Category: Furniture
Posted by James on 6/30/2005 1:49:00 PM
Socially and environmentally responsible furnishings
 SCI-Arc people seem to be everywhere I look lately.
Ann Arbor based designer Jonas Hauptman is a part-time faculty member at SCI-Arc, and has just launched a line of environmentally responsible chairs and tables.
The seats are from a composite of reconstituted North American Aspen Tree flakes and a formaldehyde-free adhesive system in a process inspired by the process used to produce shipping pallets. The seats are available in a variety of stock clear and satin tinted finishes. The steel tables feature a heavy duty high gloss white powder coat finish and are suitable for outdoor use.
Link: Hauptman Products Inc.
Via: Inhabit
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 6/29/2005 8:44:00 PM
Landscape installation
 This simple landscape installation deals with the inevitable transformation of designed spaces by the people who inhabit and use them. It speaks to a larger issue in the design world in a way that resonates with us.
Montréal based architect Hal Ingberg (and fellow SCI-Arc alumnus) designed a piece that acknowledges and reinforces the traces of unplanned movements to and from a building at the Université de Montréal.
These traces mark the most natural and firect path of movement to and from the building. However, they have not been designed as part of the building's landscape strategy. Marked by the footprints of numerous building users, they are in effect blemishes, inscribed as corrections to the formalized movement sequence.
We can all personally attest to this non-orthogonal tendency as it pertains to human movement. Historically, it has been employed as an opportunity to inflect richly upon architectural space.
Link: Hal Ingberg
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Category: Architecture
Posted by James on 6/28/2005 10:26:00 AM
"Form follows feminine"
 Funny how sometimes you are just not ready to seem something until you are in the right mindset. Way back in May, the New York Times Magazine published their Architecture 2005 issue which included a lengthy piece by Michael Kimmelman profiling the life and career of Brazilian modern master Oscar Niemeyer.
Our fascination this past weekend with images from Brazil has put us in the frame of mind to digest this retrospective, and we highly recommend it to you.
Article: NY Times Magazine - The Last of the Moderns
Link: Slideshow
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Category: Architecture
Posted by James on 6/27/2005 10:44:00 AM
A traditional terrace house transformed
 Sydney based firm Dale Jones-Evans Pty Ltd Architecture is committed to design that is of its place and time, a modern architecture that is truly Australian.
For this re-envisioned terrace house in Sydney, Dale Jones-Evans completely gutted the structure and inserted a new steel framed building into the shell. The center of the house features a vertical floating stairwell and illuminated glazed bathroom core. The floor plane extends out at the rear terminating at a sunken black 'grotto' pool, which is wrapped in a fluid woven metal sculptural veil.
Link: The Water House
Firm: Dale Jones-Evans Pty Ltd Architecture
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Category: Architecture
Posted by James on 6/25/2005 1:11:00 AM
Images of Brazil's architecture, urban landscape, etc.
 I have a penchant for this kind of photo documentation... it reminds me of architecture school (thank you, Mary Ann Ray).
Photo blogger Thomas Locke Hobbs features some very interesting and beautiful photos of his travels and experiences in Brazil; everything from buildings and urban vistas to culinary delights and signage/graffiti. There are also photos of men in drag and tighty-whities, not that there’s anything wrong with that...
Link: Thomas Locke Hobbs
Via: Cityrag
Thumbnail at right: SESC Pompeia, designed by Lina Bo Bardi, São Paulo.
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 6/23/2005 9:27:00 AM
West 8 selected as the design team for Jubilee Gardens in London
 West 8’s design concept focuses heavily on developing an organic, lush and green park, with softly undulating hills. Trees and flowers will bloom throughout the year to provide a ‘botanical ambience’ for one of London’s most important green spaces. The sophisticated topography creates paths which are fluid and inviting, prime lookout points which frame dramatic, panoramic views of the Thames, the London skyline and the South Bank, and intimate spaces where people can find their own space to relax and enjoy the micro-climate. At night, a theatrical spectacle of light will subtly animate and play with the new weaving landscape.
Link: West 8 - Jubliee Gardens
Link: Jubilee Gardens
Article: LondonSE1 - Jubilee Gardens: West 8 selected by public for 'world class' park
Reference: West 8 (L+L)
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Category: Events
Posted by James on 6/22/2005 1:22:00 PM
Innovative Garden Structures
 This exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, runs April 24 - October 16, 2005.
Architects from across North America were invited to submit design proposals for a contemporary vision of a traditional architecture type - the garden pavilion. The winning designs will be constructed and will "land" on Philbrook grounds as a six-month open-air exhibit, allowing audiences of all ages to explore and experience architecture-as-art in the landscape. The project will highlight Philbrook Gardens with structures that are in harmony with the landscape, introduce audiences to a variety of contemporary architectural forms, demonstrate that good design can be both affordable and friendly to the environment and enhance public awareness of promising, emerging architects.
Link: Philbrook Museum of Art
Originally posted 3/31/2005
UPDATE: The Archinect Image Gallery features some nice images of the installed designs.
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Category: Architecture
Posted by James on 6/22/2005 12:06:00 PM
Architectural tour by satellite
 A Daily Dose of Architecture picked up the satellite imagery theme yesterday as well... must've been something in the air, or sunspots or something... and featured images of architectural landmarks yesterday.
We decided to do some reconassance as well and have a few architecture images of our own below. Let us know about your spy finds as well!
Link: The Grand Tour
Link: Google Maps
Thumbnail at right: Getty Center, Los Angeles by Richard Meier
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Category: Architecture
Posted by James on 6/22/2005 9:23:00 AM
Student work from the north-east
 We find student design work to be incredibly interesting because of how it reflects the design world and speaks to the future.
The Architect's Newspaper features the work and thoughts of students from architecture schools in the "tri-state" (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) area. Professors at 13 schools were asked to select one outstanding project from the last academic year. Check it out.
Link: The Architect's Newspaper - Kids These Days
Via: Archinect
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Category: Landscape
Posted by James on 6/21/2005 10:40:00 AM
Landscapes from space
 Today I saw something at Pruned, a new landscape blog that we like, that piqued my interest: satellite images of Land Art.
Pruned's post touts the merits of TerraServer, a site that I also prefer for aerial imagery and shows views of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty and Michael Heizer's Double Negative (beautifully manipulated images, by the way).
But, the post at Pruned inspired me to seek and share more sources for aerial landscape images.
Satellite Imagery Resources:
Related: Spiral Center for Land Use Interpretation
Related: Spiral Jetty Travelogue
Reference: Earthworks revealed (L+L)
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