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Architecture Over the past seven years, at our creative agency, Access, we have worked with a number of residential and commercial property developers from Abu Dhabi to Sydney, helping them with development and strategy. Yet we see so often the sad sight of yet another mediocre building going up. We see city councils approving mediocre design and we see cities looking uglier because of it. We see property developers rushing to get their building up, wanting to make a quick sale and profit, and not really caring or thinking about the aesthetics of the building. Wall Built Entirely by Robot / Pike Loop by Gramazio & Kohler « the consulting4architects blog Once again the folks at RADDblog post an exciting story about architecture & design. Look at this beautiful brick wall built by a robot, allowing the designer to realize designs advanced in computer aided design programs directly to the construction process with no compromise. Later this month the robot will build another wall in Manhatten. Lean about it below.
Vatnsmýri While urban planning is always an exciting and enjoyable task, developing plans for capitals and key areas inside them is more than just exciting and enjoyable – it is an exceptionally demanding challenge for any ambitious society. Reykjavík is certainly an ambitious city comprised of an equally ambitious society, striving to ensure that its built environment be organised so as to provide the inhabitants with a high quality of life. In addition, residents are characterised by a strong general interest in urban and regional development. Most everyone living in Reykjavík would no doubt agree that Vatnsmýri is one of our dear city’s key areas. Whether we are of the opinion that this area should continue serving as an airport or not, we can all agree that this important tract of land, situated so centrally, ought to be shown special consideration and must be planned as a whole that can contribute even further to the community. Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir City councilor
Accueil C’est la vieille rengaine des conversations entre architectes français : les zzzagences zzzétrangères ! «Elles sont partout» ! Il n’y a plus une mondanité sans qu’un architecte... 10(+) architects I have been thinking about Site New Answers Search Boards ILM ILE Answers New Question New Questions New Poll Blog View Register Login 10(+) architects I have been thinking about Message Bookmarked Bookmark Removed 1. MVRDV_Rotterdam. Détours d’architecture Dans une tribune adressée au Moniteur, Cristina Conrad (architecte, urbaniste) et Denis Dessus (architecte et expert en marchés publics), dénoncent le recours massif aux partenariats public-privé, un outil « désastreux » pour les finances publiques, utilisé au profit de quelques-uns, au détriment de l’intérêt général et de l’architecture. Le contrat de partenariat public privé (PPP) permet de confier en un seul marché, conception, construction, entretien, maintenance et gestion d’un équipement public. Celui-ci est financé par le groupement privé attributaire du contrat, et payé par l’Etat ou la collectivité sous forme de loyer (sorte de « leasing ») sur des durées de 15, 30, voire 40 ans.
Le magazine du design graphique BEAUTIFUL BUILDING REUSE: The Barn House in Belgium photographs by Danica Kus Building reuse is often overshadowed by the long green shadow of new high performance architecture. But the intrinsic nature of repurposing and bringing second life to an otherwise discarded structure is a sustainable idea we can’t ignore, especially when it’s done as gracefully as this old barn redux in Belgium. Architect Rita Huys of Buro2 skillfully transformed this agricultural icon into a beautiful, modern dwelling known simply as The Barn House. photographs by Danica Kus
International Listings Blog Posted in Features on October 17, 2007 If Modernism was the twentieth-century architectural trend that developed a new way of thinking, then Urbanism appears to be the twenty-first century architectural mindset. This trend is breeding urban explorers (urbex), the greening of major metropolitan areas, and a focus on merging habitats and commercial structures with politics, culture, history and the arts. Public discourse and scholarly research have found meeting grounds in this global landscape, and the results are evolving. But, this evolution has affected how individuals and partnerships present their materials on Weblogs and Photoblogs.To that end, we’re treating you to the top 100 bloggers who focus on everything from architectural news to urbanism and from the junction of design and technology to the landscape. Top Ten
2009 January « Noumena Matt Culbreth is a splendid sponge. He is constantly listening to music and soaking the sound waves into his memory bank to invest into future remixology, currently under the moniker ‘Cave Manners‘. Groups like MSTRKRFT, Bloody Beetroots, Crookers, Justice, Fake Blood, Kissy Sellout, Para One, DLake, Boys Noize, Le Castlevania, Bag raiders, Chew Fu, and friend and mentor Blanche DuBoi$ influence his dance beats on both subconscious and more purposeful levels. One can imagine the synthetic sounds that invisibly tickle the bloodstream, a pulsating sensation which reveals itself through a bopping head and eventually a bouncing body. It took him 3 months to complete his first EP using mostly Propellerheads’ Reason program and Audacity to cut vocal samples (Reason doesn’t have a sampler, which “is a huge detriment to remix production“. Culbreth recommends Logic Sampler which offers both parts).
California Academy Of Sciences // San Francisco // USA // Renzo California Academy of Sciences by architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop opened last week in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The museum, which contains an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum and research and educational facilities, features a ‘green’ roof and numerous sustainable features. One of the world’s most innovative museum building programs—a record-setting, sustainable new home for the California Academy of Sciences—is nearing completion in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Expected to be the first museum to earn a LEED Platinum certification, the new Academy will be topped with a 2.5-acre living roof and will employ a wide range of energy-saving materials and technologies. Designed by Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano, the new building will stand as an embodiment of the Academy’s mission to explore, explain and protect the natural world. Design Driven by Nature
new-territories French + English Version ‘From Radicalism to Idiotcracy, From Y.F. to P.S.’ At cross-purposes As multipurpose as a Swiss army knife, shunted back and forth every which way between art and architecture, he is at once an alibi, a foil, a spiritual father, a defeated ideologue whose scars are an atonement (the deafness, whether real or feigned – we’ll come back to it later) and rather handy… a paper architect, an ideologue, the kind of brand that keeps on giving, still legitimized by the French establishment, that funny alter cocker Yona Friedman® with the slight Slavic accent that makes you smile, whose foibles everyone forgives, since they’re so charming and “inoffensive.”
spatial robots Robert Miles Kemp Miles Kemp is the founder and president of Variate Labs, in Los Angeles. With a unique background in architecture and user experience, his work focuses on creating new interactive experiences that excite, connect and engage people. His designs address interaction at all scales, from robots to architecture, products to vehicles, and strategies to software. Over the past 15 years, miles has designed more than 60 built structures around the globe, ranging from homes to skyscrapers, and created next-generation experiences for web, mobile, broadcast and other emerging interactive platforms. In the past, he has worked with ABC, Blockbuster, BMW, BBC, Disney, Gates Foundation, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, Target, Televisa, Time Warner and many others.