Posts Tagged ‘Architecture’
It’s A Cliffhanger
February 17th, 2011 • Architecture
Tags: Architecture, design, san francisco
San Francisco is still a very provincial city when it comes to architecture but University of California’s recently opened ‘Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building’, designed by firm Rafael Vinoly architects, seems to have made it past the nimby approval apparatus with a very “edgy” design.
“The building’s location on a steeply sloping hillside – in a city plagued by earthquakes – was a defining element in its construction. The architects’ circuitous use of stairways and sloping walkways has deftly resolved the former, maximising all available space and ensuring a fluid and cohesive whole. Meanwhile, the entire complex is also supported by steel space trusses and concrete piers, which are specifically engineered to absorb earthquakes through seismic base isolation. ”
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The Rise and Fall of Charlotte, North Carolina, Under 10 Minutes
February 24th, 2010 • Motion Graphics
Tags: Architecture, Motion Graphics, video, video art
Excerpt of Metropolis by Rob Carter
You can view the entire video at his website.
Metropolis is a quirky and very abridged narrative history of the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. It uses stop motion video animation to physically manipulate aerial still images of the city (both real and fictional), creating a landscape in constant motion. Starting around 1755 on a Native American trading path, the viewer is presented with the building of the first house in Charlotte. From there we see the town develop through the historic dismissal of the English, to the prosperity made by the discovery of gold and the subsequent roots of the building of the multitude of churches that the city is famous for. Now the landscape turns white with cotton, and the modern city is ‘born’, with a more detailed re-creation of the economic boom and surprising architectural transformation that has occurred in the past 20 years.
Architecture Porn: The Third & The Seventh
January 26th, 2010 • Film & Video
Tags: Architecture, design, design porn, surrealism, video, video art
Alex Roman’s The Third & The Seventh. Amazing!
Living in a Hole in Switzerland
December 29th, 2009 • Architecture
Tags: Architecture
I could live in a hole as long as it’s good design. Take this Swiss Villa designed by Dutch Architectural Studio SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects. It’s a beautiful building that blends in with the hillside, although the fencing surrounding it distracts from the visual form. The exterior patio area is an amazing use of exterior space and captures the view with a subtle smile-like curve framing the mountain in the distance. The interior appears a bit cold with the harsh angles and exposed concrete, which would be too much for long winters. So maybe I could live in a hole during the summer and spend the winter in a tree.
Everything is Going to Be Alright
November 24th, 2009 • Art & Design
Tags: Architecture, art, contemporary art, public art
Martin Creed public installation. Work No. 790: Everything is Going to Be Alright. Detroit 2007
Christopher Payne’s Asylum
November 20th, 2009 • Photography
Tags: archite, Architecture, art, contemporary art, photo, Photography
Images documenting interiors of abandoned mental institutions from photographer Christopher Payne’s book Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals.
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Buildings as Canvas
September 30th, 2009 • Art & Design
Tags: Architecture, contemporary art, design, public art
Dreaming House
September 16th, 2009 • Architecture
Tags: Architecture, art, contemporary art, video, video art
Facade Projection
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“How it would be, if a house was dreaming” by Urban Screen
Elevator Art
July 3rd, 2009 • 1 comment Art & Design
Tags: Architecture, art, nyc, video art
The Standard Hotel in NYC worked with artist Marco Brambilla on a video installation for the hotel elevator titled “Civilization”. When you go up in the elevator, the video takes you to heaven and down takes you to hell. In a Q&A session with the artist posted on Glossy, he discusses how they tested for motion sickness before the video was installed. Read more »
I Feel So Boxed–In
January 8th, 2009 • Architecture
Tags: Architecture
I hate the phrase “thinking outside of the box”, it’s such a corporate schmuck thing to say but I have to give it to the Dutch and Danish architects that came up with this new building, it’s kind of taking the whole clichéd phrase to a new level.
