Friday, June 10, 2011

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Free architectural courseware

Free lecture notes and assignments and free audio files and videos available for your online enthusiastic self learning.
Are you interested of sustainable building design?
Computer aided architectural design?
Architectural grammar and concepts?
Architectural Theories?
Plan your steps. to find out more...
The related links:-
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/architecture/
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/#Architecture
http://ocw.nd.edu/architecture/
http://www.arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/teach/#Courses
http://ocw.tudelft.nl/
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/finearts/nyc/
http://www.virginia.edu/uvapodcast/search.php?submit=true&school=1
http://ocw.usu.edu/Civil_and_Environmental_Engineering/

Monday, May 30, 2011

Richard Rogers + Architects: From the House to the City



An interesting exhibition of Richard Rogers and partners' work exhibiting in Singapore URA Centre ground floor atrium from 21 May to 23 July 2011.
to find out more...

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Al Faisaliah Complex

Playing a key part in Riyadh’s urban development, the 240,000-square-metre Al Faisaliah Complex is centred around Saudi Arabia’s first skyscraper - a distinctive 267-metre-high office tower - alongside a five-star hotel, a banqueting and conference centre, luxury apartments and a three-storey retail mall. to find out more...
Image and Passage via http://openbuildings.com/buildings/al-faisaliah-complex-profile-2048?_show_description=1
Related links:
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/saudi_arabia/al_faisaliah_riyadh.htm

Friday, May 27, 2011

Helio Trace Facade System

"The HelioTrace Façade System can trace the path of the sun over the course of a day and a year to significantly reduce solar heat gain while maximizing daylight and views for building users." to find out more...
Related links:-
http://www.adaptivebuildings.com/permea-surface.html
Passage and Image via http://www.som.com/content.cfm/heliotrace_facade_animation

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Form follows Performance 形式追随性能

"We believe that in sustainable design the really significant decisions happen in the early stages. Hence the focus of this blog is on green building design tools for architects and planners that are easy to learn and apply. To be successful in the architectural community these tools shall be interactive and provide visually comprehensible output. " to find out more...
Passage via http://www.formfollowsperformance.com/ 

Other links:-
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20081217/form-follows-performance
http://icd.uni-stuttgart.de/?p=1648
http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/carbon-aia/tools1.html#BIM 
http://dfabnus.wordpress.com/
Cn:-
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/2ebd87f6ba0d4a7302763a51.html

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Modulightor Rising

"When Paul Rudolph designed 246 in the early 90's, the zoning of that time allowed a 9-story structure, and a building permit was issued. In 1994 the area was downzoned and now, 20 years after - the original 4-story structure will be increased by two additional sistered duplexes in the Rudolph DNA." to find out more...
Passage and Image via http://paulrudolph.blogspot.com/2011/03/modulightor-rising.html
Related links:-
http://www.paulrudolph.org/
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Paul_Rudolph.html
http://reallyarchitecture.blogspot.com/2007/01/one-foreign-architect-in-singapore.html

Monday, May 23, 2011

Rethinking Mallorca’s Seafront

Registration date : May 15 ~ Oct 15 2011
"The call is public and is open to all of the undergraduate architectural students as well as related careers: Engineering, Urbanism, Design, etc. that can prove by the means of an official document (registration receipt, student id., etc.) their condition as a student at the moment the inscription process is opened, as well as postgraduate students who have a degree that is no more than 3 years old (this way we consider it to be a continuing student). Participation can be individual or in groups, with a maximum of 6 contestants per group. Groups of different nationalities as well as different universities are welcomed." to find out more...
Passage via Guillermo Carone co-founder of www.archmedium.com
Image via http://en.archmedium.com/Competitions.php

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Image featuring Transbay Transit Center by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. to find out more...
Image via http://www.pcparch.com/#/projects/transportation/transbay-transit-center-and-tower/

Lloyds Building

"The Lloyd's Buil­ding by Richard Rogers Partnership, is one of the fa­mous mo­dern buil­dings in Lon­don com­ple­ted in 1986."to find out more...
Image via http://eng.archinform.net/projekte/2731.htm

Middelfart Savings Bank

Image featuring Middelfart Savings Bank by 3XN Architects via ArtHitecural. to find out more...
Image via http://www.arthitectural.com/3xn-architects-middelfart-savings-bank/

ACROS Fukuoka Hall


Image featuring ACROS Fukuoka Hall by Fukuoka Emilio Ambasz and Associates. to find out more...
Image via http://ojisanjake.blogspot.com/2011/04/acros-fukuoka.html

Sunday, May 22, 2011

International Journal of Design

"The International Journal of Design is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to publishing research papers in all fields of design, including industrial design, visual communication design, interface design, animation and game design, architectural design, urban design, and other design related field." to find out more...

Clean Energy Tower

Image featuring Clean Technology Tower in Chicago, designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill architectural firm. to find out more...
Image via http://inhabitat.com/smooth-operator-the-clean-technology-tower/