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Alone with a Paintbrush

Bill — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:29:12 +0000

“In Liége, Belgium, [Santiago] Calatrava was one of seven contestants in an architectural competition to design a highspeed-train station. His rivals came in teams armed with examples of their past work; Calatrava showed up alone, with his paintbrush, and won the commission.”

50 MANIFESTOS

Bill — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:42:22 +0000

“For our special 50th issue we asked 50 of the most influential architects, designers and thinkers to tell us what they believe in.”

Ceiling Height Can Affect How A Person Thinks, Feels And Acts

Bill — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:47:53 +0000

“‘When a person is in a space with a 10-foot ceiling, they will tend to think more freely, more abstractly,’ said Meyers-Levy. ‘They might process more abstract connections between objects in a room, whereas a person in a room with an 8-foot ceiling will be more likely to focus on specifics.’” (Thanks kottke.org!)

Normal Room: Homes around the world

Bill — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:38:54 +0000

This would probably be a useful reference for illustrators: “See how people live across the world! Explore the variety of lifestyles and cultural peculiarities! Normal Room shows you interior design and home furniture from all around the globe. Search our image database and explore the differences and similarities in architecture and home decoration between people in different countries.”

Clip/Stamp/Fold

Bill — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:40:34 +0000

“An explosion of architectural little magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture with the architecture of the magazines acting as the site of innovation and debate. Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X – 197X takes stock of seventy little magazines from this period, which were published in over a dozen cities.” (Thanks Coudal Partners!)

ARCHITECTURE AND THE MAIL

Bill — Thu, 04 May 2006 16:29:57 +0000

“A project in collaboration between Jeannie Kim and Hunter Tura, The Architectural League of New York and 1000 designers and 1000 thinkers. We will produce a series of 1000 unique postcards, each depicting a single unpublished image from a relatively unknown designer, and we will send them to a selected group of 1000 influential architects, urbanists, academics, curators, journalists, and critics, who will have the opportunity to respond.”

THE FIFTY-NINE-STORY CRISIS

Bill — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:42:54 +0000

“What’s an engineer’s worst nightmare? To realize that the supports he designed for a skyscraper like Citicorp Center are flawed–and hurricane season is approaching.” (Thanks noahbrier.com!)

The Many Unusual Looking Buildings On Earth

Bill — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:11:39 +0000

“The Bank of Asia is a very famous building in Bangkok. It was made way back in 1985, and it’s robotic appearance is just a symbol of the modernization of banking. It also has the ability to transform into a mega-robot. So, if Godzilla ever decided to show his green face in the land of Bangkok, they would have to fight!”

BLDGBLOG

Bill — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:02:28 +0000

“…architectural conjecture :: urban speculation :: landscape futures…”

Notes from User Interfaces for Physical Spaces

Bill — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:01:55 +0000

“Yesterday I attended User Interfaces for Physical Spaces, a one-day workshop and field trip co-produced by MAYA Design and the IA Institute. The day was essentially an extended case study of the work MAYA did with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (the public library system, CLP), applying methods of user-centered design and information architecture to the design of physical spaces.”