Inspired by artificial structures for marine environments, Burt developed a conceptual array of Olympic facilities, including a stadium, that could be transported along waterways and moored in major port cities. — news.discovery.com
Michael Burt, professor emeritus of architecture at Technion Israel Institute of Technology, has developed a proposal for a re-usable, floating venue to host Olympics events. View full entry
When the Bella Sky Hotel, the largest hotel in Scandinavia, launches in Copenhagen May 16, guests are greeted in the foyer by The Bella Chandelier – a living scenography of light and color created by GXN, the R&D department of Danish architects 3XN. — bustler.net
Ms. Dufault, 22, was killed when her hair became caught in the lathe, whose rotating axis is used to hold materials like wood or metal being shaped. — nytimes.com
As Aaron points out in the forum, please be safe in the shop! View full entry
This project involves the conception and design of a new column order based on subdivision processes. It explores how subdivision can define and embellish this column order with an elaborate system of ornament. — michael-hansmeyer.com
"A full-scale, 2.7-meter high variant of the columns is fabricated as a layered model using 1mm sheet. Each sheet is individually cut using a mill or laser. Sheets are stacked and held together by poles that run through a common core.The calculation of the cutting path for each sheet takes place... View full entry
Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War documents the extensive contribution of architecture to the war between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945, and considers how this questioned architectural methods and construction technologies, and lead to the supremacy of modernism. — CCA
'Innovation' has become a content genre, a weird form of reality television, and one that is equally divorced from reality. For me, the way back to reality is an end-run. Always an end-run.
'Innovation' has become a content genre, a weird form of reality television, and one that is equally divorced from reality. For me, the way back to reality is an end-run. Always an end-run.
— Guardian
Chaos Group, creator of the V-Ray render engine, is coming to New York next Monday, March 21, to share the news about V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max, Maya, Rhino, and SketchUp. Join them at the Helen Mills Events and Space Theater on 137-139 West 26 Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues). Reserve your seat... View full entry
The NYtimes explores the future of holograms as a design tool. At $1000 to $3000 a pop, they are highly competitive with building a model the old fashion way minus the blood, gluing fingers together, and getting high from the paint fumes...The NYtimes explores the future of holograms as a design... View full entry
Speaking of apps, Architecture for Humanity's Open Architecture iPad app has just hit Apple app store, and I'm digging the globe interface... even though those tiny little dots can be hard to navigate. Speaking of apps, Architecture for Humanity's Open Architecture iPad app has just hit Apple app... View full entry
Nanotechnology has been used to transform a sheet of standard office paper into a flexible surface that can conduct electricity. The work was done by Decker Yeadon LLC in New York, a firm that specializes in finding novel applications for advanced materials, such as smart materials and... View full entry
The Canadian Pavilion offers an immersive, interactive installation, an exploration in responsive architecture, a breathing, intricate lattice of living web of tens of thousands of digital sensors, in Philip Beesley's 'Hylozoic Ground.' The project stems from the concept of Hylozoism, the ancient... View full entry
Need to divide 125.36 meters by 4' 6 3/4"? This fantastic online utility does it, without conversions on your end, with results in a variety of formats and conversions. God send Need to divide 125.36 meters by 4' 6 3/4"? This fantastic online utility does it, without conversions on your end, with... View full entry
AutoCAD Returns to Mac, and will also be introduced on the iPad and iPhone. AutoCAD Returns to Mac, and will also be introduced on the iPad and iPhone.When it comes to Apple products, the iPad and the iPhone get all the headlines. The return of AutoCAD to the Mac could help Apple sustain its... View full entry
Architosh discusses the upcoming move toward Apple that Autodesk appears to be making.. Sledgehammer appears to be the code name for either the first native version of AutoCAD for Mac in more than 18 years or the specific beta phase name. We think possibly the former. The sighting was first tipped... View full entry
Jorge De Albertis Bettocchi, a 38 year-old corporate business attorney, modeled the Barranco District of Lima in Peru. He entered the competition to generate pride among his fellow citizens and have his 3D models serve as a tool for tourism, promotion, investment, and preservation of... View full entry
