Today Georgia's progressive upsurge- To help boost the "progressive upsurge" of their country, Georgian government selects a curvy building design to serve as a chechpoint building between Georgia and Turkey at Sarpi. designboom. Remember Dubli Casa?
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- Today Urbanized, by Gary Hustwit
- Gary Hustwit, director of Helvetica and Objectified, has just announced that the final part of his design trilogy will be Urbanized, a film that "looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design, featuring some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers."
The film is currently in production, with a schedule release for 2011.
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- Today Inception, or what architects could do if we slept more
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David Neustein reviews Inception, the latest blockbuster to depict the idealised reality of the architect and the contemporary city. Australian Design|Review
... it turns out that the world of the real architect and the dream world of the movie architect are essentially the same: both resemble realms of fantasy and desire, but are really just elaborate traps, ingeniously designed to rob us of what we treasure most.
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- Today Featured Jobs Today: in Ontario CA, Clearwater FL & New York
- Behar + Peteranecz: Architecture seeking Project Architect in Clearwater, FLBehar+Peteranecz: Architecture | Interiors is a custom residential firm. We are continuing to expand in the high-end residential market and require a detail oriented Project Manager to join our team...
HMC Architects seeking Project Manager (Healthcare), Project Leader & Project Coordinator in Ontario, CA
DHD Architecture Design PLLC seeking Project Manager in New York, NY
Dror seeking Interior Architect in New Yor... (more)
- Today Upcoming Architecture & Design Events
- Thursday July 29
Insider’s Tour of Alice Tully Hall & The Redesigned Public Sp, New York, NY
New Practices New York 2010 Symposium, New York, NY
railLA: Call for Ideas - opening exhibit, Los Angeles, CA
Friday July 30
Hitoshi Abe - Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA - SCI-Arc
Saturday July 31
SAH/SCC Film & Talk: The Spirit in Architecture, Los Angeles, CA - SCI-Arc
Big City Forum #18, Los Angeles, CA
Sunday August 01
The 50/50 Show, Toronto, Canada
The Original Copy: Ph... (more)
- Yesterday The forced ecology of occupation
- "Palestinian architects are often asked to draw inspiration from the grand Islamic architectural tradition and the local cultural heritage, said Palestinian architect Omar Yousef, with a hint of sarcasm.
His local heritage is not the Alhambra palace or Istanbul mosques, but rather the crowded cityscale of Silwan, East Jerusalem, where he grew up, and Shuafat, where he now lives and works, he said. It is an architecture of chaos, crowdedness, instability, temporariness and destruction, improvis... (more)
- Yesterday TERRIBLE BEAUTY 2: the ineffable
- When was the last time you heard the word --ineffable-- in a discussion about architecture? Never? Well, I--m not surprised. Ineffable means --unspeakable----that which cannot be said--so I can understand why people do not speak of it. And yet, the ineffable is an important concept and even more so a momentous and profoundly disturbing experience when we encounter it, which most of us will, at one time or another, in the unfolding of our lives. - Lebbeus Woods
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- Yesterday Jean Nouvel to Design New Paris H&M Store
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H&M, the fashion world's equivalent to IKEA, has commissioned Jean Nouvel to design a "futuristic hyperstore" on Paris' Champs Elys--es. The new store is expected to be 3 floors and around 2,800 square meters. via ykone
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- Today Virus attacker
- Virus Attacker is an ion diffuser that disinfects, deodorizes and eliminates viruses.
In a market already full of air purifiers and disinfectant filters that target an entire space, the virus attacker uses a fan to release concentrated streams of ions at areas like doors, windows and hallways where viruses and bacteria enter. To do this, the designers shaped the neck of the cylindrical dispenser to lean slightly forwards. This helps propel the ions forward, and ensures that it is pointed in the ... (more)
- Today APAP OPEN SCHOOL, by Lot-Ek
- So far, on the web, we have only seen some renderings, but now we show you the first images of the real structure.
We are talking about the Apap Open School, designed by Lot-Ek and just inaugurated in Anyang, South Korea.
Open School, designed for APAP (Anyang Public Art Project), is strategically positioned over Hakwoon park pedestrian walkway along the Anyang River.
