ASAP House

INTELLO en from proclima on Vimeo.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:55:27 -0400

Berndnaut Smilde - Making Clouds from The Avant/Garde Diaries on...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:44:05 -0400

Berndnaut Smilde - Making Clouds from The Avant/Garde Diaries on Vimeo.

The Dutch artist brings a luminous weather phenomenon indoors, but only for a moment. And that’s precisely the point. More on theavantgardediaries.com

Produced & Directed by Julia Wilczok and Maria Judice / Filmed by Fridolin Schoepper / Edited by Konterfei / Sound by Kevin Pate / Music by Carlos Bruck / Cover photo by Berndnaut Smilde / Special thanks to Meg Shiffler, James Baldocchi & the SF War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

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Straight & Curvy from Laszlo Kiss on Vimeo.two roads on the...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:03:13 -0400

Straight & Curvy from Laszlo Kiss on Vimeo.

two roads on the east end

New South China Mall, Living City from Grégoire Basdevant on...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:19:59 -0400

New South China Mall, Living City from Grégoire Basdevant on Vimeo.

Six years after the 2005 opening ceremony of the South China Mall, its 892,000 square metres still afford it the title of the largest shopping centre in the world. Yet less than 1 per cent of the 2,350 planned shops are occupied. Five escalators are running in this megalomaniac project that has burst onto the former farmlands of Dongguan’s suburbs, in the rich southern province of Guangdong.
Short version of a 30’ film presented at EXD11 (Experimenta Design Lisbon Biennale 2011) during the exhibition Utilitas Interrupta (curated by Joseph Grima).
More info at bit.ly/chinamall and bit.ly/utilitas

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Thu, 09 May 2013 15:44:02 -0400

Pie Chart Player from László Kiss on Vimeo.The concept of this...

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:37:38 -0400

Pie Chart Player from László Kiss on Vimeo.

The concept of this installation is based on statistics about blind and partially sighted in Hungary. The data is visualized on pie charts with different colours, the cameras above the charts forward the recorded colours to a computer, which sonifies (translates to sound) them by the means of an algorithm. The installation is interactive; if one rotates the charts the blind visitors can also comprehend them. The rhythmical rotation of the pie charts form a continuos sound material.

Coffee Propaganda from HYUNJI AJ BAE on Vimeo.Copi discovers an...

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:22:08 -0400

Coffee Propaganda from HYUNJI AJ BAE on Vimeo.

Copi discovers an amazing cherry called coffee bean and broadcasts a newsreel of information about the facts of coffee.

92nd ADC Awards + Animation Bronze
Produced at Art Center College of Design

Check our making of: ajbae.com/Coffee-Propaganda

Collaboration with Janice Ahn, Yoon Sun Lee, and Zach Eastburg

Hyun Ji A.J. Bae [ ajbae.com]
Janice Ahn [ janiceahndesign.com]
Yoon Sun Lee [yoonology.com]
Zach Eastburg [ zeastburg.com ]

Sound Engineer:
Shane Sharpe

Music from:
Beat the Clock “Subway Polka”

Special Thanks to:
Rob Garrot and Miguel Lee

midcenturymodernfreak: 1948 Ford “Quonset-Hut Mansion” House |...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:37:13 -0400

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1948 Ford “Quonset-Hut Mansion” House | Architect: Bruce Goff | Aurora, Illinois

American architect Bruce Goff was one of the few architects Frank Lloyd Wright considered creative because of his organic and eclectic designs. He scoffed at “houses with little holes” and because his designs were so innovative, they often attracted unwanted attention by lay architectural critics. This unwanted attention lead the Ford family to place a sign in front of their home that read, “We Don’t Like Your House Either.” The devisive nature of his work and its many rural locations in the Midwest, has limited the praise and recognition his work truly deserves.

Goff also designed the famed Bavinger House in Norman, Oklahoma.

