pierced by 60,000 transparent rods that will illuminate the interior of the pavilion with natural light during the day, whilst at night, transporting artificial light from the inside to the exterior, allowing the structure to glow.
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