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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2009
     
    Loja Volume B - São Paulo
    roughly poured concrete, reminds me of many buildings from around the med. build it quick, and who cares about anything else :) i really quite like this, i think.

    Loja Volume B - São Paulo, Gustavo Moreira and Leo Ferreira.
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2009
     
    i keep staring at all that concrete on the interior walls and thinking about dank basements.

    i like the outside. the inside looks cold, though the yellow staining effect from the lighting is kind of warming.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2009
     
    it might look cold, but it's in brazil so it probably isn't.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2009
     
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2009
     
    basically, rusty :)
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2009 edited
     




    F-WHITE house     designed by a young, up and coming architect in Japan [ Takuro Yamamoto ].
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeOct 26th 2009
     
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeOct 30th 2009
     
    those steps are just lovely.

    :) it reminds me of my bff's home, where all we had were small cans of leftover paint, and it was either paint every tiny thing a diff colour or dump it all together to make a shit-muckle-dun shade. she has vibrant baseboards and trim.

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    Is this better? How about this?

    "This facade changes continuously; each day, each hour shows a new 'face' - the facade is turning into a dynamic sculpture."
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    the stairs are cool bananas

    the blinds are an old technology with a new BMS
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
     
    when i see shit like those blinds... i immediately wonder who is going to clean the tracks so they will keep working.

    maybe they've invented tiny little robot track sweepers.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009 edited
     
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
     
    josef schulz designed
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
     
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      CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
    • CommentTimeNov 4th 2009 edited
     
    Urban Cursor is a GPS enabled object designed to facilitate social interaction and play in public space.



    urbancursor.com/
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeNov 11th 2009
     
    290 mulberry - light show photo
    Lightshow 290 Mulberry

    video at the link. i think they look better static, though.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2009
     

    this may have been posted already*
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2009
     
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeDec 20th 2009
     
    that looks like it's screaming as it falls off the cliff.


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    i do like the smoooooth look.

    this house is smooooth, too. my german is crappy, but i think it's sealed completely in plastic. the house is in Łódź, Poland.

    the free-standing wall has to do with building codes that require alignment with the property line.




    from architekturzeitung
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    the fact it is still only a render helps with the smoothness
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeDec 22nd 2009
     
    is that right? ;) your German is infinitely better than mine; i didn't see that mentioned.

    i guess that's something that you, as a pro, can spot.
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    nope - i read it
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2009
     
    well-read, then.

    how was your German before you started hanging out with your (now) wife? maybe i need a Deutsch lover to force my comprehension level.
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    terrible - languages (human) are and have always been my academic blindspot
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2009 edited
     
    then you got lucky, falling for a german (in oh so many ways). :)

    i've an ear for languages, but i think it's more to do with exposure than academic prowess. i learned sign language and english at the same time. there's good evidence that being multilingual before age 6 lets your brain juggle other languages more easily as when you're older. for me, that balances out my inability to watch moving pictures for more than a few minutes at a time (also a childhood brain-set).

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    bridges.. i like bridges, and this "drawbridge" in the Netherlands is way cool. ;) transformer city!
    drawbridge 1
    drawbridge 2
    drawbridge 3

    more pics of the Flying Bridge at Frozenly
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 4th 2010
     
    Gingerbread House - front
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 14th 2010
     
    Fujitsubo beauty parlour, Tokyo, Japan, by Archivision Hirotani Studio
    Japanese architects Archivision Hirotani Studio     has recently completed this copper-clad beauty parlour, situated in the Omote-sando area of Tokyo, Japan.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 15th 2010
     
    more copper cladding!