The ground level functions as open-air, covered amphitheater for the agency's public events and lectures, while the second level... (more)
- Today POLITECNICO DI MILANO 07 2010: Marco Colussi -- Designers Through Borders
- Relatore: Carlo Vezzoli
In the last decades the research and application fields of the design profession have widen so much as the definition of design as a discipline that concern the conception of industrial artefact appears not sufficient to describe a comprehensive profession. One of the transversal and fundamental characteristic of this transformation has been the introduction of the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development into design project. The change has concerned a... (more)
- Today Measure of Man -- Measure of Architecture New Responsibility in Architecture and Urbanism
- Recent years have witnessed a growing sense of responsibility among architects, urbanists, artists, activists and representatives from related disciplines worldwide, to use their specialist knowledge, skills and networks to improve ordinary daily life by tackling issues which otherwise often remain unaddressed- in urban, suburban and rural environments, mostly, though not explicitly, in developing countries or regions struggling with harsh natural environments.
A defining characteristic of these... (more)
- Today Trasparenze
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Transparency – Art for Renewable Energy proposes works by Italian and international artists which convey the theme "energy in art" one of the fundamental issues of modern society and thus, represents an important communicative tool to promote innovation and solutions for renewable sources of energy.
Important works commissioned by leading artists of the contemporary international art sector have been specifically created for Trasparenze. Works featured by artists such as: Georges Adéag... (more)
- Today POLITECNICO DI MILANO 07 2010: Delica Fior -- Pesi Minimi
- Relatore: Nanni Strada
Correlatore: Federica Vacca
Silvia Franceschini presents the final work by Delica Fior and comments it.
“This thesis represents a try to question and shape thoughts regarding the concept of lightness interpreted as a result of a particular process of reduction on design level. It is possible to say that this perspective, applied both to the design dimension and to fashion, art and architecture, have definitely marked and distinguished modern and contemporary research... (more)
- Today Jens Risom Furniture Collection
- Jens Risom, born in Copemhagen in 1916, has collaborated with Rocket and Benchmark, who have jointly secured the European rights to reissue his 1950 and 1960's furniture designs. This first collection of nine pieces has been creatively directed by Jonathan Stephenson of Rocket and made by Sean Sutcliffe and Terence Conran's Benchmark Furniture company in their Dorset and Berkshire workshops -- with the close involvement of Risom himself. The group of furniture released by Rocket includes an easy... (more)
- Yesterday Jardin de la Connaissance
- By introducing the book as a material in the formation of spatial elements within the landscape, Jardin de la Connaissance, a project by Thilo Folkerts and Rodney Latourelle for the International Festival des Jardins de Metis (Quebec), Canada, offers an evocative cultural frame to examine transformational processes inherent in the nature of the forest. Walls, benches and floors made of used books structure a series of rooms at once framing and dissolving into their environment (approximately 40,... (more)
- Oscar Tuazon: My Mistake
- Fri 4th June 2010 - Sun 15th August 2010. Location: The Mall, SW1Y 5AH Organised by: ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts. The ICA presents a solo exhibition by the American artist, writer and curator Oscar Tuazon. The artist creates sculptures and installations that are characterised by a sense of tension. Comprised of both natural and industrial materials, Tuazons structures reference minimalist sensibilities, DIY...... (more)
- The Emery Walker House: 7 Hammersmith Terrace
- Thu 8th April 2010 - Sat 25th September 2010. Location: 7 Hammersmith Terrace, W6 9TJ Organised by: Emery Walker Trust. No 7 Hammersmith Terrace is a tall terraced house on the River Thames at Hammersmith in west London. Its sober Georgian exterior hides a secret the decoration and furnishings preserved as they were in the lifetime of the printer Emery Walker (1851-1933), a great friend and mentor to William...... (more)
- The Oikos Project
- Sat 19th June 2010 - Thu 30th September 2010. Location: Southwark, SE1 Organised by: The Architecture Foundation, Red Room. Oikos (pronounced ee-kos) is the root word of economy and ecology.
The Architecture Foundation in collaboration with progressive theatre production company the Red Room will be creating a live build project during the London Festival of Architecture commissioning Berlin-based practice,...... (more)
- Urban Africa - A Photographic Journey by David Adjaye
- Wed 31st March 2010 - Sun 5th September 2010. Location: Design Museum, Shad Thames, SE1 2YD Organised by: Design Museum. Adjaye, the principal of Adjaye Associates, has documented the growth of key cities in Africa for the 2010 exhibition at the Design Museum, Urban Africa A photographic journey by David Adjaye.
The exhibition, which opens in March, is part of the architects ongoing project to study new...... (more)
- Constructing Realities
- Tue 27th July 2010 - Fri 1st October 2010, 9:00am. Location: Arup Phase 2 gallery, Arup, 8 Fitzroy Sreet, W1T 4BJ Organised by: Bartlett Architecture School and Arup. An exhibition of research work by postgraduate students from the Bartlett School of Architecture/ UCL.
