http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog Just another WordPress site Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87752/the-fantastic-faberge-fractals-of-tom-beddard/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87752/the-fantastic-faberge-fractals-of-tom-beddard/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:36 +0000 Aj Artemel http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=87752
Images by subBlue/Tom Beddard Parametric modeling is becoming ever more popular in the architecture world, both for the ways in which it can lead academic discourse and for its ability to generate façade and surface articulation. Of course, at an architectural scale, there are some limits in detail through parametric modeling, with the built component ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87752/the-fantastic-faberge-fractals-of-tom-beddard/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88112/criminal-design-model-homes/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88112/criminal-design-model-homes/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:49 +0000 plevins http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=88112
Ah, the model home. An anchor of suburban communities across the country, the “display home” gives prospective homeowners a life-size mock-up of their dream house. More effective than a scale model or abstract floor plans, the model home is the reusable, neutral canvas that can accomodate the personal vision of every customer. The subject family (the ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88112/criminal-design-model-homes/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88070/the-wheel-house-acrobats/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88070/the-wheel-house-acrobats/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:42 +0000 kchan http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=88070
If Zeger Reyers’s Rotating Kitchen—a cube-shaped kitchenette spun around 360 degrees so that all its contents could merge together in irresistibly disastrous slow motion—could draw a crowd at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, then this wheel-shaped house used for a traveling acrobatic performance will definitely attract some attention. In fact, “The Wheel House,” as the act is called, ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88070/the-wheel-house-acrobats/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/86149/icffs-parabola-chair-is-that-ap-calculus-in-the-real-world/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/86149/icffs-parabola-chair-is-that-ap-calculus-in-the-real-world/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 14:00:48 +0000 Tashween Ali http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=86149
No, this isn’t an AP Calculus graph brought to life. It’s the Parabola Chair by Los Angeles-based designer Carlo Aiello, one of the dozens of quirky seating options we saw at ICFF this week. In fact, this sculptural chair, constructed from a lattice of chrome-plated steel, won the prestigious 2013 ICFF Studio Award. For good reason: “The challenge ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/86149/icffs-parabola-chair-is-that-ap-calculus-in-the-real-world/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87901/huge-erections-rise-of-super-tower/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87901/huge-erections-rise-of-super-tower/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:36 +0000 Zach Edelson http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=87901
Mine is bigger than yours: the proposed Sky City One for comparison against the Chicago skyline. Photo via webodysseum.com Is it just us or are towers getting taller and taller these days? Broad Group, a Chinese developer, recently announced plans to scale up its prefabricated building technology to unparalleled proportions. The proposed Sky City outside Changsha ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87901/huge-erections-rise-of-super-tower/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88074/what-should-tumblr-spend-its-1-1-billion-on-radically-gif-able-furniture-by-oma-knoll/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88074/what-should-tumblr-spend-its-1-1-billion-on-radically-gif-able-furniture-by-oma-knoll/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 17:50:29 +0000 cbarley http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=88074
We spotted OMA‘s new furniture line for Knoll, Tools for Life, a few weeks ago in Milan, but couldn’t quite figure out where the architecture firm’s radically customizable coffee tables and chairs would fit in. The ever-shifting and totally adjustable designs suggest a new kind of lifestyle and work environment—a challenge to the status quo of sitting ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88074/what-should-tumblr-spend-its-1-1-billion-on-radically-gif-able-furniture-by-oma-knoll/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87504/rendering-redux-a-humorous-weekly-investigation-into-architectural-image-making-this-week-baku-white-city/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87504/rendering-redux-a-humorous-weekly-investigation-into-architectural-image-making-this-week-baku-white-city/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:40 +0000 Aj Artemel http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=87504
Rendering Redux is a weekly examination of architectural rendering practices. While many architects evaluate these images based on sheer effect, we take a more humorous approach, documenting the inconsistencies and incongruous scale figures that populate the architectural imagination. Each week, we take a look at a different project, decoding its renderings so you don’t have ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87504/rendering-redux-a-humorous-weekly-investigation-into-architectural-image-making-this-week-baku-white-city/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88050/cloud-couch/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88050/cloud-couch/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:13 +0000 kchan http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=88050
After a long day, there’s nothing quite like the sensation of collapsing onto a couch (that is unless you own one of these). A soft horizontal surface seems welcome in seemingly any circumstance, whether you’ve been on your feet all day or you’ve just spent the past several hours slouched in a chair with the ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/88050/cloud-couch/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87960/get-ready-to-learn-from-architizer-skillshare-with-this-architecture-school-building-roundup/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87960/get-ready-to-learn-from-architizer-skillshare-with-this-architecture-school-building-roundup/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:56 +0000 Architizer http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=87960
In case you haven’t heard, Architizer—on top of throwing awesome parties, bringing architecture to the public, and revolutionizing the way the profession recognizes and awards projects—is tackling architecture school now too. We’ve partnered with Skillshare to bring a series of (actually useful!) courses targeted at the contemporary architect—from how to render to how to talk to ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87960/get-ready-to-learn-from-architizer-skillshare-with-this-architecture-school-building-roundup/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87868/navy-pier-chicago-james-corner/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87868/navy-pier-chicago-james-corner/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:30 +0000 lclarkson http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=87868
James Corner Field Operations is revamping Chicago’s touristy Navy Pier. Phase one of the redevelopment is scheduled for completion by summer 2015, in time for the pier’s centennial the following year. From an economic standpoint, Chicago’s Navy Pier is already a success. With amenities like a 150-foot ferris wheel, a children’s museum, a Shakespeare theater, and ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87868/navy-pier-chicago-james-corner/feed/ 0