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GlassKote
2008-01-25 04:39:00
" There are essentially three ways to colour glass; by coating one surface, through adding minerals and other pigments to molten glass during manufacturing, and by laminating two or more pieces of glass with a coloured material sandwiched in between. The problem with laminated technologies is that their appearance isn't always good (the depth and quality of the color), the edges are not attractive, the material can be difficult to work, the types of glass are limited and may not support tempered glass, and most importantly, it is very expensive. Colouring molten glass is often not suitable since it is translucent, there are only a handful of color options, and it's also very expensive.When it comes to colour coatings for glass, several have come and gone, but none stand up to GlassKote. There simply has not been a product that demonstrates the durability, appearance, colour range, or overall quality of GlassKote. See for yourself by asking for samples of products, and try to scrat...

NTU Art, Design & Media Faculty
2008-01-25 03:58:00
"If art school was in our future we might opt to study under, or on top of, the amazing green roof at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. This 5 story facility sweeps a wooded corner of the campus with an organic, vegetated form that blends landscape and structure, nature and high-tech and symbolizes the creativity it houses." to find out more...Passage & Image from http://www.ntu.edu.sg/OFPM/About+Us/Devel opment+Division/adm.htm

I-MAD
2008-01-20 15:00:00
"MAD's designs embrace the advent of a new era. These designs reflect our architectural exploration in contemporary art, the transformed life style, and the multimedia formats in contemporary cities in China. Our Experiment of integrating digital media in designs demonstrates a unique approach in architecture. Dedicated in understanding and exploring the inherent flexibility and possibility from simple and traditional functions, MAD imbues the flexibility and possibility with new organizations and logics by analyzing value, desire, culture, and political strength in contemporary China. With fluid and dynamic presentation of contemporary lives, buildings are no longer isolated objects as defined in traditional concept of architecture; in fact, they are natural and coherent components of urban environment and human lives. MAD partners with engineers, programmers, artists, landscape designers, energy and structural consultants from China, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States. M...

Kochi Architect's Studio
2008-01-17 02:55:00
Click the Image to enlarge. A Big Box by Kochi Architect's Studio . No roof, sleek plan organized with slanting wall slashed opened to view.Image from http://www.kkas.net/

The Architectural League of New York & Lectures
2008-01-16 02:12:00
"The Architectural League of New York is an independent forum for creative and intellectual work in architecture, urbanism, and related disciplines. The League promotes excellence and innovation in architecture and urbanism by furthering the education of architects and designers, and by communicating to a broad audience the importance of architecture in public life. Through its lectures, exhibitions, and other programs, the League creates a stimulating venue for contemporary practice and ideas, supports the work of talented young architects, explores new approaches to problems in the built environment, and fosters community for dialogue and debate. All of the League?s work is shaped by its commitment to interdisciplinary, intergenerational, and international exchange, and by its concern for the quality of architecture and landscape as critical components of a vibrant and sustainable culture. "[1] to find out more..."The Franzen Lecture is the Architectural League's annual invited l...
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OMA BNA
2008-01-15 04:57:00
More youtube videos from http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lucas vanwoerkum

Troika by Norman Foster with GDP architects
2008-01-11 06:51:00
I recalled my ex-colleague (from GDP) showing me the plans of this project while I was working with something similar 2years ago. Architecture is not always as fun as it seems to be at times. We need to fulfill the plot ratio requirement and make up something special as selling point. Troika is a luxury with a free plan; random composition of vertical elements and horizontal concrete slabs; the contrast of materials between transparent glazing and solid concrete and the symphony of lights at night just makes it fun and lovely to see.There is an interesting video clip in http://www.troika.com.my/"The residential Troika Development is located at the north-eastern corner of Kuala Lumpur City Centre Park, with comprehensive views of the Park and Petronas Towers. The Foster design responds to the unique location with a scheme of three residential towers - of 38, 44, and 50 storeys respectively - that will be the tallest residential development in Malaysia. " to find out more...Passage &a...
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City
2008-01-10 06:37:00
" American Institute of Architects (AIA) has bestowed one of its most prestigious awards, the AIA 2008 Institute Honor Award for Architecture, upon the addition to The Nelson -Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City designed by Steven Holl Architects. Annually, the Institute Honor Awards program recognizes a select number of buildings with this important prize in order to elevate the general quality of architecture practice, establish a standard of excellence against which all architects can measure performance, and inform the public of the breadth and value of the architecture practice. Regarding The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art the jury commented, 'This ingenious design solution encompassing a new building and landscape as the addition preserves the integrity of the original structure while charting a fresh new direction for museums. With light as the consummate inspiration for the orientation and forms of the building, the solution transforms galleries and lobby, day or night...

