Archive for March, 2005
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"cities are places built for women"
31 Mar 2005…or so says Brian Eno in an interview with Index magazine.An exerpt: BRIAN: In cities, you have the opportunity to…
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Sign of the Times
31 Mar 2005Utopia will arise in rural South Dakota. well…not really, but Marvin Miller is planning a new city, Laurent, to accomodate…
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Ugly is the new Pretty
30 Mar 2005from Archinect: BBC news had this picture of Kaliningrad, now in the news because of political unrest, This is the…
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We regret to inform you
28 Mar 2005back from a mini easter vacation, but no posting for a while yet. the hinges on my laptop broke and…
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Chinese Architecture by (gasp!) Chinese Architects
23 Mar 2005“Duchamp marrying a Chinese painting marrying urbanism producing a child that could be called contemporary Chinese architecture.” This is how…
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Ralph Erskine Dies
23 Mar 2005Erskine was perhaps best known for his housing projects, including the controversial Byker Wall housing estate in Newcastle.BD publishes a…
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something something thomas mayne
22 Mar 2005I know it’s late, but I don’t really care too much… The New York Times loves Thomas MayneSlate is kind…
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Breaking Away
17 Mar 2005Apropos my current bicycle search, (see below post) I thought this feature especially timely. The Bike Tree is a new…
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The amazing inflatable concrete building!
15 Mar 2005Wired News reports that two British Engineers, William Crawford and Peter Brewin, have developed a new type of concrete emergency…
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Hot New German Export
15 Mar 2005You’ve read it here first kids! Now, ArchNewsNowis highlighting the work of German/American firm Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, currently featured…
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Bicycle Shopping: part the first
11 Mar 2005I’m in the market for a new bike. Nothing fancy – maybe an old cruiser or 10 speed. I’ve been…
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"Emerging Voices" now heard
10 Mar 2005The Architect’s Newspapaer reports that the Architecture League of New York have announce their latest “emerging voices.” For the next…
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Bend it like Peckham
09 Mar 2005Sorry for the lack of posting lately. Things have been surprisingly busy here in old New Orleans. Plus, someone moved…
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Google Images Beware!
07 Mar 2005The New York Public Library has just launched their new digital image archive. So far, it includes over 275,000 images…
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For your clicking pleasure
04 Mar 2005Articles like this really make me miss the late nights in architecture school. San Francisco is encouraging innovative residential design…
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We are living in a Digital World
04 Mar 2005…and I am a digital girl. (or boy) In creating his “Digital Shelter Kit,” Pedro Sepulveda-Sandoval has architecturally reframed electronic…
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Big Trouble in Little China
03 Mar 2005You know how there’s that building boom in China? Well, even though these new massive skyskrapers may be the answer…
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Clothing as shelter and other news…
01 Mar 2005Artists Ana Rewakowicz believes in the potential for clothing to act as a kind of portable architecture, as illustrated in…
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LECTURE REVIEW: A R O
01 Mar 2005Tonight, at Tulane University, I attended a lecture given by Stephen Cassell, founding partner of the Manhattan firm, Architecture Research…