Marble Creations

 

 

Ulian and Batti aimed to create pieces that were functional but also beautiful seen for example through the PiùOmeno table lamp which has been made by cutting a tile into pieces and then assembling these pieces using simple joints. Highly practical as well as sophisticated because of the minimalism and function of the design, the light can be adjusted by simply by tilting the shade backwards and forwards...

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www.yatzer.com

 

 

Production of natural stone was up by 7% per year

Dr. Carlo Montani’s statistical yearbook for the stone branch appeared in its 25th edition this year. And, as always, the humble master of numbers had a pleasant flash-back at hand: Turn-over of natural stone has been on the increase continuously world-wide for the last two and a half decades, as has been stone consumption beating even the average rate of economic growth.
Despite the recession during the 2008/2009 crisis one could say, stone is not merely a material with a long life span. It is a sure investment in times of economic uncertainty – at least the branch seems to know how to negotiate the times of crisis. This is particularly interesting considering that all the companies involved are small or medium-sized enterprises. There is no natural-stone-„Industry“ with companies employing a staff of 1000 or more anywhere in the world.

Source: www.stone-ideas.com

 

Redevelopments

Piraeus is a city at the forefront of poverty and unemployment, a city suffering from environmental and cultural degradation. Recent Statistics showed that it has some of the poorest neighborhoods of Greece. The field of education is one of the most growing problems with schools and universities that are threatened with closure, bringing a padlock in a total of 16 segments of education. On the opposite site Piraeus has one of the largest social service networks in Greece, with activities including social kitchen and social learning programs.

Source: www.greekarchitects.gr
 

Material Intelligence

X|A ATHENS Winter Workshop 2014: 15th-23rd of December 2014 @ Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece
X|Atelier is organizing an international intensive workshop of Advanced Architectural Design. The X|Pixel[ism] Winter Workshop 2014 is led by X|A principals Erick Carcamo (SCI-ARC) and Nefeli Chatzimina (USC) both Graduates of Columbia University in New York City, GSAPP AAD.

Source: www.evolo.us

Harmony

The work of Boaz Vaadia is among the most recognizable sculpture in today’s gallery, museum, and public art venues. His stacked-stone figures (solo, in family groups, sometimes with companion animals) are evocative and distinctive. A handsome book from Hudson Hills ...

Source: http://blog.sculpture.org

The Design Market

 

 

The event LOUD+CLEAR – The Design Market moves its 3rd edition to the west side of downtown Montreal, at Concordia University’s EV Hall , from November 21st to the 23rd.

Source: http://mydesignstories.com

the Trawbor Project

The project “Trade without borders for the companies of Greece – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Interregional Area” with the acronym “TRAWBOR” was developed jointly by the Greek International Business Association (SEVE), the Entrepreneurial Information Center for the Development of SME in the Cross Border Region (CBC), organizations with active and vital role regarding the entrepreneurship in their states, and the Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, one of the most remarkable educational institutes in northern Greece. It particularly targets towards the enhancement of economic development with regard to the entrepreneurship and exports.

Source: http://trawbor.eu/?page_id=2

Products...

Intelligent urbanisation, people and buildings as well as energy efficiency and resource conservation will set the pace at BAU 2015 in Munich. In line with this, Schüco will present its product and project solutions for newbuilds and existing buildings at Stand 301 in Hall B1. Window, door and façade systems for sustainable and energy-efficient construction which meet sophisticated requirements in terms of design, comfort and security will be on display. These latest trends for future-orientated living and working environments will be arranged thematically in five studios.

Source: www.greekarchitects.gr
 

A new MoMA exhibit proposes informal solutions for large cities

Rapid urbanization is stratifying the world’s largest metropolises spatially and socioeconomically, creating segregated clusters of wealth and poverty. An exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York that opens on Nov. 22 addresses the impact of that expansion in a selection of megacities—Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lagos, in Nigeria, Mumbai, in India, New York, and Rio de Janeiro—with the goal of better understanding architects' roles there.

Source: www.architectmagazine.com

the skewed perspective of artists...

Written by North American choreographer Andrew Simonet as a guide for all arts professionals, I found this book to be applicable to my own practice within a very different geography and medium – in fact, this publication would hold value even for those not placed within the art world. An essay of succinct, direct and digestible information, it reframes artists’ practice in society, and thus what artists, funders, and society should expect from their work as both a single and collective force.

Source: http://blog.sculpture.org
 

Stone Group International to E Volo Architecture Magazine

“In the World” Category of Best Communicator Award 2014, the first Prize was granted to STONE GROUP INTERNATIONAL, with the project “Breathing Life into 12 Mythic Marbles” by Architect Michalis Theofilou. The award received the President  & CEO of the company, Yiannis Antoniadis...

Source: www.evolo.us
 

In Retrospect

Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models for Design Agency in Architecture brings together critical, theoretical, and practical research and design that illustrates the plurality of computing approaches within the broad spectrum of design and mediated practices. It is an interrogation of our primary field of architecture through the lens of computing, and yet one that realizes a productive expanding of our métier’s definition and boundaries. It is a compilation that purposefully promotes architecture’s disciplinary reach and incorporations beyond the design and construction of buildings and cities.

Source: www.evolo.us

the optical Fygon and the prominence Position

The "chora" of Astypalea is built on a hill and the traditional settlement bears strongly characteristics of the Cycladic civilization. In the neck of the hill the eight conserved windmills form the dividing line between the historic and the modern settlement and on the top of the hill stands the venetian castle. On the island are scattered, throughout its extent,  archaeological discoveries that cover a variety of prehistoric / Mycenaean until the Middle Ages.

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the intersection of architecture...

Architecture IO presents first conference: ‘Rethinking how people move in cities’ at the Museum of London.

On Friday, November 14, Architecture IO will gather leading architects, engineers, researchers, and thinkers who will present at the first Architecture IO conference, focusing on the theme, ‘Rethinking How People Move in Cities’ at the Museum of London. Source: /www.worldarchitecturenews.com

Bondi 2014

Sculpture by the Sea is one of the most popular art events in Australia and an institution in the Sydney art calendar. It takes place this year from 23 October to 9 November bringing together more than 100 sculptures by artists from 16 countries. The spectacular coastal walk on the ocean ...

Source: http://blog.sculpture.org

Innate Rock Beauty

  

   Stone is a natural solid formation of one or many minerals. There are thousands of types of stone that have been quarried through the centuries.The familiar stone types that are used today are identified through four categories: SEDIMENTARY, METAMORPHIC, IGNEOUS STONE, and MAN-MADE.
SEDIMENTARY stone came from organic elements such as glaciers, rivers, wind, oceans, and plants. Tiny sedimentary pieces broke off from these elements and accumulated to form rock beds. They were bonded through millions of years of heat and pressure.

Source: www.natural-stone.com
 

Quarries...an organic architecture

The concept of the landscape as architecture has become, for me, an act of imagination. I remember looking at buildings made of stone, and thinking, there has to be an interesting landscape somewhere out there because these stones had to have been taken out of the quarry one block at a time...

Source: www.edwardburtynsky.com

One Sun /34 Moons

The first of the five “lenses” forms a bright and transparent lobby, with café, art library and bookstore, inviting the public into the Museum and encouraging movement via ramps toward the galleries as they progress downward into the garden. From the lobby a new cross-axis connects through to the original building’s grand spaces. At night the glowing glass volume of the lobby provides an inviting transparency, drawing visitors to events and activities.

Source: www.archdaily.com