clustered Atriums

The Scitech mixed-use redevelopment by UNStudio is located on a crossing point of traditional and modern developments in Beijing, China. The site is adjacent to the city’s east-west central axis leading to the Tiananmen Square. UNStudio’s ...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/beijing-scitech-mixed-use-redevelopment-unstudio/

“Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital”

Despite the headline-grabbing hype, the promise and the premise, artists remain mixed about the viability and use of three-dimensional printing in their work. Some have embraced this new technology...http://blog.sculpture.org/2013/12/30/3-d-printing-viable/

a kind of mythic village...

Once the basic design—a kind of fanciful pagoda with schematic flourishes not unlike Leonardo’s inventions—was devised, dis­cussions with artists, musicians, architects, and suppliers yielded no end of possibilities and challenges. With a cast of contributing sound artists and inventors proposing a mind-boggling array of unusual or obscure technologies, the functioning of its instrumentation became a central focus, and it was soon evident that creating a series of smaller temporary musical shanties could provide an invaluable way of conducting field tests before embarking on the construction...http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag14/june_14/fullfeature.shtml

Everyone thinks we’re just stacking boxes...

There’s a detectable hint of dismay in the voice of Christopher Sharples, AIA, founding principal of New York’s SHoP Architects. “Everyone thinks we’re just stacking boxes,” he says about SHoP’s 32-story modular residential tower that is now under construction as part of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards project. When complete, the tower, known as B2, will be the tallest modular building in the world, made up of more than 910 prefabricated elements and comprising 363 units.http://www.ecobuildingpulse.com/performance-metrics/piecemeal-potential.aspx

an Underwater Museum

The underwater archaeological research deals with the study and excavation of sunk building remains and shipwrecks. Its importance lies in the fact that the underwater archaeological finds are often better preserved than terrestrial findings, because of their stay in a humid environment and their protection from human interference.

Pursuant to the concept of a monument's protection in situ