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NEWS - WEBSITE 3.0 IS COMING - 14JUN2010 |
We donated $250 to this brilliant cause… but it also guarantees we can grab Cameron Sinclair for a few minutes if funded. We’ve been trying to nail him down for an interview for months now but he may be even be harder to catch up with than Obama. Here’s hoping he will do an interview for Archiculture while he is in New York in a couple weeks.
via: New York Magazine
It’ll be interesting to see where this discussion goes in an economically starved city looking for any form of new development.
“You can see in the renderings above how each side envisions the future of the skyline. In Vornado’s, each tower is clearly visible in all its illuminated splendor. Co-existence, hooray! But in the Empire State Building’s, it’s like 15 Penn Plaza has obliviously and obnoxiously lumbered in front of the Empire State Building while you were taking a photo. “Um, excuse me, sir — sir? — you are right in our way.” - NYmag
Thanks for the tip Sam.
Hurry! Dennis Hopper’s House just went on the market for a cool $6.245 Million. The 15,500 sq. ft. complex includes a main house, 3 two-story condominiums a pool house and a guest cottage. The main home was designed by Brian Murphy and the condominiums by Frank Gehry. If you can’t afford the entire package, you can buy into the condos separately. The house is said to have served as a source for artistic creativity and output from both actors and artist.
source: HuffingtonPost
Source: NYDailyNews
Here is this years list of 10 ugliest buildings in New York City according to the New York Daily News. Note: This list does not represent our top 10, but might inspire us to make one.
10. Former Bear Stearns World Headquarters, 383 Madison Ave.
9. T.G.I. FRIDAY’S, 604 Fifth Ave.
8. The Four Seasons Hotel, 57 E. 57th St.
7. Montefiore Apartments II, 3450 Wayne Ave., the Bronx
6. Training Center, Ironworkers Local 40 & 361, 35-23 36th St., Queens
5. Trump Place, between W. 66th and W. 70th Sts. west of West End Ave.
4. Trump Tower, 725 Fifth Ave. at E. 56th St.
3. 200 Eleventh Ave.
2. 520 W. 27th St.
1. Times Tower, The New York Times Building, Eighth Ave.
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Who needs interior architects anyways…?
Recently came upon Joachim’s work on Popsci which we posted last week under “This Is Already Possible, Sci-Fi Architecture.” Very intriguing thought process between the marriage of Biology and Architecture rather than the standard greening of what is already bad mentality currently the rage in the profession. Seems like he could offer a very interesting perspective compared to those of William McDonough and Michael Reynolds for our sustainability sub-plot in the film… maybe an interview is in line.
Mitchell Joachim’s Eco-City Nick Kaloterakis
This is a great article on Popsci about Michell Joachim’s work
Architect Mitchell Joachim points out, frequently and without prompting, that his futuristic proposals are always based on existing technologies. No wonder he feels the need to say it. Consider some of his ideas: jetpacks tethered together in swarms, houses grown from living trees, low-altitude blimps prowling New York City with chairs hanging below them for pedestrians to hop on and off (24/7 ski lifts on Broadway!), and WALL-E-like machines that erect buildings and bridges from recycled waste…
The structures would be pressed or melted into shape or wrapped with metal bands, which is what recycling plants do now. All that would change is the shape—like switching the mold on a Play-Doh press, but on an industrial scale. “We could do it yesterday,” Joachim insists.
“The idea of sharp metal boxes is just done,” Joachim says. “We design cars with the principle that no one would ever die in a car accident again.”
Joachim’s willingness to forgo lucrative commercial projects in favor of running a nonprofit dedicated to the reimagining of a future he won’t even be around for is, say his colleagues, exactly what makes him so vital. Traditionally, “cities are built incrementally by real-estate interests,” says Richard Sommer, the dean of architecture at the University of Toronto. “What’s important about Mitchell’s work is that he [takes] a visionary approach.”
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Source: Bidoun
Just yesterday, Bidoun opened up a storefront location on Orchard Street in Chinatown. The non-profit collective, mostly known for it’s publication on Middle Eastern art and Culture, now has a physical location. I imagine they will be hosting a few lectures and exhibitions so keep it on your radar.
