Design Tale Studio

"Some interesting interviews with the top designers; Karim Rashid,one of the most recognisable and influential designer of popular contemporary culture ;Sandra Bermudez, the conceptual and feminist artist of Columbian descent, who has always had a close association with the world of fashion in Italy;Pakhalé, who loves to call himself a “cultural nomad” and many more from Design Tale Studio." to find out more...

Release of V-Ray for SketchUp

Great news here~!"ASGVIS has released V-Ray for Sketch-Up. This release brings users various performance enhancements, an out of the box rendering solution, and many great V-Ray features to Sketch-Up. V-Ray is a rendering plug-in that enables Sketch-Up users to take advantage of the power and speed of the Chaos Group’s V-Ray rendering solution." to find out more...
Passage and Image from http://www.asgvis.com/

Buchanan Architecture

"When you look at how a building is constrcuted, there are some basic elemetns that you have to use," Buchanan says."For example, you build a roof using a truss structure and you can use the truss in many different ways. In this case, the truss is flipped."
"Let's construct buildings that are of their time, meaning of this time and place." Buchanan says. "We are in the 21st century, and now is the time." -from "In te Deep End" FIDLuxe, June 2006
to find out more...
Passage and Image from http://www.russellbuchanan.com/

werk, bauen + wohnen

The Swiss Architectural Review,werk, bauen+wohnen. Everything in German/French/Italiano. Google can help translating the pages. to find out more...

Image from http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.architekten-bsa.ch/api/1132344364/de/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwerk,%2Bbauen%2B%252B%2Bwohnen%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX

Architectural Global Warming

"When we think about the causes of "global warming," what commonly comes to mind are gas-guzzling cars and smoke-spewing industrial processes. But a lion's share of the pollutants that cause global warming are attributable to architecture.
Architect Edward Mazria of Mazria, Riskin Odems, Inc. in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has been making a case for why his profession should take greater responsibility for the problem. " to find out more...
I think as an architect, there is a responsibility on global warming issues.
Passage from http://www.architectureweek.com/2004/0218/environment_1-1.html

An Inconvenient Truth

I watched this movie today, An Inconvenient Truth.
It is a film to save our planet. That what you and I can do. Sounds big? to find out more...
Image from http://www.climatecrisis.net/

AECbytes Newsletter #30 (May 10, 2007)

An interesting reading on architectural computer technology, introducing autocad 2008, BIM and related applications from aecbytes by Lachmi Khemlani. to find out more...

Kurokawa’s Capsule Tower To Be Razed

"The Capsule Tower, completed in 1972, stands in the center of Tokyo’s affluent Ginza neighborhood. The building is actually composed of two concrete towers, respectively 11 and 13 stories, each encrusted with an outer layer of prefabricated living units. It has long been appreciated by architects as a pure expression of the Metabolist movement, popular in the 1960s and 1970s, which envisioned cities formed of modular components. But in recent years residents expressed growing concern over the presence of asbestos. On April 15, the building’s management association approved plans calling for the architectural icon to be razed and replaced with a new 14-story tower. A demolition is yet to be determined." to find out more...

This is one of the most inspiring building I came across during my school time. Guess it couldn't withstand the developing pace of Japan. However, it is still an admirable work to be protected. I would propose the building to be recycled in some way, resell or reforming it in some other places or keep certain portion of the building, anyway is better than demolition... It would be wonderful have the units seats on top of roof top... But I would prefer more transparencies for the units.... Some introduction from archspace of the building located. to find out more...

Passage & Image from http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070430kurokawa.asp

by Yuki Solomon

Image II from http://www.arcspace.com/architects/kurokawa/nakagin/nakagin.html

Fusion Architects

"FUSIONarchitects is a young practice founded on international experience, urban dimension and a shared enthusiasm for innovative concepts. Our projects focus on a high standard of design and functionality." to find out more...

Passage from http://www.fusion-architects.co.uk/profile/Fprofile.html
Image from http://www.fusion-architects.co.uk/proj.arch/Farch.html

Peripheriques Architectes

Another interesting architectural firm with great web design for your browsing pleasure. to find out more...

Kinetic Singapore

"We fully intend to wipe bad advertising and design off the face of this planet and free its citizens from the mind-numbing properties of bad ads and ho-hum websites. Why can't websites be designed differently, with a bit of thought and a dash of flair? Why can't ads be thought-provoking, inventive and entertaining in equal measure? With an Interactive as well as a Design & Advertising arm, we'll show you how ideas can be extended across platforms for an integrated communications solution - and still stop people in their tracks. Without losing sight of the key message. Without compromising the brand. Without sacrificing the interests of our clients." to find out more...
This is one of the most creative web design I came across~!!
Passage & Image from http://www.kinetic.com.sg/k2005/main.html

Journal Classification from NUS

If you are looking for some interesting architectural design journals. This journal classification from NUS might help, categorizing into Premier Journal, Leading Journal, Reputable Journals and others. to find out more...

Fei Chang Jian Zhu

The recent D+A journal from Singapore introduced Mr. Zhang Yung Ho from China, the Head of Architecture Department at MIT and formally Head, Graduate Center for Architecture, Peking University. He is the Principal of Atelier FeiChangJianZhu, based in Beijing. I remember attending his lecture with Mr. Arata Isozaki in Tongji Univeristy, Shanghai six years ago...
to find out more...
Image from http://www.fcjz.com/box-songshanhu_right.htm#

Curbed

"In New York City, it all comes back to real estate, rent, and the neighborhoods we inhabit.
Since its launch in May 2004, Curbed has established itself as the center of the virtual conversation about real estate in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond. Sales and rental prices, celebrity deals, new developments, amusing broker stories, hot restaurants, and the latest neighborhood gossip—it's all on Curbed. Updated a dozen or more times throughout the day, and liberally spiced with reporting and dish from readers, Curbed has become a daily fix for tens of thousands of NYC residents—and the most-trafficked neighborhood and real-estate weblog on the web. "to find out more...

Passage & Image from http://www.curbed.com/archives/2005/07/01/about_curbed.php

Sancho Madridejos

"A project provides a puzzle of multifaceted fragments and diverse positions which develop into an idea. The idea can be understood in different ways: as a strategy,a design, an approach, a concept..Essentially, however, it is a concept of space requiring concrete forms, materials and techniques for its realization. Clarity of conception and the coherence of style are the major interests on which we concentrate our efforts in our projects." to find out more...
Passage from <40>, page 445