Facebook: Arup, Phase 2...... (more)
- New Estonian Architecture
- Sat 19th June 2010 - Sat 31st July 2010, 9:30am. Location: NLA Space, 26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT Organised by: New London Architecture (NLA). The economic boom in Estonia in the last decade has led to the creation of an unprecedented number of new architectural bureaus staffed, for the most part, by young architects. As a result, the countrys young architecture is contemporary, innovative and high-quality. 'BOOM ROOM: New Estonian...... (more)
- 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces
- Tue 15th June 2010 - Mon 30th August 2010, 10:00am. Location: Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL Organised by: Victoria and Albert Museum. The V&A will be staging a contemporary architecture exhibition in June 2010 exploring the power of small spaces. A number of international architects have been asked to design structures which explore notions of refuge and 'retreat'. These buildings which examine themes such as play, work,...... (more)
- Ernesto Neto
- Sat 19th June 2010 - Sun 5th September 2010, 10:00am. Location: Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 Organised by: Southbank Centre. The immersive, sensory installations of Ernesto Neto transform the upper spaces of the Hayward Gallery, both inside and...... (more)
- Yesterday David Neustein on Inception
- David Neustein on the role of architecture in Inception.
It is no surprise that we react so enthusiastically to Inception 's frenzied scenes of demolition and detonation. It is also why the film's protagonists seek to burrow down further and further into the dream realm: each dream-within-a-dream is less tethered to the waking world. In the deepest recesses of dreaming, time itself (which has been victimised by the relentless spectacle of consumption), runs increasingly slowly.... (more)
- Alan Moore on Super Heroes
- Alan Moore on Super Heroes in an interview at The Quietus:
I’m interested in the superhero in real life, but not the comic book version. I’ve had some distancing thoughts about them recently. I’ve come to the conclusion that what superheroes might be -- in their current incarnation, at least -- is a symbol of American reluctance to involve themselves in any kind of conflict without massive tactical superiority. I think this is the same whether you have the advantage of ca... (more)
- Al Baxter, Rugby Player, Architect, Blogger
- Al Baxter, tight-head prop for the Australian Rugby team and architect has a blog. Al graduated from Sydney University in the year ahead of me and has been playing for the Wallabies for the last seven years. So far there are a number of rugby related posts and one on his twin pursuits of sport and architecture. ... (more)
- Sam Jacobs reviews Sex and the City 2
- Sam Jacobs reviews Sex and the City 2 for Icon:
Manhattan has been SATC's leading character, but SATC 2 kills it off halfway through. Like OMA, SATC ups its skirts and leaves Manhattan for the Gulf. Like many an architect, Samantha exclaims: “Two years of bad business and this bullshit economy -- I'm done! I need to go somewhere rich!”... (more)
- Adelaide University Talk
- I will be speaking at Adelaide University on August 4th as part of their 2010 Speaker Series. I hope to see you there!
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- Byera Hadley Traveling Scholarship -- Level 1: Roadtrip
- Through June and the start of July, I undertook some travel made possible by the Byera Hadley Traveling Scholarship awarded by the NSW Architects Registration Board. We travelled through parts of the USA, Europe and Egypt looking at monolithic landscape and architecture. The following series of posts will summarise the trip in some fashion.
We leave Los Angeles by road.
Previously we drove to San Diego to visit the Salk. On our first full day in California, a negotiation with the freew... (more)
- Australian Architects Abroad
- Architecture Australia is gathering information on Australian architects working overseas for an upcoming issue, so if you fall within one of the categories below, then send them an email:
If you have recently completed or are working on an overseas project, or are an Australian architect located abroad, Architecture Australia would like to hear from you. The magazine is compiling two lists for a forthcoming issue on the theme of Export:
