Free Archicad for Students

This week, Graphisoft released Archicad 10, and now they’re following that up with an even bigger announcement: It’s absolutely free for students. The only catch is a small logo on all printouts and a time-bomb expiration after 1 year. What are you waiting for? Click here, or on the banner at [...]

Giant Statues: Crazy Horse

Yep. More Giant Statues featured here at Life Without Buildings. This time, its the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota, designed by “maverick” sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski.
In homage to Crazy Horse’s answer to a white man’s question “where are your lands now,” the staute depicts the Sioux hero pointing off into the distance from the [...]

Your Retro-Future Now

Disappointed that the future promised by those grainy 1950’s infomerical-ish documentaries hasn’t yet arrived? Well, The Vitra Design Museum wants to help bring that retro-future a little closer with their Open House: Intelligent Living by Design exhibition. The travelling exhibition displays work by 16 International Architects who have integrated new communication technologies and smart [...]

Serpentine Soiree

All the beautiful people love the Serpentine. Read about the the glamorous ones here, here, and here. The pavilion itself here, here, and especially here. No mention of the man himself though. Maybe he was still helping out with that 24-hour interview.
Excuse the brief posts. Things are busy at LWB [...]

A Galaxy Not-So-Far Away

By combining Star Wars toys with sumptuous shots of Parisian architecture, French photographer Cedric Delsaux brings the empire a little closer to home. I’m sure France is safe for now though, because if Darth Vader even thought about invading, Zidane would head-butt him in his respirator. More photos here and here.
via The First Post

keep looking »