29th Olympic Games year 2008, Beijing, China
2008-01-01 11:12:00
The biggest event in the coming year of 2008 is the 29th Olympic Games , which will be held in Beijing , China . China had an official website introducing the stadium, the concept, the design, the structure and the events."Located at the southern part of the Olympic Green in Beijing, the National Stadium is the main stadium of the 29th Olympiad in 2008. Occupying an area of 21 hectares, it has a floor space of 258,000 square meters. Its seating capacity amounts to 91,000, including 11,000 temporary seats." to find out more...Passage from http://www.n-s.cn/en/generalinfo/introduc tion/Image from http://www.n-s.cn/en/multi-media/photogal lery/n214220637.shtml
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Knafo Klimor Architects
2007-12-29 17:16:00
Knafo Klimor is one of the Winners of the 2nd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing. to find out more..."Israeli culture is a collage of traditions, assembled over a short period of time. Its source of inspirations and influences comes from both Mediterranean and European cultures, attempting, with simple alchemy, to define an identity. Within this debate Knafo Klimor Architects operates over three decades.Our firm views Israel?s search for identity as an opportunity to explore new aspects of regional architecture in an era of massive globalization and a rapid cultural transformations.Knafo Klimor Architects was established in 1980 and has evolved steadily since.Over the years we have carried out a large number of in the areas of:- Public, education and sports buildings.- Industrial and hi-tech plants.- Commercial centers and office buildings.- Neighborhoods and residential housing.- Town planning and urban design projects of various scales.Among our clients...

Steel's knowledge
2007-12-29 14:20:00
"We've brought together a wealth of information about designing and constructing residential buildings using steel. Tap into Living Steel's knowledge through our informative case studies and tutorials." to find out more...Passage http://www.livingsteel.org/knowledgeImage from http://www.livingsteel.org/case-studies/u rban-house
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Iskandar Development Region, Malaysia
2007-12-28 03:05:00
"On January 15, 2008, Mecanoo will present to the Prime Minister of Malays ia the design for the Iskandar Development Region in Johor ..." to find out more... The IDR covers a land size of221,634.1 hectar=547667.6acre=2,216,341,000sqm=23,8 56,500,000sqft ~!to find out more...Ramblings from bigdotdot...Image from http://www.irda.com.my/idr-5zones-a.html

Transforming Digital Architecture from Virtual to Neuro
2007-12-27 12:10:00
"A few years ago, architects were almost obsessed with the question of how cyberspace and virtual reality are changing basic ideas about architectural space. But events like the Neuroaesthetics conference here in London , along with the increasing impact of neuroscience on contemporary architectural theory, marks a clear change of interests -- if not a paradigm shift. Significantly, the then almost ubiquitous word "virtual" is now being replaced by "neuro." What is happening?" to find out more...Passage from http://www.intelligentagent.com/archive/V ol5_No2_massumi_markussen+birch.htm
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Free .Online Training from Vismasters~!
2007-12-19 07:52:00
"Following up on the hugely successful free V-Ray class that was offered in October, in which over 2000 people registered, VisMasters is once again offering free training! In partnership with CGarchitect.com, VisMasters is pleased to offer three new free training classes in the month of January. Regular visitors to CGarchitect.com will be familiar with the Visualization Insider articles written by Brian Smith. As the wrap up of that series, the final topics will be presented as a live online session through VisMasters.Space is extremely limited, so be sure to register today! " to find out more...Passage & Image from http://commerce.vismasters.com/static/tra ining/Free ClassJan2008
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IES Lithonia Lighting free download
2007-12-15 09:00:00
"Lithonia Lighting provides IESNA formatted photometric data to help lighting professionals select products and options that are most appropriate for their requirements. The files are used in applications like Visual, Photometric Viewer, Economic Viewer and other commercially available software."[1] to find out more...And to download the free viewer here...What is IES files? Ies files are files that contain information of how light source energy are shooting out. Very useful for 3dsmax real time rendering information. The photorealistic rendering effect comes from the light sources."IESNA stands for Illuminating Engineering Society of North America [1] (IESNA) is a non-profit, learned society founded in New York City on January 10, 1906. The Society's stated mission is to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public."[2]to find out more...Passage [1] from http://www.lithonia...
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curiosity.jp
2007-12-14 18:51:00
I like this! The building form reflects the relationship of privacy and publicity. A rectangular glass box rapped round with solid concrete structure. The solid concrete seems to be pushing you away from the inner layer where functional areas are situated. Contrast of material between transparent glass panels and opaque, clean, solid concrete structure; long ramp entry from side way to the second level shows contrast towards the entry point to the office working area at ground level with simple, straight forward colour scheme and light treatment just makes it adorable to me. The work by curiousity.jp. to find out more...Image from http://www.curiosity.jp/eng/works/details .cgi?cp=2;s=3;t=26;cq=1
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Daily Blue Print
2007-12-14 18:27:00
Just found out my blog is in the top 15 in Daily Blue Print today...There are so much interesting architectural blogs now, still I think the international listing had did some great work for the blog brief and catagorizing them."Discover The Hottest Blogs On Architecture.Want to know the hottest blogs on Architecture? You have come to the right place!At dailyblueprint.com we are constantly monitoring the top blogs and blog posts on Architecture." to find out more...Passage from http://www.dailyblueprint.com/community

