Jumat, 30 April 2010

Studio Banana Tv ::: Hrvoje Njric


Studio Banana TV interviews Croatian architect Hrvoje Njric.

Archaeology and Reconstruction

Archaeological and Reconstruction Artist Peter Dunn will be hosted by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust to visit select Heritage Sites around Jamaica to produce a series of reconstructions.

This Friday at the Caribbean School of Architecture he will be doing a session specially for students and anyone else interested to share his work and the process he goes through to produce his reconstructions.

Peter Dunn has 22 years as an archaeological illustrator and has since then has done extensive freelance work.

date: 3pm Friday 30th April 2010
venue: the Caribbean School of Architecture

Kamis, 29 April 2010

House of the Week 66: San Remo Drive

The design of the San Remo Drive residence by KAA Design Group draws inspiration from Southern California's rich history of early modernist residential design namely Schindler's Kings Road House scene in the material palette and details.

on the boards: South Lake Recreational & Retail Centre

The South Lake Recreational & Retail Centre is a proposed multi-facility structure designed by architects Studioshift, featuring amenities for shopping and commerce as well as leisure housed in three distinct building forms and finished in locally harvested stone.

Completion date: 2012

on the boards: Cultuurforum Spui

the competition entry for the Cultuurforum Spui in the Hague, Netherlands designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and collaborators Solid Objectives-Idenburg Liu. The building when complete will feature spaces for dance, opera, theatre and concerts.

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on the boards: Aging in Africa

Aging in Africa is an inspired proposal for an aged-value community for a non-disclosed site in West Africa designed by HWKN architects. The layout of the proposal takes cues from from typical Cote D’Ivoire village whilst creating a seamless connection between the built and the natural world with green roofs that submerge into the natural landscape.

Minggu, 25 April 2010

blog wunderlust : 26 April 2010

The blog wunderlust is a weekly round up summarizing the architectural highlights, news and web links, that don't otherwise fit the format of this blog. If you have any to share feel free to drop me an email
Expo 67 | social media for architects | How to be a good architecture student - be bad! | life of an architect | voice of architecture | word on the street, redux | modern Dutch architecture stamps | top 5 life-sized LEGO projects | Frank Gehry interviewed in his house | shipping algorithms

also check out Jean Nouvel on Charlie Rose

and our Earth Day inclusion - home-made biogas

Jumat, 23 April 2010