Thursday 29 July 2010
hot n fun
I'll be posting various music and vids of recent interests to complement the daily architectural pieces. So, let's hope you enjoy and take it with a pinch of salt. It's summertime y'all!!
Okay, we wrote this for a purpose, to motivate you at this time;
With this hypnotizing bassline, please feel free to lose your mind;
And get high, get money, get sex, get real, all intertwined;
Oh yeah, this is stadium music, 50,000 at a time;
Chorus:
Let’s get right, let’s get right;
Let’s get right, okay (okay);
Let’s get right, let’s get right;
Let’s get right, okay (okay);
All the girls want, Hot N Fun;
All they looking for is, Hot N Fun;
All they ask for is, Hot N Fun;
They keep wanting that, Hot N Fun;
Look at you, look at me;
Look at you, look at me;
Hot N Fun, Hot N Fun;
Let it go;
Homeboy, she’s dancing for a reason, not just cause on I’m on her hind;
Homeboy, it’s totally obvi, you don’t be listening to her mind;
She want to get right, get money, get sex, get real, all intertwined;
This is stadium music, fifty thou jumping at a time;
Chorus:
Let’s get right, let’s get right;
Let’s get right, okay (okay);
Let’s get right, let’s get right;
Let’s get right, okay (okay);
All the girls want, Hot N Fun;
All they looking for is, Hot N Fun;
All they ask for is, Hot N Fun;
They keep wanting that, Hot N Fun;
Look at you, look at me;
Look at you, look at me;
Hot N Fun, Hot N Fun;
mapping contours
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'We know that we exist not as an individual, but as a unity of many, or even numerous individuals connected to each other. Creating an Publisher’s space is not just setting up the exhibition and office space and putting books in it, but drawing a map that covers all the works in the venue. It depends on the map how the viewer will appreciate the space and books. Through the
Wednesday 28 July 2010
no 2 and scissors at the top
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Tuesday 27 July 2010
spruce up well
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Part of the volume forms an outside space with nothing but a roof as protection from the elements, this part transitions into the large terraces. Materials and details are chosen with care to emphasize an architectonic whole. Elemental panelling consisting of boards of varying dimensions has a coat of iron sulphate and mitred corners; it follows the fluctuating profile of the form, internally as well as externally. Throughout the building, the floors are covered with soaped spruce, and in order to accentuate a unity within the form, so are a few of the vertical surfaces. Concrete cast on site and details out of sheet zinc are other materials used.
stare at me
Look at those eyes!! Need I say more.
PS: Looks like Guido is going through a ginger phase...
Monday 26 July 2010
ncp carpark take note
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Friday 23 July 2010
fatty banana
Thursday 22 July 2010
stars of five
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In 1986 it was sold to Ladbroke Group for £26 million, which purchased the non-US Hilton business in 1987 and eventually reopened the hotel as the Langham Hilton in 1991 after a £100 million refurbishment. New owners extended the hotel and carried out other refurbishments between 1998 and 2000. Now, it is part of Langham Hotels International (based in Hong Kong), and is the flagship hotel of the group. A further round of refurbishment, costing £80m was completed in April 2009. The reconfigured Langham now has 380 rooms, down from 425, a restored Palm Court which has been serving afternoon tea since 1865, a new business centre and 15 function rooms including The Grand Ballroom which holds up to 375 guests for a reception. The new spaces join the Artesian bar, The Landau restaurant and the private dining room, Postillion, created by designer David Collins.
open wound
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The Architects for Gallert Yeh have used this concept as a medium to provide and exhibit information onto the huge canvas attracting outside events. The twists and intertwine of the facade creates a spatial complexity like a crack on a skin.
Wednesday 21 July 2010
connection needed
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VI: absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution.
HI: absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level.
PI: s an alternative process-oriented, body-therapy method which supports individuals in dealing with the challenges in their lives in a more creative manner.
grey etching
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Tuesday 20 July 2010
dock chic
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This Shanghai event space was a former warehouse. Due to its spacious 8,000 sq ft, it has a double-storey ceiling and a flexible layout making it a perfect space to cater a wide range of events.
blue lane
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Barclays and Mayor of London have been planning this for years. Following the successes of Velo in Paris, our militant mayor, Boris Johnson is pushing for all the lanes to be finalised by 2015. I'm unsure as whether to be excited or just plain critical because there are too many gaps in the system. The blue lines is definitely an eye catching colour especially for the drivers to notice but I wonder whether its width is too narrow to accommodate the ever increasing number of cyclist in the road. I've also noticed that the lane is smoother than its precedessor which is a dream to most cyclist. Unfortunately, as this is London, certain sections of the superhighway is more like a B road because of the narrow streets it passes. This is where the larger motor traffic squeezes themself onto the dear cyclist and a bottleneck appears. Perhaps this is just a slight oversight and hopefully will be rectified in the near future. Boris, you heard it from me first. The new cycle hire booths are slowly taking shape across London. I'm sure it will be a great hit with Londoners and visitors alike. I, for one have registered to be a member, annually of course. £45 and £3 for the electronic key, who is to quibble? I probably get another key for the Brunnette as well although we have 5 bikes between us now - Trek, Scott, Pashley and 2 Bromptons. You can't have too many bikes you know.
