"Ostmoderne shows buildings from the post-war socialist era still largely unknown in the west and widely regarded as unwanted relics from the past in the east after 1989.
"The Journal of Design Research is an interdisciplinary journal, emphasizing human aspects as a central issue of design through integrative studies of social sciences and design disciplines. It is an electronic journal aiming to publish articles including multimedia applications and hence allowing visual knowledge transfer." To find out more... 
At last~! I found an architectural firm in Malaysia that blogs. I would suggest PAM(Pertubuhan Arkiteck Malaysia) or LAM(Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia) or any architectural institution/ organization to open a catagory for architectural bloggers.
Found an interesting website. Found some interesting images as well. Nice design studio that worth taking a look~! I like the design of the website. Happy, Light & Easy feel.
The pictures of the buildings, the flyover and LRT Terminal were taken while I was on my way taking LRT from Pratunam Market to Lumpini Night Bazaar. The building has a sense of depth on it's facade. Strong strips of beam/structure creating 'louvres like' shading to the building. 
I visited Thailand in May for the purpose of chatuchak visit and several other market observations. I found an astonishing structure hanging in th middle of the air that I would like to share. It is simply amazing. The infrastructure in Bangkok are much more facinating than what I witnessed in Shanghai.
"The phrases 'contemporary architects' and 'contemporary architecture' have obvious meanings but like 'modern architects' and 'modern architecture' the terminology is open to interpretation - shades of meaning." more to read... 
Found 2 interesting firms - Sagan Piechota & Steven Ehrlic and great architectural work of residential pool architecture. Sagan Piechota's rendering is great and wondering what rendering software they are using. The pool project beside is by Rem Koolhaas and rendering by Sagan Piechota Architects.
Regarding 'The Architect's Newspaper', The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation is accepting entries for for the 4th International Bauhaus Award! The competition is open to professionals under the age of 40. First prize is 6,000 Euro, second prize is 4,000Euro, and the third prize is 2,000 Euro. It is end of November now, still few more months to go. If you can afford the time. Everyone should give it a try. Click here for more details.
Another great architectural work from Steven Holl. Reminds me of a project of Zvi Hecker. The planning of Zvi Hecker's kindergarten project is so great that whatever, shapes that grew similar to it, makes me felt that it is some how, some way related, the star shape, the centralized wave, the momentum.
CAD has developed 'Building information Modeling (BIM) and parametric modeling (PM) that allows designing through 3d modeling with facts and figures' backup, schedules and labelings are made to be user friendly. No more line pullings for elevations, no more sectional draftings, it is only a selection of sections on the model to resolve elevations and sectional analysis. BIM & PM is to enable sophisticated mesh building to made simple. It is a matter of time how fast it is going to take over the market like how CAD does replacing hand drafting services. Computer drafting services shall be reduce or even eleminated and designers and architects shall not only design yet to take on more responsibilities and workload with such a software. I located a past issue in 'The Architects' Newspaper' online in regards of this issue.
Another environmental friendly product by Genting Sanyen~ Rite Wood. The product is splendid with its' wood textured look enhanced with material quality in resistancy to various problems real wood material would encounter. The pricing is competitive to bangau. Nowadays, people uses young timber rather than waiting the tree to grow 15~20years. Young timber material would not last as long as the 20years material.
Got 2 forums here if you are working in sketchup, pretty useful as a real example for your reference. I used sketchup 2 years ago when I was working in a small firm proposing an environmental user friendly dustbin recollector for my bos' elther brother. Didn't really use it on architectural building. I am a max user though. Sketchup is very handy and use-friendly for a beginner in 3d or architects who doesn't know 3d programs and would like to learn. The pricing is very feasible as well. Take a look for real example of people using sketchup in construction drawings. Example 01 (a house), Example 02 (a steel structure building). Must take a look even for presentation's sake in construction drawings for example 02~!
Browsing through pushpull, located a forum raised by takeshh regarding the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito.
After the seeing various decorative features in male toilets, the 'water tap' exposed under the sun to me is a protest, a form of art with a sense of humour.
There is a pushpull forum , I accidentally got myself involved with some posting for submitting this blogsite. Raised a poll regarding sketch modeling and some posts at Architectural Website. Forum is great, worth taking a look. Shall add into my links soon, must pull myself together tonight for my work. I guess I am blog addicted.
Will higher education ensure better payment? I would think so, and therefore would like to further my studies in near future. As a B.Arch, working for several years down, I learn to understand that architecture is not a job that earns as much as your the efford you dose in. However hard you work, you still get the same pay or just 150~200 raise in a year. I would believe if I am a sales person that worked as hard as I was in past several years, I would be living a better life of what I am having now. Anyway, I still love architecture, but I understand the everyday living realities now. Furthering studies would be another way to ensure better living in the future.I found something interesting again. As a B.Arch degree holder would you take M.arch or MBA for your selection? Please vote for your selection in my mini poll. Thank you.
Classicism,
The previous rendering I did is actually a movie theater including retail outlets and food and beverage outlets. It is an entertainment building. Click here to have further readings of cinema design.
It is difficult to dig out topics regarding tropical architecture. Therefore, environmental design is more or less in regards to tropical architecture in general. Environmental design is an interesting subject to be raised in any architectural design involved. Is another basic design issue to be mastered.
"Blog is website that contains written material, links or photos being posted all the time, usually by one individual, on a personal basis. The term is a shortened form of weblog, although the latter term has since fallen into disuse." Another must read issue. 365days' readings is a lot! I believe one or two years later. I shall have my own hosting website with sound traffics. Nike's motto ~ just do it.
"An architectural designer is a registered architect or non-registered designer that is more involved in the design of a building as opposed to the construction documentations required to construct it. Few architects are truly designers as that status refers to individuals who often have good artistic skills, imagination and talent. Although most students of architecture are trained as designers very few actually become designers in the real world. Design in architecture, however, exists at every level, from the exterior, all the way to the toilet stalls. That means that that an architect generally is involved in the design of a building at a smaller level and in more detail than a true architectural designer, who often determines the look and feel of the building as whole in the schematic design phase."
Another interesting site of architecture.
Deconstruction by wikipedia ~
