Imagine...

Imagine two architects talking about the amount of natural light needed in an Alzheimer’s clinic and the need for reliable research. How do they know if they can trust the array of data sets and reports in front of them?..http://www.architectmagazine.com/architects/brain-trust_o.aspx?dfpzone=home&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=jump&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANW_052914&day=2014-05-29

Architecture or Revolution

Le Corbusier’s famous saying, “Architecture or Revolution,” came from his belief that an efficient, industrialized architecture was the only way to avoid class-based revolution. His arguments would solidify in his book...http://www.archdaily.com/278569/14-facts-le-corbusier/

an Ocean Metropolis

AT Design Office has developed sustainable concept for an ocean metropolis, as a healthy alternative to destroying the earth’s valuable countryside. The existing landmass on earth has been built up so extensively that the remaining free land...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/floating-city-by-at-design-office-is-a-proposal-for-a-new-sustainable-metropolis/

Thassos Snow White

Our Mythic Marble Thassos Snow White, is “a time-enduring ornamental stone” according to NASA Astrophysics Data System, carrying a great heritage. It has huge possibilities for its landmark in classic and contemporary projects worldwide.

The enchanted beautiful purest white material, is for our company STONE GROUP INTERNATIONAL, the best ambassador as a “Piece of Greece”, as we have the largest inventory of slabs(10000 m2) and tiles(40000 m2), huge and continually availability and the biggest companies in the world stone sector as our best buyers. Thassos Marble is named after the Greek Island “Thassos”, where it is quarried since ancient times.

 

Our company has the ability to respond flexibly to customer’s individual needs, has extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of the material, offers competitive prices, provides comprehensive services and guarantees faster deliveries.

Pinup invites...

Pinup 2014 invites students and young professionals to submit a collection of their studio, 3d printed or un-built work comprised of up to three digital images. By submitting your work, we invite you to share your voice with the collective intelligence of a community of visual thinkers. The competition is free to all entrants...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/pinup-2014-competition/

proliferation of the Web

It is hard to stand out. With the proliferation of the web and mobile experiences today, it seems as if anyone can create an app. Even though thousands of apps emerge on a daily basis and with a market hungry and ripe for competition, there is however, always one that stands out ...http://yatzer.com/monument-valley-game

symbiotic Relationship

1992

Architecture of the Space Machine received an Honorable Mention in the 1992 NARA/TOTO World Architecture Triennale Competition. The theme of the competition was the "Symbiosis of History and the Future". The Triennale jury consisted of Toyo Ito, Kisho Kurokawa, and Kenneth Frampton...http://www.amphibianarc.com/projects/architecture-of-the-space-machine/

Gravity Simulation

SOFI is thesis project done by Danny Karas, at SCI-Arc – Southern California Institute of Architecture, dealing with issues of modern skyscrapers. In analysis of the modern tower there is traditionally an aesthetic agenda that localizes itself in a “shoes” or “hat” location. The tower typology has ignored the possibility of a center distortion...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/architecture-distortion-simulation-of-gravity/

Well-Tempered Environment

In The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, architecture critic Reyner Banham invokes a connection between cities and pollution that Aristotle made long ago: "While it was necessary for men, in Aristotle’s phrase, ‘to come together in cities in order to lead the good life’, those cities, by virtue of the coming together of men, would become places of pollution and congestion...http://www.architectmagazine.com/planning/designing-for-a-global-airpocalypse_o.aspx?dfpzone=home&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=jump&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANW_051914&day=2014-05-19

a Political Discipline...

I don’t think of architecture as an especially political discipline. Sure, there are the (typically quiet) politics of place-making, which are an important consideration with every project, even where they’re not self-evident. Every building embodies some point of view or other, often deriving from the economics of its development or the power-base of its owner. Consider the differences between, say, a corporate high-rise and an urban nonprofit SRO.
But architecture usually doesn’t play much of a role on the grand stages of legislation and diplomacy, other than as a dramatic backdrop or as the occasional political football, à la the Eisenhower Memorial...http://www.architectmagazine.com/architects/dialogue-ethics-geopolitics-and-architecture_o.aspx?dfpzone=home&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=jump&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANW_051614&day=2014-05-16

