07.28.11
Love the use of the corten steel. Nice composition.
Stirling Ranch House by Black Shack Architects.
04.14.11
Amazing! Need I say more?
I would have loved to have been a student and living in this building. I'm sure something like this would never fly past codes in the US, but at least the Netherlands can pull it off and allow the rest of us to dream.
03.21.10
After being forced to design a series of circular buildings, I've been exploring how to do this successfully. The only roof forms that lend themselves well to a circle is a dome or a cone. Of course, there's always the flat roof, but how to go about doing that without creating a 70s eyesore is a problem in itself. Here's one example I really liked. Placebo Pharmacy by KLab Architecture in Athens, Greece:
09.24.10:
Looks like Gehry's Beekman Tower is complete. I was there almost exactly a year ago while it was under construction and recognized it to be a Gehry building immediately. This is something most architect's strive for. Like an artist whose paintings can be picked out from across the room without ever even seeing the name scrawled across the bottom. We want to be up there with Monet, Picaso, Le Corbusier, F.L.Wright...the list goes on. This being the tallest residential building in New York means the Lower East Side is on the up and up. The transformation continues.
09.17.10:
Not sure if you'd consider this architecture or just a creation, but I thought it was cool. It in the world of design, everyone thinks that someone else has stolen their idea. The truth is, whoever gets it built first becomes the owner whether it was rolling around in your head since before they were born or not. Saying that, I have some very similar ideas for buildings built out of recycled PVC pipe. I'll admit, I was a little jealous when I saw this.
This seems like a pavilion that wouldn't be of much more use than most follies, but on a larger scale it could be very cool.
08.30.10:
Things I like about it:
1. Contrasting colors of plywood. They use natural for the interior walls, white washed plywood for the bathroom walls and floor, and a walnut stained plywood for all exterior walls.
2. The framing of the exterior walls serves as bookshelves through the entire house, cutting down on clutter in the center of the space.Things I dislike:
1. What's up with the railing?
2. I don't like circles or the implication of such. Why put round windows in a rectangular box?