There was a great pessimism in regards to this scheme because the public believe that all the bikes would be nicked. Of course some would be nicked and some would be vandalised but doesn't it happen with everything else? We in the UK have this ability to dampen down and see all the negativity in everything! We have this acute ability to criticized absolutely everything even before trying it and I blame this to what I call, a typical 'Island mentality'. More about this concept in future post. As for now, I hope it all goes well and I bloody hope more cyclist learn to be better riders because bikes are not toys! You fucking adults and mediocre cyclist out there should know.
Pedals on and off I go...
Monday 19 July 2010
new ribbon
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Herzog and de Meuron have allowed their usual material experimentation vision in this new museum by using copper, wood, stone, stone, and glass to allow the design to become part of the land it occupies. Wood flooring is used to create a welcoming atmosphere and large ribbon windows blurs the inside and outside threshold. They have also used copper to cover the facade so it will fade into its surrounding when it oxidises. A 144 ft tower twists from the ground where it aligns with the grid formed by the neighbourhood streets.
Friday 16 July 2010
omni-directional
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The Admirant entrance building is at the same time part of a newly developed shopping area by Heijmans Real Estate, a prominent Dutch building developer. It is located just at the border between the new area and the 18th September square, forming the main gateway to a new shopping axis. This prominent position called for an iconic building, a request that the Admirant entrance building fulfils entirely. It is like a precious jewel, which attracts the public’s attention and leads pedestrians to the heart of the new district. Due to the non-orthogonal shape, the Admirant is non-directional. If we compared the facades of ordinary buildings to billboards one would refer to the Admirant as more of an advertisement column. Its smooth curves allow a dynamic flow around it.
There is no front- or backside; the building envelope is experienced continuously. The building consists of two elements: the 5-storey high primary concrete structure and the glass/steel envelope. Commercial spaces are located on the ground and first level and office spaces on level three and four (plus an additional technical level). The shape of the floor slabs being determined by the form of the façade reach from 950m² on the ground floor to 250m² on the highest office level. Except for the staircase, no vertical elements block the visual connections on the inside of the building. Four big indents of the building envelope create a fascinating diversity of spatial configurations on the inside of the building.
The geometry of the façade varies from vertical surfaces to amorphous shapes, which create a dynamic inside of the building and allow an experience of the facade completely detached from the floor levels. Sophisticated details of the connection of the floor edge to the facade underline this experience. The facade built as today, is a result of intensive form finding during the conceptual phase and subsequent form optimization in the later stages. Its system consists of triangulated glass-faces ported by rectangular, hollow steel profiles. The outstanding design made an exceptionally high quality structural design and precise fabrication essential.
delicieux
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I feel that I should diversify and occasionally indulge you readers with posting about food. Now, I'm not interested in making this a foodie blog cause there are too many of those. Plus my real talent apart from Architecture (ahem!) and writing is drinking. So why should I bother. Anyway, with the frequency of the Brunette talking about Spinach and Feta Pancakes, I can't shake the idea off my head hence the post.
What
4 eggs
3 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup soda water
1 1/2 cups flour
1 pinch salt
1 egg white beaten to soft peaks
2 tablespoons butter
1 clove minced garlic
2 pounds baby spinach
1 1/2 cups crumbled feta
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1 cup toasted pine nuts
How
Mix together eggs, butter, cream, and water. Mix together flour and salt. Whisk wet mixture into flour until smooth. Fold in egg whites and let rest for 15 minutes. Place a nonstick pan over medium heat lightly brush with oil. Place 1 ounce of batter in pan and saute both sides until lightly brown. Repeat with remaining batter. For the filling, melt the butter in a large saute pan and add the garlic. When the garlic browns slightly, add the spinach. Saute until spinach is cooked and let cool. Mix with remaining ingredients. Place 2 tablespoons of filling in each pancake and roll them up. Place rolls in 400-degree oven for 4 minutes. Remove from oven and serve.
Yummy!!
Thursday 15 July 2010
rock solid performance
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