    Artists workshop and wellness area    , Luxembourg, Luxembourg, by XPACE architecture
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 15th 2010
     
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2010
     
    i am hot for copper cladding. :)

    that log-face place made me LOL.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 21st 2010
     

    AIA Home: An Artful Kirkland Abode

    i am digging the high-level windows. exterior is meh.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010
     
    Electric Ramps at the Old Centre, image courtesy of Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura
    Electric Ramps at the Old Centre, image courtesy of Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura
    Electric Ramps at the Old Centre

    We understand that uncovered ramps would have a machine-looking impact that would be too obvious. As it is covered, it camouflages this aspect and brings more attention to the architectural element, which will focus the view and interest of the user.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010
     
    Exclusive Q&A: The Architects Rebuilding Domino Sugar in Williamsburg
    The Domino Sugar Refinery on the East River waterfront in Williamsburg
    industrial awesomeness

    The Domino Sugar Refinery     on the East River waterfront in Williamsburg is a hulking testament to the neighborhood’s industrial past: built in 1884 and shuttered in 2003, the factory site (chock full of “abandoned offices, lunchrooms, science labs, locker rooms and loading bays; floor after floor of vats, boilers and furnaces”) was finally landmarked in 2007. Now, a $1.2 billion redevelopment project has been approved for an eight-month public review phase, aiming to rework the three main buildings as a mixed-use site with a riverside esplanade.
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010
     
    the electric ramp is interestingly ugly. i hope it has an egress at least every 50 meters.

    the sugar refinery is going to be a boondoggle. cool, though. ;)


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    i like this: after a project is completed, Mikkel Frost does a watercolour visual summary on one piece of A4 paper.




    more at CEBRA_toons
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2010
     
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 1st 2010 edited
     
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 1st 2010
     
    Sao Paulo based practice Estudio America recently completed the new Memory Museum in the cultural district of Matucana in Santiago, Chile.
    Memory Museum / Estudio America

    another copper clad building! :D
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      CommentAuthornicko
    • CommentTimeFeb 1st 2010
     


    N Building is a commercial structure located near Tachikawa station amidst a shopping district. Being a commercial building signs or billboards are typically attached to its facade which we feel undermines the structures' identity. As a solution we thought to use a QR Code as the facade itself. By reading the QR Code with your mobile device you will be taken to a site which includes up to date shop information. In this manner we envision a cityscape unhindered by ubiquitous signage and also an improvement to the quality and accuracy of the information itself.

    December 15th, 2009 we held an opening which included the limited release of an iPhone application made specifically for N Building. If a QR Code is static, what could we do with a dynamic device like the iPhone? Our proposed vision of the future is one where the facade of the building disappears, showing those inside who want to be seen. As you press on the characters their comments made on online appear in speech bubbles. You can also browse shop information, make reservations and download coupons. Rather than broadly tagging, we display information specific to the building in a manner in which the virtual (iPhone) serves to enhance the physical (N Building). Our goal is to provide an incentive to visit the space and a virtual connection to space without necessarily being present.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 1st 2010
     
    now that is pretty neat :)
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 3rd 2010
     
    Mt. Bonnell Remodel by Mell Lawrence Architects
    Mell Lawrence Architects recently provided a contemporary update to this home in Austin, Texas
    that was originally built in 1981.

    quite a few bit of this that i like. i'm definitely going to do my wine rack like this... :)
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 3rd 2010
     
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2010
     
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2010
     
    I did think that it was hotel-like and stark, but the more I look at the details, the nicer it seems. the huge amount of wood certainly warms it up.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2010
     
    Citizen Architect
    Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio

    Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio is a documentary film on the late architect Samuel Mockbee and the radical educational design/build program known as the Rural Studio.

    Samuel 'Sambo' Mockbeeperry lakes pavillion
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2010
     
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeFeb 26th 2010
     









    lots more pics at twisted sifter
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2010
     
    Haus M, Gruenwald, Germany
    Haus M, Gruenwald, Germany
    The house is a further development of 'Haus 9x9'. The distinctive feature of the property lies in its north-facing slope, which has to be negotiated over two storeys to reach the almost flat garden level. This gives rise to the theme of a 'house winding up the slope', which creates an interference of heavy and light between the cquarry façade and the minimalistic windows.

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