The Year in Architecture
2007-12-11 03:52:00
"This week in New York magazine's "Year in Culture" issue, architecture critic Justin Davidson names the ten best things that the architecture world had to offer this year, from the best new building (The New Musuem of Contemporary Art) to the best new interior (Tiffany & Co on Wall Street). See his picks at http://nymag.com/arts/cultureawards/2007/ 41799/" Passage from Jill Weiskopf, New York magazineImage from http://nymag.com/arts/cultureawards/2007/ 41799/index2.html
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Fender Katsalidis
2007-12-10 04:19:00
Katsalidis tower is one of my design directors favourite. Some more interesting work from Katsalidis. to find out more...Image from http://www.fk-au.com/
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Casey Brown
2007-12-07 08:11:00
Fasinating stuff from Caroline Casey & Robert Brown ."A studio devoted to creating contemporary architecture through an organic understanding of building in direct response to climate, topography and lifestyle. Sensibility of place derives from years of working on historical buildings, learning the crafts, understanding the tectonics of biulding and how our time relates to history. This perspective creates a preference for lasting architecture ofunpretentious functionalism, using materials and expressed structure.This non prescriptive approach takes each client, site and brief as something one off and special. "to find out more...Passage & Image from http://www.caseybrown.com.au/

Waro Kishi + K associates
2007-12-07 07:57:00
"This is located in a highly fashionable district in the middle of Tokyo. The five-story building is occupied by a jewelry store on the first four floors and a salon for public relations and customer services on the top floor. Each floor in plan consists of just a single space and a stairway. The tiny site is 6.3 meters wide, 4.6 meters deep, and less than 30 square meters in area. My two basic design ideas were to adopt a structural system without columns in order to make effective use of the limited area and to make the overall structure as lightweight as possible in order to simplify the foundation. A reinforced-concrete wall structure is used on the lower three floors. Panels fabricated from steel sheets in a factory were assembled on the site for the fourth and fifth floors. As a result, construction work was much like assembling a model of the building." More interesting work from Waro Kishi + K associates. to find out more...Passage & Image from http://k-associates.com/k....
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Designing with computer science.
2007-11-28 15:37:00
It was during my school time that a professor came to our school and demonstrated architectural design through computer science. And each of his book's front page has different design. We are getting nearer to a technology science dependant world. Hopefully I can cope up with the development later in life."Evolutionary algorithms are computational techniques widely used to solve difficult optimization problems. Evolutionary algorithms search for the best solutions by starting with a random population of solutions and iteratively subjecting that population to selection pressures that cause it to evolve. Solutions that fit better with the selection pressures live and breed, while solutions that fit poorly are eliminated from the population. After a number of evolution cycles, the population converges, revealing the best, most fit solutions. " to find out more...Passage from http://www.affinnova.com/technology/index .shtml
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The Origins of Pattern Theory, the Future of the Theory And The Generation
2007-11-28 15:26:00
"(A) Pattern Theory . I'm going to talk first of all about patterns and pattern languages, what I did about that, a few little points about problems we encountered, why we did it, how we did it, and so forth. That is a historical survey referring back to the late 60s and early 70s.(B) The Nature of Order. Then, I'm going to summarize the theoretical framework which has evolved out of the pattern work: a framework which is about to be published in a series of four books collectively called The Nature Of Order, four books that will be put out by Oxford University Press in the year 2000. That framework is a fairly radical departure from what the pattern language in the earlier theories contained, although it is consistent with them. That'll be the second thing. And, I'll just try and sketch that out in the hope that there might be some carryover or you might possibly find it interesting -- even though of course I will have no way to apply this to your field directly when I tell you ...
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27November2007 LAM examination
2007-11-27 02:43:00
After graduation from Tongji University 6 years ago, I got another examination today. LAM(Lembaga Architect Malaysia) will exam my school syllabus and work. However, only the last semester's work during school time is submitted. The others are just the one you can see in my my profile and other working experience I got from other firms and practices. After 5years of graduation, only now I am submitting my part I/II. Today, is a big day.If you are malaysian who got unrecognized degree in Architecture, you need to sit for exams in order to register yourself as an graduated architect with LAM, after 2years of practices, you are qualified to sit for the part III exam. After passing the part III only your can address yourself as an architect. to find out more...
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Sketchup Vray
2007-11-12 03:08:00
Take a look at Sketchup Vray . It is not a difficult software as long as you do some studies on the Vray settings.Image from http://asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_ga llery2&Itemid=58&g2_itemId=5536&a mp;g2_GALLERYSID=2c6ae3445961ef7f1e79be17 00c8aa91
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Theatre of the water
2007-11-12 02:58:00
My friends told me the eye of Malaysia is closing year end, just before it closes, I dropped by for a look at night and discovered something more interesting~! The theatre of the water. Despite the dancing water, the stunning visual effect of the laser beam on water screen is the most fasinating attraction there~! Take look if you are in Malaysia, 8pm/9pm 15mins water screen show. "Rising mystically from the placid lake surface, the many engaging facets and wondrous delights of Malaysia materialize each evening in a kaleidoscope of amazing images and colourful lighting effects. The world?s largest and most powerful screens of water come to Malaysia to create Thea tre of The Water s ? a visually stunning, living tapestry around Lake Titiwangsa?s shoreline, presenting the people, places and achievements of Malaysia. Each of the four screens of water is a massive 40 metres wide and 15 metres high, artistically enhanced with colour laser beams and high-lux projectors. Theatre of The Water...

