chair cards : team by team

[compilation image from chaircards.wordpress.com]

chair czar BRIAN PECK has requested the teaching assistants in the class to report their top four chairs in the group....the results have been posted on the chair cards blog.

buildings of rome featured in smithsonian magazine

[image from smithsonian magazine]

thanks to TOMMY LAMBETH, who passed this article along to me, we see history has relevance in the current age. SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE poses the query about the long-lasting power of roman buildings in this feature story...(it's about concrete).

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Secrets-of-Ancient-Romes-Buildings.html?utm_source=smithsonianinsider&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201112-insider

greece in the headlines for more than its debt

[image from nytimes]

someone slipped this news article under my office door in a VERY timely fashion. we JUST talked about the acropolis last week and this article indicates a way for architecture and design (in this instance, the acropolis) to make money for the country.

read more about it....

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/world/europe/debt-ridden-greece-turns-to-sacred-sites-for-cash.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=debt-ridden%20greece%20hopes%20ancient%20sites&st=cse

week three summary in 140

[a couple of sketches of the acropolis from a trip to athens in 2006]

the buildings atop the athens acropolis serve as archetypes for all western architecture + design; elsewhere, humans expand groves + stacks.

BEFORE & AFTER--

This is a mid-century modern renovation on a Bungalow style home in Austin, Texas. I thought it was fun to see how the stories of its 'past' are still ingrained in the bungalows new story. It keeps it great architectural features. And they have become even more highlighted by the new design elements.

http://www.designsponge.com/2012/01/before-after-modern-bungalow-renovation.html

when you need a little laugh...

ryan gosling meets architecture...and some very clever quips. do enjoy.

http://architectureryangosling.tumblr.com

acropolis + xianyang : blog post 3

using the sheet provided in class, take a position about whether the ACROPOLIS + the XIANYANG compare or contrast. provide design evidence for your position by considering space, power, experience, principles, precedent, site, scale, technology, surface, and order. use at least one sketch or diagram on your sheet.