architechnophilia

them vs us??

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:33:00 +0000

A Sci-Arc proposal with odd real-world references to indentured labour, found on elseplace - a new blog by Orhan Ayyüce

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:18:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:38:00 +0000

I was the guest editor for archinect's Opinion Editorial no.1 please have a read.

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:07:00 +0000

HdM (Swiss Architects Herzog de Meuron) have brought some well needed elegance to their proposal for the extension to the Tate Modern in London. The previous imagery for the project was a stocky translucent "appendage" to the Tates original brick facade. The design has developed taking cues from the building's history and the architects' experience in museum building and environmental focus.

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Big Up!!

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:14:00 +0000

A sincere congratulations to some fellow architects & bloggers for the recent mention in the 2008 Wallpaper* directory Front Office and Super Collosal

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blog wunderlust: 17 July 2008

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:19:00 +0000

Design Your Dwelling

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:39:00 +0000

What does it mean to feel at home in the modern world? Dwell & Google SketchUp challenge you to explore what this means to you in the "Design Your Dwelling."

Most people define their home as a place where they feel comfortable and secure. But what does that actually look like? What would make it personal to you? Is it scale, materials, sustainability, environment? Only you know for sure. Entry period is July 3-August 31, 2008.

twist of fate

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:05:00 +0000

On June 2008, Alain Robert popularised as Spiderman, scaled the recently completed New York Times Building protesting amongst other things Global Warming. The 52 story tower in Manhattan by Renzo Piano and FXFOWLE, is one of the greenest buildings in the city, wrapped with a brise soleil to minimize solar gain. Ironically, the sunscreens were used by Roberts and two subsequent climbers as ladders, and subsequently are being removed from the lower portion of the building, thus minimizing its solar protection and energy efficiency.

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Cameron Sinclair Interview

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:32:00 +0000

CNN sheds some light on Architecture for Humanity, with an interview with co-founder Cameron Sinclair

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:36:00 +0000

Peter Stutchbury wins the first prize for an extreme housing competition in Cherepovets, Russia. The competition was Living Steel's 3rd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing, which presented architects with the task of creating single-family, detached housing that are both affordable and environmentally sustainable.

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Roots - Laura Facey

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:10:00 +0000

On a visit to Devon House, one of the premier Historic Sites in Kingston, Jamaica I came across a magnificent piece of artwork. The sculpture, placed at the entry to the gardens of Devon House, appears at first glance to be corten or rusted metal, resembling industrial waste left out to weather. Roots as the works are called, are actually salvaged from a massive tree trunk, and bear their own story of being carried by hand from the inner countryside of St. Ann.

Artist, Laura Facey

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noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:46:00 +0000

The perspective chair designed by Pharrell.

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:23:00 +0000

The recently completed railway bridge by Santiago Calatrava will serve as a gateway to the Holy City, Jerusalem. The bridge was designed to be a light and transparent structure with a single pitched pillar pointing in the direction of the city.

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noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:39:00 +0000

Apologies on the slight pause in posts. I am presently on vacation for a few weeks.

In the meantime chomp on these

Bucky exhibition | decolonising architecture | winner of the USC Architecture YouTube Competition | the architecture of cell phones - the green version |

The Cult of Design

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:06:00 +0000

The Cult of Design
Originally uploaded by CSM Product Design 08.

designer action figures...literally action figures of your favourite designers

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:38:00 +0000

Whilst acting is my career, architecture is my passion

- Brad Pitt

The actor is slated to design an "environmentally-friendly" 800-room luxury resort (hotel & leisure complex) in Dubai of which he is among a team of design consultants for the project. The proposal will be unveiled next month. In the meantime Brad Pitt is currently helping to build 150 homes in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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more fetish

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:07:00 +0000

architectural festish gone bad...a woman who has a bizarre fetish for inanimate objects has married the Eiffel Tower. Also check out this

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:57:00 +0000

The Plaza and Public Library are the winning vision in a competition for the revitalization of Dudley Square, Boston. The proposal by Architect Gregory Minott, won for its depiction of the renovated library and was credited with keeping an appropriate scale for the neighbourhood.

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Gregory was a former schoolmate at the Caribbean School of Architecture

new architecture links

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:23:00 +0000

ArchSociety is a a global architecture community physically based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The site contains a discussion forum, a growing collection of articles, download contents, and architectural news updates.

Also see their blog

Arcilook is a fairly recent blog focused on architecture of the future.

Turned Earth is run by a California based design-build landscape designer. The site continually features their own work with photographs and drawings

& finally The Architectural Scholar. Frustrated by the lack of informative architectural projects being posted on other websites/blogs he sought to fill the void by creating his own for those interested in the academic, conceptual, and innovative pursuits of the discipline of architecture. Sounds like fetish to me!!

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:49:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:31:00 +0000

Metropolis interview with Brazilian Architect/Planner/former Mayor and Governor of Curitiba Jaime Lerner

dirty house

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:19:00 +0000

dirty house-002.jpg
Originally uploaded by *-*-*-*-*-*.

found image of David Adjaye's Dirty House

now Holl does it

noreply@blogger.com (mad architect) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:44:00 +0000

Following our recent post on Furniture designed by Architects, Steven Holl has joined the ranks. This accomplished architect, and writer of such stellar works as Parallax, has recently completed a prototype bamboo bench called the Porosity Bench.

For more on Steven Holl and his love of well...all things porus