Fuzzy Logic thinking
2007-11-05 07:16:00
"According to Christopher Alexander, compartmentalization and the dissociation of internal elements are potential signs of anarchy and schizophrenia. Fuzzy logic thinking is another step of helping human thought to recognize our environment less as a world of crisp boundaries and disconnections and more as a field of swarming agents with blurred borders.EMERGED is investigating the potential of fuzzy logic as a loose-fit organizational technique for developing intelligent, flexible and adaptive environments. Seeing the project as a testing ground for its computational tools and design techniques, the team expands its research territory from focusing and systemizing the dynamic hair tool as generative design machine to a larger scale, involving therefore levels of social, cultural and global organizations. The aim set by the team is to demonstrate a wide range of formal, spatial and programmatic organizations, exploring the ideas of form finding and self organization." to find out mo...
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Autocad2008 tips & tricks
2007-10-31 03:25:00
A link to autocad2008 tips & tricks you can't afford to miss.It is improvement everyday~!"Getting to BIM ? an implementation outlineThis featured article by Scott Hammond, technical marketing manager for structural engineering solutions at Autodesk, looks at the process of implementing BIM into a firm. The article provides an implementation plan outline, including beginning with a pilot project and a core BIM team at the onset of implementation. Tips and Techniques Tip 1: BIM Do's and Dont's ? essential steps for successful implementation and common pitfalls to avoidThis quick checklist is put together by Beau Turner and Joe Eichenseer, 2 BIM professionals from the Avatech Building Solutions Group and regular contributors to Cadalyst.Tip 2: More effective rendering using better lighting effectsThis handy tip was provided by Justin Taylor, a South African contributor to the AUGI User Forums and Revitup site.Tip 3: Lynn Allen?s AutoCAD 2008 Tips & Tricks Experience more spee...
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Atelier Bow-Wow
2007-10-30 03:00:00
Find interesting work from Atelier Bow-Wow. The firm is established in the year 1992 by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima in Tokyo. Interesting article from archidose.Image from http://www.bow-wow.jp/profile_e/works.htm l/ Mado building

Design Revolutionaries
2007-10-27 09:40:00
"This week, New York magazine and nymag.com take a look at some of the city?s greatest designers. From Martha Stewart to renowned magazine creative director (and cK One bottle designer) Fabien Baron to graphic design team Massimo and Lella Vignelli (of subway signs and map fame), the feature covers the men and women who have changed the face of design. Read more at http://nymag.com/homedesign/articles/fall 2007/Also, don?t miss New York?s list of 25 other key names to know in the design world, which can be found at http://nymag.com/homedesign/fall2007/3960 7/"Passage from Jill Weiskopf New York magazineImage from http://nymag.com/homedesign/articles/fall 2007/
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