http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog Just another WordPress site Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90681/brent-townshend-architecture-panorama/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90681/brent-townshend-architecture-panorama/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:54 +0000 lclarkson http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90681
“Buci Bird,” Paris. To shoot his 360-degree wide-angle panoramas, photographer Brent Townshend takes between 18 and 24 frames while slowly turning around in a circle. If you were a fish and could spin like a ballerina with your chin in the air, you might see the world the way Brent Townshend photographs it. The Bay ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90681/brent-townshend-architecture-panorama/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90655/gehry-shows-his-softer-side-at-the-met/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90655/gehry-shows-his-softer-side-at-the-met/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:47 +0000 Steven Thomson http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90655
Photo: Cameron Blaylock Made famous for his bombastic museum facades, architect Frank Gehry has lately been making headlines for his behavior within art institution corridors. The decision to withdraw from an exhibition at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art drew attention for his allegations that the show wouldn’t treat his oeuvre in a sufficiently scholarly ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90655/gehry-shows-his-softer-side-at-the-met/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90818/tetris-building-pops-up-in-malaysia/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90818/tetris-building-pops-up-in-malaysia/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:44 +0000 Aj Artemel http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90818
The windows in zlgdesign’s new Point 92 tower outside Kuala Lumpur seem to stack like blocks from Tetris, a motif that the overall massing of the building takes on as well, with cuts into the volume forming outdoor garden terraces. One of the most stunning aspects of the design are the little window protrusions on ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90818/tetris-building-pops-up-in-malaysia/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90745/3d-printed-mini-eames-chair/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90745/3d-printed-mini-eames-chair/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:27 +0000 kchan http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90745
  Here’s some music to our ears: an Eames Lounge Chair for $25! Ah, beautiful furniture for the masses, just how the modernist duo always wanted it. The only catch is that the chair is a 1:20 miniature, so you can’t really sit in it so much as it can sit on your desk. But ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90745/3d-printed-mini-eames-chair/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90849/thomas-heatherwick-designs-garden-bridge-over-the-thames/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90849/thomas-heatherwick-designs-garden-bridge-over-the-thames/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:56 +0000 Aj Artemel http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90849
Thomas Heatherwick, designer of the London Olympic Cauldron as well as the British Pavilion at the 2008 Shanghai Expo, has unveiled renderings for a garden-filled pedestrian bridge across the Thames. Though more than £60 million in funding must still be found to make the project a reality, Heatherwick will proceed to submitting plans in the ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90849/thomas-heatherwick-designs-garden-bridge-over-the-thames/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90792/recycled-paper-theater/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90792/recycled-paper-theater/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:59:16 +0000 kchan http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90792
It seemed not long ago that Japanese architect Shigeru Ban first shocked the industry with his temporary pavilions made from paper tubes. These days, Ban lands multimillion-dollar commissions to erect paper-tube constructions around the world, and the unequivocally built-to-not-last design ethos has been inducted into popular contemporary practice. The Parisian design firm Studio Andrew Todd, ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90792/recycled-paper-theater/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90653/hipster-sculptures/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90653/hipster-sculptures/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:57:42 +0000 jbartolacci http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90653
The nude sculptures of Ancient Greece and Renaissance Rome are almost universally acclaimed for their ability to capture the proportions—and splendor—of the human body. But Paris-based photographer Léo Caillard has flipped this bare magnificence with a contemporary twist of humor and irony. Perhaps we should emphasize the word irony. Rather than photographing the splendor of nude sculpture, Caillard takes ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90653/hipster-sculptures/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90717/windowseat-lounge-offers-the-comfort-of-a-window-seat-without-everything-you-hate-about-flying/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90717/windowseat-lounge-offers-the-comfort-of-a-window-seat-without-everything-you-hate-about-flying/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:20 +0000 kchan http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90717
  Everyone loves window seats—but it’s safe to say that not everyone loves airports. Arriving hours beforehand just so you can be slowly corralled through a series of gates in which you are questioned, frisked, and asked to remove your shoes and discard your $3 bottled water? The ineffably boring duty-free shops, the limited dining ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90717/windowseat-lounge-offers-the-comfort-of-a-window-seat-without-everything-you-hate-about-flying/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90541/micro-units-la-forum/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90541/micro-units-la-forum/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:15 +0000 lclarkson http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90541
Takako Tajima and Katrina Stoll Szabo’s 300-square-foot micro-unit model for LA Forum can accommodate a double bed, a kitchen and bath, a living area, and storage. Photo: Luke Gibson We’ve come down hard on micro-apartments for promoting dorm life for full-fledged adults, glorifying prison cells, and lacquering unlivable pockets of space with a designer sheen ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90541/micro-units-la-forum/feed/ 0 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90639/slithering-peace-pavilion/ http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90639/slithering-peace-pavilion/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:00:56 +0000 Aj Artemel http://www.architizer.com/blog/?p=90639
  Though this sculptural addition to Museum Gardens in Bethnal Green is called a “Peace Pavilion,” it sure doesn’t look like one. Though of course, there is no clear precedent for the term. Designed by Paris-based Atelier Zundel Cristea, the pavilion evokes a canopy surface, occupyable both above and below. The structure creates a restful ...Continue Reading]]> http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/90639/slithering-peace-pavilion/feed/ 0