Monday, Monday

My weekly page update:

This week's dose features Campus Commons SUNY New Paltz in New Paltz, New York by ikon.5 architects:


The featured past dose is Brochstein Pavilion in Houston, Texas by Thomas Phifer & Partners:


This week's book review is Clip, Stamp, Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X - 197X edited by Beatriz Colomina and Craig Buckley:


american-architects.com Building of the Week:

8 Spruce Street in New York, New York by Gehry Partners:


Some unrelated links for your enjoyment:

Archinect v3.0
"We just launched the new version of Archinect. Come back later this week for more information about the new site and new people behind it."

By the City/For the City
"How would you improve New York City's public realm? From April 11-30, [the Institute for Urban Design is] gathering up everyone's ideas about how to build a better city, and you can explore, discuss, and debate those ideas right here. In May, we'll rally designers around the world to create proposals that address many of the situations and sites you share."

2011 Mies van der Rohe Award
Goes to David Chipperfield's Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany.

Today's archidose #488

Museion - Museum of modern and contemporary art of Bolzano, Italy, originally uploaded by Ken Lee 2010.

Museion - Museum of modern and contemporary art in Bolzano, Italy by KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike, 2007.

To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:

:: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or
:: Tag your photos archidose

Cantina Antinori Progress

Back in 2005 I featured Studio Archea's project for Marchesi Antinori Winery's new cellars. Their design envisioned the winery embedded in the landscape near Florence, Italy. I was then (and now) smitten with the "landscraper"-esque design. In the course of some rummaging through my weekly page today, I decided to check on the status of the project after coming across it; I was curious to see if it made it from the drawing board to the job site. I'm glad to report it has; the winery is in the midst of construction. I'm not sure when the project will be completed (the info indicates 2010 but that's probably and old, optimistic milestone). Below are some rendering/construction images taken from Archea's web page. Not a lot to look at right now. I'm looking forward to seeing the undulating brick vaults in construction. That will be quite a sight.

Aerial view:


Terrace and overhanging roof:


Spiral ramp and opening:

Sentient Cover

As can be seen, the cover of Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space, published by The Architectural League and the MIT Press, features "a special 'heat sensitive' cover which will change color when exposed to sunlight or touch." Note that using the book as a coaster, like me, makes it quite difficult to read.



The book follows the League's "Towards the Sentient City" exhibition from 2009, with case studies by David Benjamin, Soo-in Yang, and Natalie Jeremijenko; Haque Design + Research; SENSEable City Lab; David Jimison and JooYoun Paek; and Anthony Townsend, Antonina Simeti, Dana Spiegel, Laura Forlano, and Tony Bacigalupo; and essays by Martijn de Waal, Keller Easterling, Matthew Fuller, Anne Galloway, Dan Hill, Omar Khan, Saskia Sassen, Trebor Scholz, Hadas Steiner, Kazys Varnelis, and Mimi Zeiger. A review is forthcoming.

Today's archidose #487

Sheffield Winter Gardens, originally uploaded by Wojtek Gurak.

Winter Garden in Sheffield, England by Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects, 2002.

To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:

:: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or
:: Tag your photos archidose

Monday, Monday

My weekly page update:

This week's dose features H House in Maastricht, Netherlands by Wiel Arets Architects:


The featured past dose is Academy of Art and Architecture in Maastricht, Netherlands by Wiel Arets Architects:


This week's book review is Immaterial World: Transparency in Architecture by Mark Kristal, and a+t 36: Strategy Public edited by Javier Mozas and Aurora Fernandez Per:


Some unrelated links for your enjoyment:

ARCHIPHILE
A Tumblr blog. (added to sidebar under blogs::architecture)

Blog da Arquiteta
"The blog is written by a Brazilian female architect, for both architects and students, as well for those who are interested in architecture, interior design and urbanism." In Portuguese, with English coming soon. (added to sidebar under blogs::architecture)

The City on the Page
"A collection of notes on books, cities and places gathered together into one place. Many of the places referenced are in Dublin, Ireland, where I live, but they include written and personal references from all over." (added to sidebar under blogs::urban)

Digital City
"Technology in the public service, from NYC," by Rachel Sterne, Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York." (added to sidebar under architectural links::new york city)

Random Thoughts of an Architecture Student
"Why does an Engineer with a degree in Oceanography want to be an architect? I get asked this question quite a bit..." (added to sidebar under blogs::architecture)

Today's archidose #486

Here are three views of The Wall shopping center in Utrecht, Netherlands by Verheijen Van Rifswijk Knappers De Haan (VVKH), 2009. Photos are by "our man in Amsterdam," Klaas5. For more architectural sound barriers, see my post from 2008.







To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:

:: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or
:: Tag your photos archidose