On Wednesday architect Tom Kundig — of Seattle-based Olson Kundig Architects — spoke at the New York Public Library, conversing with Town & Country editor Mark Rozzo about Tom Kundig: Houses 2, published by Princeton Architectural Press. In the lecture portion of the evening Kundig spoke about his inspirations, ranging from his architect-father to the landscape of eastern Washington state where he grew up and even hot rodding. In line with the DIY mechanics of the latter is Read More...
January 28, 2012
January 27, 2012
Gerilla: Grasshopper to EnergyPlus
I have never been much a fan of programming. Even though I have always enjoyed math and logic courses, programming never clicked for me. Part of it might have been the ‘grammar’ of a programming language that I did not care to learn (I hated English grammar courses, why would I enjoy a Java grammar course). However, I think I know understand that the biggest factor was motivation. Objected oriented programming is a powerful tool, but if I have no direct use for the tool I Read More...
AZL Pension Fund Headquarters by Wiel Arets Architects
“‘Just because Napoleon was nothing, he could signify everything except himself.’ With this unambiguous statement Marx signals the potential emptiness of the signifier and he underlines a corresponding instability in the meanings which might attach to the name. How often do place names, for example, fix and memorialize accident, mis-identity and error? Something similar — but more extreme — occurs in architecture under the mediated conditions of late modern Read More...
Dear Concept Of Phenomenology In Architecture As Developed By The Norwegian Theorist Christian Norberg-Schulz,
This is too funny — to architects that read history and theory books, at least — not to pass along. In an issue last September The Onion’s advice column was Ask The Concept Of Phenomenology In Architecture As Developed By The Norwegian Theorist Christian Norberg-Schulz. I’ll guess this elicits either a smile that something so architecturally esoteric would make it in The Onion, or a “huh?” [Christian Norberg-Schulz | image source] Here’s a Read More...
January 26, 2012
Architect Brad Cloepfil: On architecture, design in Portland, and Allied Works’ first creative phase
The majority of architecture culture just puts out books. I mean, if we were to participate in that consumer culture of architecture publications, we would have put a book out six or seven years ago. But I wanted to wait until we had buildings. We feature one competition in the book and the rest of it is about real projects. That means a lot to me as an architect. Read More...
Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio seeking Junior Designer in Santa Monica, CA, US
Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio seeks an experienced, self-motivated temporary Junior Designer to work in our Santa Monica office. Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio prides itself on its flexible range of skills and abilities including designing cutting edge architecture appropriate to its context, working with communities and creating a strong urban design presence. The firm is committed to exploring and improving the urban experience through architecture, design and planning. Exceptional graphic Read More...
Documentation website of Dialoge 09 by Sasha Waltz at the Neues Museum
Neues Museum in Berlin has launched documentation website of Dialoge 09 by Sasha Waltz, with videos of performance in all rooms of the museum. Read More...
Breaking Out and Breaking In
Breaking Out and Breaking In: A Distributed Film Fest of Prison Breaks and Bank Heists kicks off Friday, January 27, sponsored by BLDGBLOG, Filmmaker Magazine, and Studio-X NYC. [Image: Breaking Out and Breaking In poster by Atley Kasky and Keith Scharwath; view larger!]. Breaking Out and Breaking In is an exploration of the use and misuse of space in prison escapes and bank heists, where architecture is the obstacle between you and what you’re looking for.Watch the films at home—or Read More...
Bau des Jahres
The 2011 Bau des Jahres — Building of the Year — at Swiss-Architects.com is Janus, the redevelopment the City Museum in Rapperswil-Jona by Biel-based :mlzd. The selection is the result of readers choosing from the 50 projects featured in the Swiss-Architects.com eMagazine last year. Read More...
January 25, 2012
Cloepfil to speak Thursday at Portland Art Museum
National Music Center, Calgary (rendering courtesy Allied Works) BY BRIAN LIBBY This Thursday at 6PM, Portland Art Museum director Brian Ferriso will host an interview and conversation with Allied Works founder and lead designer Brad Cloepfil. The conversation comes at an interesting juncture for both Cloepfil and the museum. Today Allied Works is not only coming off the high-profile success of a well received Clifford Styll Museum in Denver, but is seeing other large scale projects Read More...
25 Year AIA Award – and state of the Profession Part 2..?
All this talk on other threads, regarding the state of the profession, etc etc… I thought the following could perhaps lend us another angle into the discussion: What does it reveal of the current state of the profession and say to the public that the AIA has awarded The Gehry Residence with a 25-year award? Watching Antique Roadshow the other evening, I came across this: The Beer Can House - I wonder why the “designer” of the beer-can house has not achieved Read More...
Live Blog: Preston Scott Cohen speaks with Nicolai Ouroussoff about his new Herta and Paul Amir Building, at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Hi Archinect! We’re in “full Piper” with a full house for the GSD’s first public event of 2012, called “Museum as Genealogy”–and it’s all Scott. To mark the opening of the exhibition for Scott’s new museum in Tel Aviv, Nicolai Ouroussoff is in the house. I’ve never seen Ouroussoff live and am very curious to see how this will go–there aren’t that many people who can match wits with the chair of our department Read More...
Today’s archidose #553
Here are some photos of ROC Leiden Lammenschans Park in Leiden, The Netherlands by RAU, 2011. Photos are by Klaas Vermaas. To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or :: Tag your photos archidose Read More...
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