through a Lightweight Material

...contrary to the strategy followed in the enclosure, the new architecture is designed in a lightweight material, with an evanescent presence, and results from new technical advances made by the aluminum industry: magnal aluminum, a magnesium and aluminum alloy which improves the properties of strength and lightness of the conventional model....http://www.archdaily.com/505200/restoration-of-arab-tower-in-riba-de-saelices-ignacio-vila-almazan-alejandro-virseda-aizpun-jose-ignacio-carnicero/

like a Chestnut Medusa

X|Atelier is organizing three international intensive workshops of Advanced Architectural Design. The X|A Summer Workshops 2014 are led by X|A principals Erick Carcamo (SCI-ARC, UPenn) and Nefeli Chatzimina (USC, NTUA), both Allumni Graduates of Columbia University in New York City...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/functionless-advanced-design-workshops-summer-2014/

A wooden volkswagen beetle...

71-year-old bosnian retiree momir bojic has crafted a completely wooden volkswagen beetle exterior from over 50,000 pieces of hand-carved oak. almost every detail of the fully-functioning automobile — from the windshield wipers to the side view mirrors and tire spokes ...http://www.designboom.com/art/bosnian-retiree-wooden-volkswagen-beetle-05-12-2014/

Defence of Bernardina Borra

From a grammar of the concept of Human Nature the definition of co-operation adopted is a human nature evolution factor to survive the struggle against adverse circumstances. It is influenced by the contingent material factors proper to each age, but also grounded in biological invariants that human beings own as species for survival...http://thecityasaproject.org/2014/05/amir-djalali-and-bernardina-borra-defence-ceremonies/

the Material Process

The project is designed in the copper Ruashi mine in Lubumbashi, Congo which is predicted to stop production in 2020. The mine would then be abandoned and left as an enormous urban void surrounded by a rapidly expanding city.
The Here-After projects seeks to make use of the left over space, waste soil, and sulfuric acid from the mine drainage and former copper production...http://www.evolo.us/competition/here-after-the-material-processing-machine/

asymmetrical Urbanity

A pair of asymmetrical towers creates a dramatic skyline in front of the park. Ridges and valleys define the shape of the exterior glass facade, as if the natural forces of erosion wore down the tower into a few thin lines. Flowing down the facade, the lines emphasize the smoothness of the towers and its verticality.The internal ventilation and filtration...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/beijings-chaoyang-park-plaza-is-an-urban-play-of-ridges-and-valleys/

‘Tatouers, Tatoués’

Opening today at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, the exhibition ‘Tatouers, Tatoués’ offers an extensive overview of the tattoo art from around the world, tracing the history of this usually stigmatised art form from the 18th century to the present-day. Whilst the exhibition provides a wider perspective on the subject, we, on the other hand at Yatzer, wanted to share, with you, a closer look at the process… http://www.yatzer.com/slow-motion-tattoo-gueT

a Respected Material

Granite is considered one of the oldest, most durable and most respected of building materials. Traditionally, it is the material chosen by both architects and engineers when permanence, enduring color and texture...http://www.stoneworld.com/articles/87982-nggqa-updates-recommended-granite-specifications

the Tasmanian Fauna

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) has cemented its reputation as a place of learning and innovation in the natural sciences with today’s launch of an electronic guide to Tasmania’s animals.The Field Guide to Tasmanian Fauna app provides access to images, sounds and expert knowledge that allows users to find out more about the rich and unusual animal life around them...http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/whats_on/newsselect/2014articles/field_guide_to_tasmanian_fauna

Αrchitecture is a team sport...

Contrary to the long-glamorized Howard Roark model, architecture is a team sport. But getting a team to work together seamlessly can be a challenge. In his book, Designing Relationships: The Art of Collaboration in Architecture, Andrew Pressman... http://www.architectmagazine.com/architects/andrew-pressmans-new-book-offers-tips-for-more-effective-collaboration_o.aspx?dfpzone=home&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=jump&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANW_050214&day=2014-05-02

its Spatial Genealogy

In a short essay dealing with the repetitive homogeneity of the Manhattan’s office layouts, Rem Koolhaas defined the term Typical Plan as one of the purest American architectural archetypes...http://thecityasaproject.org/2014/05/maria-s-giudici-and-francesco-marullo-defence-ceremony/