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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Architecutre is a Special Effects Machine
Diller + Scofidio’s early work lies between the fields of art and architecture. Projects such and the Slow House, the Brasserie, and Soft Sell cause us to relook at the role and hierarchy of architecture. Liz Diller gave a TED talk, featured below, entitled Architecture is a Special Effects Machine.
Oyler Wu Installation at SCI-Arc
Oyler Wu Collaborative has done an interesting installation at the SCI-Arc gallery titled “Live Wire.”
Here is a collection of images from the opening. It drew a nice crowd while there seemed to be a 10 foot radius around the installation at all times.
Eames Stamps
The Eames have a wonderful approach to architecture and design which has been buried a bit amidst their high price luxury design within reach furniture reputation.
Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG – Lecture
Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG - recently did a Lecture at the Idea Festival in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Ability to Change Architecture – The Manifesto
In recent history, the architectural manifesto has had the role of defining a starting point, or a definite stage, of a particular advance in architecture. The polemical manifestoes we remember are those that have completely changed architecture.
First 90 Days of Sinking Cities
After doing quite a bit of research on Search Engine Optimization, trackbacks, getting readers and subscribers to Sinking Cities I came across a 90 day plan for starting a blog. As Sinking Cities is in its infancy I plan to follow the advice of those who have their blogs successfully up and running. [...]
Interesting CCTV Renderings
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So here I am, just browsing around the internet and I stumble across these renderings of the CCTV tower in Beijing. I fell in love with them on first sight. I am sure most of us have seen our fair share of renderings of this project – but these are [...]
Jakob and Macfarlane – Breathing Wall
The breathing wall by Jakob and Macfarlane Architects from Paris is an green sheet metal wall which reacts to various conditions.
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Fall 2008 LA Lecture Series
Archinect has a wonderful new feature displaying lecture series posters from architecture schools around the world. Here are the posters for the architecture schools in the Los Angeles area.
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SYSTEM X Lighting by Ross Lovegrove