Archive for June, 2009
The Architecture of Computer Games
The top 10 examples of Architecture in Computer Games – They get bonus points for including The Curse of Monkey Island.
Website: San Francisco Design Week
San Francisco Design week (sponsored by the San Francisco AIGA, AIASF, IDSASF and IXDA) was on recently, and in my travels I came across their quite eye-catching site.
This Week’s Photos [26/6/09]
Another series of visual delights for your viewing pleasure. Found in my surfing and travels over the last week.
Ghostbusters
A great look at the role Architecture plays within the Ghostbusters movies.
star Wars Architecture
Top Ten Star Wars Architecture
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
This is a great little clip from a longer piece from back in the 70’s that looks into they way the design of public spaces affects the way that people use them. It is only a small piece (about 10 minutes) of the whole, but there are some great snippets of insight contained in there.
The High Line
A great article about the design of The High Line as an object. The High Line is a section of old rail track in Manhattan that has been reborn as a park and public space.
Smart Light Fields
The Vivid Sydney festival – a “public festival of music, light and ideas” – has just wrapped up in Sydney, over the weekend. One of the interesting aspects of the festival was a public piece called “Smart Light Fields“.
This Week’s Photos [12/6/09]
This is the first in what will hopefully be a regular feature on Design+Build. This is an assortment of photos I have come across in my travels in the last week.
Architecture Lego
I have fond, fond memories of growing up playing with Lego. We used to have all the pieces wrapped up in a sheet (placed in a box) and when we wanted to play, we would lay the sheet out, and could survey every piece in the collection. The possibilities were endless.