1. Overseas projects by Australian practices.
Wh... (more)
- Greenspace
- Central Park
Barbican
Jewish Museum
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- Tropolism Books: The Green Workplace
- Title: The Green Workplace: Sustainable Strategies that Benefit Employees, the Environment, and the Bottom Line Author: Leigh Stringer Publication Date: August 4, 2009 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 978-0230614284 Available at Amazon. Have you ever presented a recycling plan to...... (more)
- Charles Gwathmey, Dead at 71
- We don't do obituaries at Tropolism, but this death is worth mentioning. Charles Gwathmey died August 3rd in Manhattan. Mr. Gwathmey was the target of derision in my very first published article, so I like to think of him as...... (more)
- Poster Designers, Get Ready
- CUP, Tropolism's favorite NYC urban activist group, is at it again. As you may know, they publish a smart poster every few months announcing their initiatives; the poster is called Making Policy Public, or MPP. This time around, they are...... (more)
- Tropolism: Moving Up To 7
- Tropolism made it into the top 10 of the MoPo 2009 list of most popular architecture weblogs (written in English by primarily one person, and vetted by this or that metric) again this year, except moving up to slot...... (more)
- Amazon Wishes
- Just so you know, we have a wishlist at Amazon.com. And, our 4 year anniversary is fast approaching. Click the button to send us stuff: ......... (more)
- Tropolism Exhibitions: The Pictures Generation 1974-1984
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been an embarrassment of riches this summer. Roxy Paine's rooftop installation is an artwork so right for its summer vista (in a way the Madison Square Park installation was not), and so right...... (more)
- Atlantic Yards: The First Post
- Atlantic Yards by Frank O. Gehry: we never liked it. It might be too big. It was a stadium for basketball, a sport we just don't care about and whose only reference point for us is "Madison" "Square" We Knocked...... (more)
- Tropolism Books: Le Corbusier And The Maisons Jaoul
- Title: Le Corbusier And The Maisons Jaoul Author: Caroline Maniaque Benton Publication Date: April 2, 2009 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press ISBN: 9781568988009 Available at Amazon. The Maisons Jaoul, two weekend houses designed by Le Corbusier representing a period of...... (more)
- Yesterday The Casiquiare canal
- We've only ever written one other post about Venezuela, so it's about time we took another trip. We'd like to have crafted a post about the Orinoco River, but sadly there isn't enough of it in high resolution to write about… until you get to the Casiquiare canal.The Casiquiare canal is the largest river on the planet that links two major river systems, and is possibly the best example of river bifurcation to be seen anywhere.The Orinoco river splits into two rivers at this point. In the pictur... (more)
- The Rideau Canal: From Ottawa to Lake Ontario
- The Rideau Canal is a World Heritage Site waterway which connects Canada's capital Ottawa to the city of Kingston on Lake Ontario. The route consists of a combination of several lakes, numerous rivers and dams, and 19km of man-made canals, featuring 45 locks.Used today for recreational boating, the Canal was constructed in the early 19th century for military use. Supply ships from the British-controlled Upper Canada were under threat from American forces in New York state if they travelled from ... (more)
- Masonic Temples Around the World
- Freemasonry is the world's largest and oldest fraternity. It's also sort of hard to define. It's a fraternal organisation, but it's also bound up with ideas of morals, charity, and social gatherings.1 For centuries, Masons have taken pride in constructing monuments to their brotherhood (although a common Masonic saying is "Freemasonry erects its temples in the hearts of men" or something similar). Let's take a look at how some of these lodges and temples appear in Google Street View.The largest ... (more)
- New GSS design launched!
- After what feels like months of work1, we've finally launched our brand new design for Google Sightseeing (14 weeks after we originally planned to launch it, on our 5th birthday).Today we're very proud to bring the new design to everyone. Here's some of the highlights:Embedded maps and streetviews on all articlesWe'll be able to have larger thumbnail images on future postsLinks in posts indicate if they'll take you to our map page to view the location full screenEmbedded Streetviews that we've p... (more)
- Sheikh Zayed Mosque
- This gleaming expanse of white marble is the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi.It is particularly gleaming, and spectacularly white, because the $2billion no-expense-spared project entailed shipping in the purest white stone known to man, all the way from Macedonia.Twenty seven other varieties of marble were used in the building, along with many semi-precious stones, such as can be seen in the floral patterns of the courtyard thanks to Google's excellent high-resolution images.In addition to the ... (more)
- Terry Fox
- Terry Fox is a hero to many Canadians for his Marathon of Hope -- an endeavour for which he is commemorated with a statue directly across from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the nation's capital1.Born in 1958 in in Winnipeg, at age 8 Fox moved with his family to British Colombia where he became an avid basketball player. In 1977 constant pain in his right leg was diagnosed as osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer. His leg had to be amputated above the knee and Fox underwent an intensive p... (more)
- "Wipeout" the TV Show
- The crazy American TV series "Wipeout" is ranked as the third most popular game show in the world1, and for a long time its exact outdoor filming location remained a mystery. Thanks to updates in Google's satellite imagery, the insane obstacle course that sends the contestants flying through the air has finally been revealed.The show itself has two different versions (and locations) depending on where in the world you're watching. The original American version is filmed on a ranch outside of Los... (more)
- 45° Imagery Launched On Google Maps
- Today Google have released a new kind of aerial imagery in Google Maps, which features images using a 45° angle; similar to Microsoft's Bird's Eye imagery.Previously available in select US locations to users of Google Maps Labs, the angle used in the images allows us to see the sides of buildings -- you can even rotate around a point of interest (using the compass ring) to view it from four different perspectives.To see the new imagery, simply zoom into an area while in Satellite mode, and the ... (more)
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