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mini-mal-me: Maciej Ratajski, “The Meaning of a Word is its Use...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:26:47 -0400

mini-mal-me:

Maciej Ratajski, “The Meaning of a Word is its Use in the Language”

subtilitas: Crepain Binst - Semi-detached house, Humbeek 2012.

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:16:48 -0500

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Crepain Binst - Semi-detached house, Humbeek 2012.

midcenturymodernfreak: 1963 Beinecke Library, Yale University |...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:15:19 -0500

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1963 Beinecke Library, Yale University | Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | New Haven, CT | Photo: Ezra Stoller

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midcenturymodernfreak: 1963 Beinecke Library, Yale University |...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:15:09 -0500

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1963 Beinecke Library, Yale University | Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | New Haven, CT | Photo: Ezra Stoller

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midcenturymodernfreak: Hirshhorn Museum | Architects: Skidmore,...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:14:59 -0500

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Hirshhorn Museum | Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | Washington, D.C. | Photo: Ezra Stoller

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subtilitas: Clavienrossier Architectes - The...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:13:30 -0500

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Clavienrossier Architectes - The larger-then-it-looks double house, Geneva 2012. Photos (C) Roger Frei.

midcenturymodernfreak: Bossa Nova! - Antonio Carlos Jobim,...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:12:25 -0500

midcenturymodernfreak:

Bossa Nova! - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gerry Mulligan, João Gilberto, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, etc.

What a great movie

midcenturymodernfreak: Bossa Nova! - Antonio Carlos Jobim,...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:11:46 -0500

midcenturymodernfreak:

Bossa Nova! - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gerry Mulligan, João Gilberto, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, etc.

midcenturymodernfreak: 1955 Eduardo Catalano House | Architect:...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:06:02 -0500

midcenturymodernfreak:

1955 Eduardo Catalano House | Architect: Eduardo Catalano | Raleigh, North Carolina | Photo: Ezra Stoller, ESTO

The Eduardo Catalano House in Raleigh, built in 1954 by the young Argentinian architect for his own use and one of the few buildings ever praised by Frank Lloyd Wright, was offered by Preservation North Carolina for sale with protective covenants. Unfortunately, they did not find a buyer to preserve it, and the protective covenants proved to be worthless. The lot sold and the house was leveled to the ground.

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midcenturymodernfreak: In 1962, the Alexander Construction...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:05:48 -0500

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In 1962, the Alexander Construction Company wanted to experiment with new home construction technology. They bought land at the north end of Palm Springs near the Racquet Club to build 38 homes. Architect Donald Wexler designed plans for a steel house that could be pre-built in a factory, in Los Angeles, trucked to the site and constructed on a pre-poured slab in three days.

After building seven homes, the price of steel went up, and the Alexanders felt that the homes no longer made the profit they were looking for in the project. The seven homes were sold and the Alexanders filled the rest of the lots with standard ranch style homes. These steel homes are now a National Treasure and Steel House #2 is on the National Register of Historic Places and protected from future modifications.

By John C. Brown: Producer/Director and Bert Simonis: Producer/Writer

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subtilitas: Hermann Kaufman - LCT One office building, Dornbirn...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:04:28 -0500

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Hermann Kaufman - LCT One office building, Dornbirn 2011. The structure, which is a pioneering system of prefabricated glue-lam wooden members laced with ribbed concrete, allowed the architect to build an eight story wooden tower (the highest legally allowed by the city) while maintaining proper fire separation between floors. The middle image further illustrates how ridiculous this system is; there are no screws or mechanical fasteners between materials; precast concrete pins are used to secure the wood members, whose grain is cut at the most dense point and oriented to combat the sheer forces created by the vertical columns (section). An amazingly delicate balance of fire protection, structural stability, and material strength.

midcenturymodernfreak: 1960’s Low Walnut Dry Bar/Liquor Cabinet...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:30:16 -0500

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1960’s Low Walnut Dry Bar/Liquor Cabinet Bachelor-pad-ready walnut and chrome bar. Top folds down to form two formica-topped shelves, with drop-in divider.

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