The Winged Victory of Samothrace

In an era of skyscraper frenzy, where the world’s metropoles compete for the record of the tallest tower (with buildings as high as 1000 meters being reportedly under construction), a young businessman from Russia has envisioned a different kind of architectural landmark. 37-year-old Vasily Klyukin, founder of the successful Sovcombank and manager of the real estate fund K2H...http://www.yatzer.com/designing-legends-vasily-klyukin

Architecture of Versailles...

The ENSA-V, National School of Architecture of Versailles, is a higher education state school under Ministry of Culture and Communication supervision (in charge of Architecture and Heritage). The ensa-v ranks among the 20 state schools that offers higher education in the field of architecture and enables its students to obtain their State Diploma in architecture at the close of a five-year course...http://www.versailles.archi.fr/index.php?action=en&page=ecole

the Suprematist Movement

The BBC’s Tony Hall has announced that Zaha Hadid will be presenting a 60-minute Secret Knowledge film based on Kazimir Malevich. The Ukrainian painter and theoretician, who founded the Suprematist movement, inspired Hadid’s AA graduation thesis which transformed Malevich’s 1923...http://www.archdaily.com/490304/zaha-hadid-to-present-bbc-documentary-on-kazimir-malevich/#more-490304

Exoskeleton

Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Poly International Plaza in Guangzhou, China, is 116,000-square-meter complex of three speculative office buildings, which offers a spacious and light-filled work environment. Its long-span structural design strategically opens up the interior spaces and employs a highly sustainable approach to addressing the climatic and air quality issues specific to Beijing. A faceted diagrid exoskeleton system forms

Architecture is capturing Carbon...

Carbon capture is an emerging practice aimed at obtaining and containing greenhouse gases to mitigate their net availability in the atmosphere. However, existing carbon capture practices use the method of point capture, catching carbon gases at the source, requiring a significant initial investment in additional facilities, infrastructure, and maintenance of underground storage.http://www.evolo.us/competition/propagate-skyscraper-carbon-dioxide-structure/

Illustrations of imaginary buildings...

Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina (who made some waves some months ago with his ‘Archiset’ series of illustrated interiors inspired by famous films) has recently unveiled a new project, this time taking a look at the connection between architecture and the visual arts. Titled ‘Archist’, the project comprises a series of illustrations of imaginary buildings inspired by famous works of art. Beginning with the question: what would a house designed by Dalí or a museum by Miró look like, the resulting images demonstrate what Federico Babina believes is the ''implicit partnership between Architecture and Art.''http://www.yatzer.com/archist-federico-babina

Reducing shapes to a minimum...

Some of his work is hollowed out leaving only an outer shell. He uses „the empty space as material“, according to John Bizas‘ web page. This makes his sculptures „very thin, light and delicate“, allowing light to play on the interior...http://www.stone-ideas.com/2014/01/07/john-bizas-reducing-shapes-to-a-minimum/

Decisive Moments

Los Angeles–based artist Soo Kim’s works Midnight Reykjavik 12 (pictured above) and (very softly) are in the current exhibition Decisive Moments: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce. The first is an intriguing scene of the Icelandic capital with pieces cut away from the photograph, the second an almost abstract construction set against an image of tree branches. She will talk about her work and process at the Honolulu Museum of Art Doris Duke Theatre on Monday, March 24 at 7pm.
http://blog.honoluluacademy.org/artist-soo-kim-i-consider-my-practice-mistake-driven/

Museum of Coping

The Museum of Copying, curated by British architect’s FAT, was one of my favorite exhibitions at the Venice Biennale. The subject of copy in architecture has always interested me, in relation to how the series of copies in the form of iterations are what make architecture evolve...http://www.archdaily.com/268884/venice-biennale-2012-museum-of-copying-fat/

Imagine...

Imagine high-end luxury toys: Lapicida company, British specialist in exclusive stone design, now produces facsimiles of automobiles in stone for their clients.
These are not just any cars, or the facsimile from 25,000£ (30,000 €, 41,000 US-$) might end up costing more than the original. These are scaled replicas of cherished vehicles – „the ultimate boy’s toy“, according to a press release.

http://www.stone-ideas.com/2014/03/09/lapicida-natural-stone-facsimiles-of-luxury-automobiles/

an Abandoned movie Theater

...situated amid the Sinai peninsula in the egyptian desert, hundreds of wooden seats, among with projection equipment from an abandoned movie lay at the foot of the expansive mountainous landscape. captured in ‘end of the world cinema’ by estonian photographer kaupo kikkas, the unusual site is documented through a series of images highlighting a failed attempt of a business venture gone bad. like the abandoned star wars film sets in the tunisian desert by ra di martino...http://mydesignstories.com/an-abandoned-movie-theater/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=An_abandoned_movie_theater_lays_in_the_middle_of_the_egyptian_desert

Scenographic Spaces

What is it that makes cities thrive? What are the biggest drivers for success and prosperity in the city, the agents for change? Where does the real power and capital reside? People. Not individuals, not corporations but the connectedness of people. Cities wouldn’t exist were it not for the strength that comes from human collaboration and from that civilisation.http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/art-and-design/2012/07/if-these-walls-could-talk

My Way...

My way has been too long and too lonely,” Frank Lloyd Wright telegraphed Philip Johnson shortly before the 1932 opening of the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) epochal International Style exhibit, in an unsuccessful attempt to withdraw from the show, “to make a belated bow to my people as a modern architect …http://www.architectmagazine.com/architects/outsider-architect-momas-frank-lloyd-wright-exhibit_o.aspx?dfpzone=general&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=jump&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANW_031014&day=2014-03-10

Biomuseo by Frank Gehry

Panama’s Biomuseo, designed by Frank Gehry, is set to open its doors to the public, almost ten years after construction began. Since 2001, an international team of architects, designers, and members of the scientific community have been working on the design and development of the museum, which will be a gateway to new knowledge about the natural history of the isthmus and its biodiversity.

http://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/2014/03/05/frank_gehry_biomuseo.html

the Women who build the World

Architecture is stale, male and pale. It’s an easy taunt made easier by a convenient rhyme scheme that paints a dreary picture of a lofty profession dominated by white men. Debates about the exact nature of the gender imbalance have reverberated in the pages of the architecture press and studios of practice for decades and according to a recent survey by The Architects’ Journal nearly 80% of architects think there are too many men in the profession. http://www.architectural-review.com/home/international-womens-day-/

Historians

More than 600 scholars and professionals are expected at the 67th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) at Austin, Texas. For four days between April 9 and April 13, historians, city planners, civic leaders, preservationists, landscape architects, architects and more will discuss the issues that Austin faces as a fast-pace growing city. The discussion will also include tour to different architectural sites.http://www.archdaily.com/tag/society-of-architectural-historians/

to architect Nabati Poetry

Nabati poetry has been a feature of life in the Arabian Peninsula since the 16th century. In certain eras, this poetry was the only record of historical events. Historians only know of these events because the Nabati poems have been passed down through generations. Nabati poetry shows the natural creativity of the Gulf's inhabitants and represents their roots in this land. It is their everyday dialect. A strong dialect, slightly removed from classical Arabic. It should be studied so that it may be preserved.
http://www.sheikhmohammed.co.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e2e838e26c894310VgnVCM1000004d64a8c0RCRD

Anatomy of Architecture