May '13 - Dec '15
In the vein of trivia, networked knowledge, and of course the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Architectstasy presents: a trivia game for architecture geeks! It is a mashup of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon plus the Wikipedia Game: linking one topic to the next by six degrees of separation. For... View full entry
Iwan Baan...
Iwan Baan has been chosen to document Chicago for their first ever Biennial.If you think about it, this is kind of a funny thing to say. Chicago is already articulate about its architectural identity:it has a well-established architectural foundationit has architecture tours (the river... View full entry
Of the 100+ artists and architects converging on Chicago for North America’s first architecture biennial, a few have given TED talks (some of them more than one). Whether you’re looking for a TED distraction or wanting to dive into the biennial mood, here is a compilation of CAB... View full entry
TED: Iwan Baan, Ingenious Homes in Unexpected Places
TED: Bjarke Ingels, 3 Warp-Speed Architecture Tales
TED: Bjarke Ingels, Hedonistic Sustainability
TED: Liz Diller, Tech-Empowered Architecture
TED: Liz Diller, A Giant Bubble For Debate
TED: Frank Gehry, Now What?
TED: Frank Gehry, My Days as a Young Rebel
TED: Theaster Gates, Reviving a Neighborhood With Imagination, Beauty, and Art
Architectstasy is a resource for the current, past, and projected built environments of Ann Arbor, SE Michigan, the U.S., and occasionally the world. Jessica A.S. Letaw and invited critics present critical readings of the city's trajectories that are situated within architectural discourse as well as news that is pertinent to residents and citizens.