We welcomed Übertect to Archinect. Übertect is a comic strip by London-based artist Alison Moffett, whom you may remember was featured here on Archinect back in January.
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We welcomed Übertect to Archinect. Übertect is a comic strip by London-based artist Alison Moffett, whom you may remember was featured here on Archinect back in January.

Qulian alerts us to the fact that the work of the seminal architectural group Archigram is now available free online for public viewing and academic study thanks to the efforts of the University of Westminster.

What do you know about the phenomenon of underground architectural booksellers and their trade in illegally copied architecture books, DVD's in Beijing China? Find out more here.

Ball-Nogues latest installation has descended on UCLA, where 268 custom-fabricated chairs have been lashed together to form a cascade from a second floor window into the courtyard.

It is just fantastic!


Discussion Threads
Emily Kemper highlights the good work of the DOE and the research they are doing on energy efficiency in buildings lately?

The finalists were announced this week for a new dance and music center on the Spuiplein in The Hague, The Netherlands and Steven Ward thought that Bustler featured some of the best competition coverage i've seen in a while. Join in the conversation.

We discuss a recent Design Observer piece on Paper architecture emerging urbanisms.

----0---- wonders about the effects of being colorblind on a person's ability to succeed in architecture.

Carl Douglas (agfa8x)
asks What are the Hard Problems in architecture? which leads mespellrong to wonder what people would treat a s recognized sub-areas of architecture.

School Blogs
Following up on Utako's post about University of Toronto's unofficial the wall of shame wherein pictures of students who are caught sleeping in class are highlighted. George at GSAAP posts a link to a new Tumblr blog devoted to those sleeping at GSAPP; http://gsappsleep.tumblr.com/

Micah at Kent State University is working on his studio's proposed project for Florence, a new Mediatheque located within the walls of the Fortezza da Basso.

Susan Surface returns to Yale University and thus to blogging. However, she has this to say I do not want to live in a world designed by people who don't know how to LIVE. I do not want to live in a world built up by people who work 80 hours a week and subsist on coffee and ambition. Do we really want to live in buildings designed by people who don't think it's important to enjoy life?...I want to live in a world that is designed by people who love other people and who love life and living. I love life and design accordingly...This is an ASSET to my architecture career, not a distraction.

Sarah relates a great story about Rem Koolhaas from her Georgia Tech days, in this post by Mike on plans to build the GaTech COA’s reputation up over the next few years in the academic and professional community.