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Metallica Abu Dhabi Recap -- Born of Osiris Machine Live -- Architects, Blood Bank -- new (hed)p.e
Metallica Abu Dhabi Recap video 2013 -- New Born of Osiris Machine Live -- Architects stream Bon Iver #39;s cover Blood Bank -- new (hed)p.e.. -- Hundredth finis...
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Winchester architects launch charity football tournament
9:19am Thursday 27th June 2013 in News
WINCHESTERS architects raised 200 as they launched a new five-a-side football tournament.
On Saturday (June 15), the first annual AR Design Studio invitational five-a-side football tournament was held.
Eight teams took part in the showdown at Kings School, with all proceeds going to Shelter, the housing and homeless charity.
The teams were drawn from seven architectural practices: AR Design Studio, ADAM Architecture, Re-Format, Lyon+Sleeman+Hoare, David Morley, Design ACB and Design Engine, whilst Mike Jacobs and S Spreadbury Roofing represented the construction industry.
The final was an Architects versus Builders affair, as S Spreadbury proved too strong for ADAM Architecture.
Andy Ramus, founder and director of AR Design Studio, said: We were delighted to see so many local architectural firms coming together to compete in the tournament and raise money for Shelter. The day could not have happened without the fantastic support from RIBA and BD online.
Jonathan Rickard, Hampshire branch representative of the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded the trophies.
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After making its debut at the American Institute of Architects convention in Denver last week, the above music video of bespectacled architects rapping about their profession is now a YouTube favorite.
"I Am an Architect" has rung up close to 150,000 views since it was uploaded a week ago. The two men in the three-minute video are unnamed, but the production was created by YKK AP America, a Georgia company that designs, engineers and manufactures complex fenestration systems.
The company is part of Tokyo industrial giant YKK, a company whose initials are stamped on untold millions of zippers across the planet.
Set to a hip-hop beat, the rap "I picture Frank Lloyd Wright, while you think I'm Mike Brady; and engineers devour our work and call us crazy" won't make you forget Talib Kweli, but they're fun.
The intersection between rap and architecture isn't quite as unusual at it might seem. Consider this bit from PBS educational show 3-2-1 Contact from way back in 1987:
In 2012, the marketing department at architecture firm SmithGroupJJR made this one for kicks and giggles:
And my favorite, Ted Kamp's "Mies van der Rohe" from 2007. It's not rap, but the hook is a monster:
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Finnish design firm ALA Architects Ltd. has won the architectural competition for Finlands Helsinki Central Library. Selected from six entries in stage two of the competition, ALAs entry, Knns, proposes a 172,000-square-foot facility consisting almost entirely of public spaces. Boasting an arching form, the design divides library functions into three distinctive levels: an active ground floor, a calm upper floor, and an enclosed space in between catering to more specific functions. The firm won 50,000 euros for its first-place finish.
The competition jury commended ALAs submission for its cityscape, functionality, and eco-sensitive design. The architecture of the proposal is of a very high quality, executed with relaxed, broad strokes, and memorable, jurors noted. The proposal provides excellent premises for the development of a completely new functional concept for the library. The building has a unique appeal and the prerequisites to become the new symbolic building which Helsinki residents, library users, as well as the staff, will readily adopt as their own.
Entrants were evaluated on criteria such as usability, sustainability, and feasibility, as well as their ability to fit into the existing urban structure. No second prize was awarded, but Playa Architects Ltd and Verstas Architects Ltd shared the third-place prize of 31,500 euros each. The jury called Playas entry, Liblab, not only distinct and sculptural but also suitable for public purposes while recognizing its "well-thought-out glass surfaces in the most important directions. Verstas submission, Kasi, was acknowledged as appealing and approachable. Jurors also praised the design for its separating walls, ceiling, and massive wooden elements.
The library is scheduled to open in 2018.
Playa Architects: Liblab
Verstas Architects: Kasi
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IE Paper Pavilion by Shigeru Ban Architects
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Campus Development Forum - EHL students and architects working together
EHL students and architect Hilario Dahl Rocha talk about the Campus Development Forum and how it is for them to collaborate.
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Last fall, architect-designer Michael Graves lamented the current state of architecture in an op-ed for the New York Times. Contemporary architects, he wrote, seem all too willing to realize the death of drawing in favor of the unlimited operations offered by computers. Graves, though, just couldnt imagine a practice without its most powerful means of conceptualization and representation: sketching.
