An architecture magna cum laude graduate from the University of the Philippines who topped the architecture licensure exams in 2010 bested 39 other contestants to win the 2011 Bb. Pilipinas-Universe title at a glittering three-hour coronation night Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum. — The Phillipine Star
Shamcey Supsup, 24, is now a licensed architect and beauty queen in the Philippines. Her portfolio, however, is unavailable online. Her portion of the talent competition involved charcoal pencils and trace paper. View full entry
Documentary by SBS Dateline (Australian TV) about the Chinese real estate market. — SBS Dateline
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
When Los Angeles MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch ordered the removal of artist Blu‘s mural, which he commissioned, from the wall of his museum, he was quickly accused of censorship by various folks in the art community. In response to his act, an anonymous street artist put up a wheatpasted mural near MOCA that depicted Deitch as the Ayatollah Khomeini, dressed in traditional garb, holding a dripping paint roller with outstretched arm – fresh from removing Blu’s mural from the museum’s wall. — Moca-Latte.org
MOCA further sucks it up to its Blu(es) and PR's a Tea Party like survey on what art 'you'd' suck up to. Peviously 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
“It would be easy for me to raise a picket sign and as an architect say, ‘Down with this wall!’” Rael said in a release. “I have to accept the wall because it exists, but as a designer I see that something better is possible. Why not do something intelligent, something incredible? I envision not just a ‘dumb wall,’ but a social infrastructure that connects and improves lives on both sides.” — nbcbayarea.com
Earlier this year, a UVA architecture program took top prize in an international housing competition sponsored by ARCHIVE (Architecture for Health in Vulnerable Environments). — c-ville.com
Contestants developed sustainable and affordable homes that could offer attainable relief to a portion of the estimated 1 million Haitians left homeless after a massive earthquake devastated the region in January 2010. The UVA program, Initiate reCOVER, beat out 146 teams and received a $... View full entry
Artist's assistants and wife released but his whereabouts not disclosed by Beijing authorities — guardian.co.uk
See Archinect's feature interview with Ai Weiwei here. View full entry
An abstract encounter via Glen Small. Plus, "Hit The Road, Glen" TERMITE NEST, MANAGUA, NICARAGUA I CAME ACROSS THIS ABANDONED TERMITE NEST, NEAR MY FEET, WHILE ACTUALLY SITTING ON A CHAIR ON REAL EARTH THE OTHER DAY. THERE IS A RANDOMNESS THAT PUTS THE BEES TO SHAME, BUT WHO IS MORE... View full entry
Eliphante offers a place for artists to create a unique and inspirational experience in the natural environment for visitors to enjoy that will leave them with a renewed sense of enthusiasm for the natural world and how we can creatively design our communities within in it. — eliphante.org
Environmentalists says plans, which also include hotels and a marina, are 'complete madness' and warn public to be sceptical — guardian.co.uk
Yisrael Katz, the Israeli minister for transport, said the plan had been under consideration for many months and had been encouraged by Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister. He said it would also relieve Israel of the obligation to be the transit point for goods into the enclave. View full entry
Marc Feustel examines the photography of Takashi Homma. Homma has photographed contemporary houses by architects such as SANAA or Atelier Bow Wow work and his work portrays the suburban and urban, superflat and 'commonspaces' of contemporary Japan. Marc Feustel examines the photography of Takashi... View full entry
Who was he? He was the inventor of Super Glue. His daughter said, “I think he got a kick out of being Mr. Super Glue, who doesn’t love Super Glue?” Who was he? He was the inventor of Super Glue. His daughter said, “I think he got a kick out of being Mr. Super Glue, who... View full entry
Obsessively avoided and often misunderstood, dirt - and our complex relationship with it - is the subject of a season of activity from the Wellcome Trust. Obsessively avoided and often misunderstood, dirt - and our complex relationship with it - is the subject of a season of activity from the... View full entry
Contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is making his public art debut with an installation of Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads right outside Central Park, across from the Plaza Hotel at Grand Army Plaza 5th Avenue and 60th Street.Contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is making his public art debut... View full entry