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Top Of The World View From Atop Burj Dubai Tower

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:31:09 +0000

Image Source: Condo Domain Burj Dubai is now the tallest building and manmade structure in the world, I love how people have already engraved their names on top of the spire! This is probably how God view us from heaven. Image Source: Wikipedia For those not involved in the field of architecture, Dubai is the ideal city. Don’t [...]

Fundamentals Of Architecture

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:29:03 +0000

Image Source: Threadless I thought it was Lego, not Tetris.

Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:06:14 +0000

Here is an interesting video, Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. All building today have something in common, they are made with Victorian technology, this involves industrial, manufacturing, blueprint, all involve team of worker. This is [...]

mirage.studio.7 Name Card

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:04:22 +0000

Good morning, here’s my name card and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night! If you’re wondering why, I did it just for the thrill of having my own name card. p.s. Quote from the Truman Show

Architecture Fonts – Download Free Architect Handwriting Font

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:17:03 +0000

Architecturals font intended for use in technical drawings, presumably with Google Sketchup 7 and the hand-drawn strokes feature. Now, everyone can write like an architect! More architecture fonts: Flux Architect (Free) Architect Bold by Australian Type Foundry ($25) Graphite Light by Adobe ($26) Tekton Pro Regular by Francis D.K. Ching ($25.99) Urban Sketch (Free) Stylus BT (Free) TwoByFour Regular ($19) Frank the Architect [...]

Time To Eat The Dog? The Real Guide To Sustainable Living

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:11:16 +0000

Am not a fan of sustainable living, to be honest, I don’t believe in the green architecture. Don’t get me wrong, sustainable architecture is a good idea, the trouble is buildings are a minute part of the entire ‘Global Warming’ threat. By cladding buildings with solar panels is not a ’sustainable solution’, it takes a [...]

Architects = Blueprint + Safety Helmet + Pointing Nowhere

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:47:31 +0000

Image Source: Daily Icon These images look like they are from a 1930’s brochure for an architecture course in every universities, unfortunately they are not. I kind of like how timeless they are, the usual stuff, man holding a rolled up A1 blueprint pointing nowhere while his co-partner struggles to understand the ‘empty’ blueprint. Image Source: Daily [...]