Voussoir Cloud’s design, by IwamotoScott Architecture, explores the coupling of potentially conflicting constructional logics – the pure compression of a vault with an ultra-light sheet material. Can be seen if visiting Los Angeles’ SCI-Arc Gallery from Friday, August 08, 2008 to Sunday, September 14, 2008. Others read more here.

Pop, Ökonomie, Aufmerksamkeit

Pop ist tot? Wegen Downloads, Bohlen und den TV-Castings? Mag sein. Jedenfalls: Architektur ist Pop. Kaum eine Club- oder Lounge-CD der letzten Jahre kam ohne das obligatorische Architektur-Stillleben auf dem Cover aus. Dies ist bemerkenswert, dominierten doch auf den meisten Plattenhüllen der Sechziger und Siebziger Gesichter oder Land-schaften, selten jedoch moderne Bauwerke oder Interieurs. Noch nie griff Popkultur so vehement auf Architekturimages zurück, niemals zuvor fungierten Gebäude derart auffällig als symbolisches Kapital. Der englische Poptheoretiker Kodwo Eshun wies einmal darauf hin, dass durch den Textverzicht in-strumentaler Clubmusik und Lyricsarmer Songs das Artwork der Verpackung unter einem besonderen Semiotisierungs- und Codierungsdruck stehe. Die Frage, weshalb ausge-rechnet Architektur und Design diesem Druck standhalten können, stellte er leider nicht. Anyway: Es müssen goldene Zeiten für Ar-chitekten herrschen!

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Earlier this week, Claus and Kaan Architects showcased their design for the

Palace of Justice, which will be build on the new IJdock, in Amsterdam.

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Here is an article on the people who make Rhino. interesting news on how it emerged, what to come next and on the company’s position.

http://www.aecmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=237&Itemid=99999999&limit=1&limitstart=0

it might not about architecture, but it’s really tricky and unique, and let’s be true, there is some kind of architecture in every thing on earth ; ).

The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything. The manipulation is only visible on the photo afterwards. ( Julius von Bismarck)

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Archigram’s brain and builder of the Kunsthaus Graz Peter “moving city” Cook will hold a lecture together with founder of London based architectural practice Studio 8 C.J. Lim (more on this guy below)

Date and Location:
Audimax, Getreidemarkt 9
Monday June 16th 6:00 PM

From http://www.scottisharchitecture.com

Born in Ipoh, Malaysia in 1964, CJ Lim is founder of leading edge London based architectural practice Studio 8, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Since 1989 Lim has also taught widely in architectural schools, including the Architectural Association, London, University of East London and University of North London.

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CJ Lim’s work challenges architectural traditions - he is as likely to be influenced by cinematography and storytelling as traditional architectural elements of space, form and light. The architect’s extraordinary talent as a draftsman is also widely celebrated. This first became evident at the Architectural Association (1982-87) and he became one of a generation of students who demanded a reappraisal of the status of drawing within the architectural practice. Archilab described Lim’s drawing as, ‘a fantastic virtuoso performance of line and paint, deliberately and obstinately abstract’.

Ateliers Jean Nouvel won the competition for the Tour Signal in la Defense, Paris.

This 301 meter high tower is (architect’s terms) filled and made with symbols - the life of the agglomeration will be concentrated in this one building.

The other finalists were Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Jacques Ferrier, Sir Norman Foster and Daniel Liebeskind. My first reaction to this news was “Oh great, of course he won now that he got the pritzker” and i really thought we had to deal with some political interference in the final choice. But go check out the other projects and make your own idea:

(from left to right: ferrier, foster, liebeskind, nouvel, wilmotte)

I have to say that Nouvel is the only proposing a tower with some identity, and not some casual skyskrper which might fit in any metropolis of this planet. Lokk at this Freedom Tower: Reloaded by Liebsekind ! He must be kidding. Jurys do make their jobs after all.

more information on the official site of the competition: click here.

… für jeden architekten welcher nicht nur an form sondern auch an funktion interessiert ist.

Sieht man, über die einfache schreibweise, über das misslungene design und über die verschleppung von informationen über lange strecken, hinweg, ist es ein wirklich gutes buch. Doch um was es wirklich geht, ist die idee der neuen arbeit und um eine bestandsaufnahem der verschieden milieus.

Have you ever had a question about urbanism? Did you ever woke up in the middle of the night cause you did not know Charles Landry ?

Now…here is the answer to your worries http://growingideas.wordpress.com/ Ian Banerjee might not be a polyhistor but I am sure you are out of time for quite a long time if you try to read through the wealth of information.

I want to show something that may represent in which direction design production will go in the next years. Johnny Chung Lee is one of those mc-gyver-genius-geeks around here capable of transforming your toaster in a flatscreen tv (ok, mybe not). But anyway ! Youknow those giant screens and sensor gloves some designers, especially in the automobile industry use. Well, this kind of equipment is, of course out of budget for the most of us. And you also know the Wii and fantastic little gadget called the Wiimote.

Johnny Lee created software using the Wiimote, the Sensor Bar (which actually is only emitting infrared light) in order to create a VR desktop, making the displayed environment react to the way you look at it.

Now look at this, and imagine how this can be implmented in future computer aided design software.

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Click here to see even more cool stuff you can do yith your wiimote

Sometime small interventions are able to make huge differences.

Every Sunday, from 7am to 2pm up to 2 million residents of Bogota, Colombia enjoy over 70miles of care- free streets.

See more on streetfilms (by the way a great page to get impressions of cities from all over the world, films only)

Maybe you just found $5000 in the street and are willing to spend it for this completely useless geekery.

more on http://www.computer-choppers.com/