Some great “flashcards” for Client / Architect conversations. check them all out at Coffee with an Architect
Entitled ‘Tradition of Excellence’, Debombourg’s hand-rendered drawings treat each of the guns as a solid mass, from which are carved a series of architectural rooms and spaces. Baptiste Debombourg via Architizer
Chicago Architecture firm, Studio Gang, has expanded on a student project done while on spring break using their own designs and lolcatz. With a 10-minute time limit, the contestants used only images of Studio Gang architecture and Studio Gang cats to churn out a series … Read More →
Check out these designs, some really cool stuff. Established in 2006, the annual competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. See … Read More →
3rd and final phase of the High-Line revealed. What’s the High-Line? Where you been dog? Even comic books are using it. Check out the “peel-up seesaw”. The Children’s Play Beams cover original beams and girders with a thick rubber safety coating. via A/N Blog
I need to hook up with some of these celebs who love architecture so I can spend their money on great design. Here is an excerpt from one day of Moby’s blog. He has been pretty good at updating it daily. when seen from the … Read More →
Some great nerd cards here To commemorate the love-fest, I’ve assembled a few of mine and Bryant Turnage’s quotes here. via Coffee With An Architect Bryant Turnage
Pick Two… This illustration was originally created by Colin Harman in regards to graphic design. However, there is no doubt this logic can apply to architecture, or any other design profession. Colin Harman Web Urbanist via Arch Daily
If you have a few minutes, take a look at this “god” awful facility for Scientologists. The captions on the renderings are great. Here’s the first place you’ll encounter when you go in the grand entrance, the reception area leading to the building’s big first … Read More →
Shelf Hotel
This isn’t the first time something like this has been proposed, but it may be the first to get built. It takes different architecture archetypes and “inserts” them next to each other in one unifying structure. Rather than design a run-of-the-mill skyscraper for a new … Read More →