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Notes on a Triangle (1966) by René Jodoin | The Kid Should See This
From the National Film Board of Canada and director René Jodoin, who was invited to join NFB by film legend Norman McLaren, this is Notes on a Triangle (1966), a ballet of th […]ree hundred geometric transformations, animated into divisions, … Continue reading
Kengo Kuma Designs a Dramatically Vaulted Cafe to Evoke Japan’s Sloping Tottori Sand Dunes | Colossal
DECEMBER 10, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images ©︎ Kawasumi-Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office Architect Kengo Kuma designed this cafe from wood and concrete to evoke the sloping sand dunes of the surrounding area. Overlooking Japan’s vast Tottori Sand Dunes is a … Continue reading
The Most Hated Buildings in the World
Brutalism… Love or hate?! Brutalist buildings are one of the most controversial in the world, hated by many, but loved by a small subgroup of people. It’s also the building style that has captivated a wider range of audience outside … Continue reading
A Fluttering Exterior Responds to the Elements in a Kinetic, Open-Air Cabin by NEON | Colossal
OCTOBER 21, 2022. KATE MOTHES In the park surrounding Louvre-Lens, which opened in 2012 on a 49-acre former mining site about 125 miles north of Paris, a cabin-shaped installation has fluttered onto the grounds. The kinetic structure designed by Margate, U.K.-based … Continue reading
Sweden’s $100BN City Upgrade
Gothenburg is on a $100BN building spree. […]
Estudio MMX unveils Progreso Museum of Geology on Yucatán Penisula | Dezeen
Ben Dreith | 12 October 2022 Estudio MMX used a grid pattern for the structures of the Progreso Museum of Geology, which is clad in a finish called chukum that dates back to the Mayans. Mexican architecture firm Estudio MMX … Continue reading
RIBA Stirling Prize 2022: Magdalene College New Library by Níall McLaughlin
An AJ film on the Stirling-nominated scheme. A timber-framed library and study space, designed to replace that previously gifted by Samuel Pepys and projected to survive for another 400 years. More AJ coverage of the RIBA Stirling Prize: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/n… Film … Continue reading
Building With Apartments Floating Over Water Like the Bow of a Ship | My Modern Met
By Kirsten Miller on September 26, 2022 Photo: Ossip Van Duivenbode Would you live in this apartment building? Large buildings can sometimes look like man-made mountains, concrete and steel structures taking us one step closer to the sky. Amsterdam‘s latest housing … Continue reading
Architect reacts to 5 famous Sci-Fi movies
[…] 00:00 Intro 00:23 Ex Machina 4:57 Downsizing 10:47 BLAME! 14:25 Elysium 17:49 Inception Inception Join the Discord Server https://discord.gg/wejrCMUMaK Membership tiers https://ko-fi.com/damilee/tiers JOIN MY NEWSLETTER: Newsletter Learning to die in the Anthropocene https://amzn.to/3OLeMrP Refabricating Architecture https://amzn.to/3bu35Xr MY FAVOURITE TOOLS: … Continue reading
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