Ironically, Gravess argument reveals more about the preoccupations and worries of the aging architect himself than about current methods for making architecture. Nearly all students and practitioners agree that sketching continues to be critical to the design process. A series of drawing apps, along with the responses to Gravess article itself, attest to that fact.
A:LOG, a new sketchbook made expressly for architects (and by architects), is the latest of these drawing-centric projects. Developed by three students at Columbias Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP), A:LOG does what no other sketchbook can. According to creators Paul Chan, Richard Angus Duff, and Ebberly Strathairn, the book was designed to solve architect problems.
The trio means the time-intensive task of looking up building details, dimensions, and other stupid facts that take away from design. A:LOG incorporates this information into a portable drawing-friendly format. The group has launched a Kickstarter to put their prototype into production, and support for the project has proved overwhelming. With 10 days to go, the campaign has already exceeded its $25,000 goal.
Strathairn tells Co.Design that the team came up with the idea after working collaboratively on several projects in and outside the studio. These design challenges exposed a gap between the design work and professional resources, such as technical reference books, that are necessary to fleshing out a project.
The team thought to simplify the entire model. We set out to create a notebook for ourselves, but that turned into our obsession about creating the best notebook for architects. They combined a sketchpad with a professional design manual to make the ultimate architecture sketchbook.
We think its rather odd that there arent more notebooks tailored to different professions on the market, Strathairn says. While we love that Moleskine offers a wide variety of paper and cover choices, the A:LOG really focuses its content for architects and designers toward their specific design needs.
The A:LOG notebook is split up into two (unequal) parts. The first comprises some 30 pages of useful design information, including building elements and dimensions, technical guidelines, and more. The books remaining 130 pages are devoted entirely to sketching, with gridded paper that lets the user sketch to four different scales. The dot grid is open-ended and given over to everything from doodles and form-finding sketches to plans and sections. (Strathairn and his cohorts plan to invite architects, designers, and artists to fill up their own A:LOGs and to host an exhibition displaying the results.)
Its ironic, given the teams reverence for drawing, that all three were trained in the first paperless architectural school. We love exploring different digital platforms, but sketching remains a vital part of design, Straithairn says. Theres just something about the ease and speed of drawing on paper, he underscores.
Still, contra-Graves, theyre not inclined to romanticizing or privileging drawing over other design processes. Whether its digital or physical, it doesnt really matter. Its more about not trying to hammer in a nail with a screwdriver," Straithairn says.
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Architectural rendering of the proposed design of downtown Raleigh's future train hub, presented on Wednesday, June 26, 2013.
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RALEIGH City leaders and residents got their first look Wednesday at the proposed design of downtown Raleighs future train hub, as architects released their first renderings.
Amtrak passengers will enter through a civic plaza shaded by a large urban canopy, crossing under railroad tracks into the former Dillon Supply Viaduct warehouse. Theyll await their train in the cavernous main room of the Grand Central-style station, or grab a bite upstairs with a view of Raleighs skyline.
Those are a few of the plans that Clearscapes architect Steve Schuster unveiled Wednesday. The train station for the capital of North Carolina has to be authentic, has to be memorable and has to be unique, he said.
Design work for the station is moving ahead despite recent news that the project is no longer fully funded. The N.C. Department of Transportation shifted $15.1 million of the stations $60 million in previously announced funding to a Raleigh-to-Charlotte rail line. It now will have to find more money or settle for a scaled-back project, possibly opting for a temporary station and shelving Schusters blueprints for years. Raleigh Planning Director Mitchell Silver alluded to the shortfall at Wednesdays meeting.
We are here to assure you that this project is a high priority for both the city and the state Department of Transportation, he said. We are proceeding with the design while actively seeking out funding for the next phase of the project.
The construction phase will raze a vacant car dealership at West and Martin streets to create a hard-to-miss entryway. The civic plaza would serve as a gateway to downtown and host up to eight food trucks and pop-up retail spaces along with a performance and gathering spot. Those events would get shade from the urban canopy hanging over the plaza and the vehicle entrance to its south. The canopy shape is similar to a traditional railroad semaphore signal.
Its picking up on the railroad and industrial heritage of the place, Schuster said.
The design drew praise from Raleigh City Councilman Thomas Crowder, whos also an architect. I love the canopy, he said. Its a fabulous entry into the complex.
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