Christmas Archigifts 2009 (wishlist)

As the holidays approach, I've begun a short wishlist of some architecture-related gifts.

There will always be Architecture books (highest priority):
Bldgblog, one of the most-respected architecture blogs, written by Geoff Mannaugh, has now been published in book form.

Yes is More, the comicbook/monograph by BIG

On a practical note, I have been wanting to pick up one of the thorough how-to books on Revit Architecture, such as Mastering Revit Architecture 2010, or Mastering Revit Architecture 2010 (two different books, same title, different authors).

You could make a donation in my name to Architecture for Humanity.

By making a donation today you are supporting a grassroots network of architects, designers and building professionals to lend their talents and expertise in communities where there services are most needed and can least be afforded. You know design matters. Help us use the power of design to build a more sustainable future in communities around the world.

(Also, watch AFH's Cameron Sinclair's lecture at TED; it'll make you feel like you can do more...)

T-shirts:
Archinect has a couple t-shirts and should have some new designs coming out anyday now...

(FYI - I'd also take this one in black on black)

ArchiCULTURE also has a few t-shirts I like...

New (to me) Architecture Website

link to Architizer.

includes lots of projects...

...people...

...firms...

Architizer is on Facebook (Become a fan) and can be followed on Twitter.

BIG Follow up

Mountain Dwellings by BIG

I can't resist this brilliantly different approach to apartment dwelling. Ran across it in my latest issue of dwell. The architect is BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) from Denmark.

Link to the photo slideshow on dwell.

The accompanying article.

Here is BIG's own web presentation of the project, including diagrammatic animations.

And if you are thinking of relocating to "Orestad--Copenhagen's tiny but buzzing new hub of urban development"--you can look at floorplans here.

An interview with Bjarke Ingels from Archinect, Oct. 2007.

Ray Kappe guides a tour of his house

from ArchRecord

and the accompanying interview & slideshow of Kappe's work

Ray Kappe previously on ARKTEK

Eames Demetrios speaking at TED

So I downloaded the video podcast from TED and was yet again reminded how incredibly prolific the Eameses were:



Link directly to Eames studio

Previously here on ARKTEK

Previously posted on the school blog

Philadelphia ARCHCLUB trip

I've begun uploading a lot of pictures from the trip to my flickr page.

Here are a few examples:

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Pritzker Prize Goes to Peter Zumthor

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from NYTimes:

He is not a celebrity architect, not one of the names that show up on shortlists for museums and concert hall projects or known beyond architecture circles. He hasn’t designed many buildings; the one he is best known for is a thermal spa in an Alpine commune. And he has toiled in relative obscurity for the last 30 years in a remote village in the Swiss mountains.

via The Pritzker...

Friendly/Unfriendly Skies

Loved these two displays of dramatic skies, first a video on youtube for Aphex Twin's tune, Flim:


and, via bldgblog, from the movies--most of which I've not seen--I don't see near as many films as I'd like (unless you count watching WALL-E fortyseven times since Christmas):

[click to view larger at Flickr]

Metropolis Magazine Online

I've been to Metropolismag.com before (although admittedly it has been awhile) and have had a link to the site in my list of links to the right. I stopped by there today and found the link below:



The link opens up a virtual magazine where you can flip through the ads and articles. A nice feature of the online that just doesn't seem to work in the hard copy is that you can click on the links printed on the pages and go directly to the website. Try it out below:

Look Inside >> January Sample 2008

There is also a good blog on the site called Metropolis/P/O/V:



Current blog entry is about the ubiquitous shooting range target.