please

The architect is Japanese and deceased. Not best known for working in concrete...

Actually he's not dead...

so, think sci-fi...

gene roddenberry?

umm... another clue? relentless google searches for living dead/zombie japanese architect concrete camera obscura chapel has not gotten me anywhere

is this some obscure tange project?

Okay, lets end this - his first name is also a name for a particular part of a human limb...

mr. h. job?

negative - think leg.

Shin Takamatsu???

ahh shin. shit.

Yes phuyaka,

Shin Takamatsu
Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography

Surprised about this one... although like I said, he is more known for work like this:

Some more shots of the museum

yeah I figured that was the project; but i couldn't find that particular image you posted on his site.. really subdued for his work. i'm out for the eve so i can try and make pecha kucha... some one else feel free to step up

whoa, max dudler meets OM ungers

SFGH, stripped. . .

A Pilkingtonesque cryptic clue:

If you think the site is grassy...

I repeat:

If you think the site is grassy...

Dallas ?

is that a nelson atkins clue?

Another clue...he has something in common with Armani

So it's Giorgio Grassi. Is it his University of Chieti?

agfa8x - nice one.
Its a building on Potsdamer Platz for A+T

I didn't really get it, but I'll go anyway.

I haven't decided if I like this one yet. I guess it depends on whether you are blob-averse.

Ah, i know this one... I will pass unless this thread goes quiet

Were you at the lecture on tuesday?

No [what lecture? - dont give it away],

I remember seeing this before it got built - didnt know it was being built...

Lectured on Tuesday. The architect is in town as the outside judge for NZ Home of the Year. Are you on the NZIA mailing list? If not, and you aren't around the academic institutions, you might not have seen it come around.

Ok, so no bites on this

Jakob + MacFarlane
Docks de Paris
In construction/almost complete
From memory its an exhibition centre for the fashion industry

that looks like an industrial interpretation of bamboo...brilliant

is that a jamie carpenter installation?

Morphosis, San Francisco Federal Building ?

They look like slices of greenstone. But obviously not.

SDR has it... off you go

Here you go. . .

i just saw this recently... kanye's blog?

totally. effing hilarious

it's on the top of kanye's as well. it's an interesting project. the comments are priceless:

"very nice, looks like you'll get nice sunset and sunrise views, but as far as the cityscape goes, being around all those industrial buildings, it may get a little boring to look outside. other than that, everything else in there looks great."

"Must be nice to be rich."

"I like the interior not so much the exterior"

"Shit, I am in love with that house, I think I feel like you did when you saw that place you posted yesterday, except I expect you can probably buy your one, don't think I'll ever have enough for this place..."

The dumb consumer's point of view ?

consumers in the sense that they eat up everything kanye, even a blog written in his name.

'twas in metropolis awhile back as well

aaaand i also saw it on kanye's... he's got the best architecture blog out there

[Who knew Maya Lin's Langston Hughes Library so closely resembles a vernacular cantilevered barn ? I don't recall its initial coverage revealing that lineage. . .]

holz you up?

naw, take it. i was hopeful some newbie would pick up the hints. i've got to work out some confusing details.

i think the maya lin project WAS a cantilevered barn that she basically rebuilt ("restored") in turning it into the library.

...or were you being facetious?