Archive for September, 2009
Visual Acoustics
Visual Acoustics is a new documentary film to be released soon. It celebrates the life of Julius Shulman, a great photographer most famous for his images of modernist buildings throughout the US.
Shulman first started taking photos in 1927 and he was taking photos up to his death earlier this year at the age of 98. [...]
Office into Homes
Five design firms turn offices into homes
The Future of Publishing?
On Wednesday morning, we woke in Sydney to a blood red sky. Some severe winds had blown in a dust storm from west of Broken Hill, and the sky was a haze of red dust.
All around Sydney people were waking to the same scene. For many (myself included) the first reaction was to run outside [...]
Photos This Week (23/9/09)
We greet you with another batch of stunning photos for your inspiration.
Two [nice] new sites
Two new sites were brought to my attention today – The Canadian Centre for Architecture and The Architectural League of New York. They both take quite different approaches, but manage to implement them quite impressively. Let’s take a quick look.
Architecture Graffiti
A great gallery of architecture themed graffiti in Lisbon.
Artifacts of the Architectural Process
A few weeks ago I was talking to Tom Rivard about an upcoming project. In our discussions we briefly touched on the topic of the stagnating ways in which architects document their work. we were talking more about documentation for public consumption, rather than personal or internal documentation.
From the public eye the architectural process could be [...]
Sydney Architecture Festival
Sydney Architecture Festival is coming upon us quickly. Interestingly it is on at the exact same time as Australian Web Week — October 2nd to 9th. Its going to a full, but thoroughly interesting and enjoyable week.
I’m particularly look forward to some of the exhibitions they are going to be running, in at Customs House at Circular Quay.
If Architects had to work like Web Designers
This has been around a few times, but it’s still funny. If Architects had to work like Web Designers.
