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NEWS - WEBSITE 3.0 IS COMING - 14JUN2010 |
via: dezeen
Watch your home’s energy usage in real time with the Aware Clock shown above or the Laundry Lamp below. Be sure to check out the link for their other 4 designs. Seems like more and more industrial designers are creating these simple and clever energy awareness designs. Post more in the comments if you’ve seen others.
image: GlassSteelandStone
The Frank Gehry designed, Beekman Towers, is back on schedule. What was going to be a 76 story condominium project in Manhattan, is now planned as a 40 story rental building.
via: core.form-ula
I’m sure most of you in the local architectural academic scene have heard that Evan Douglis, via Cooper Union via Columbia via Pratt has made the next step in his career to take the Dean’s position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Evan had a large role along with Dean Tom Hanrahan in courting the documentary to Pratt last spring. We wish him well in his new role and look forward to working with Lonn Combs, as the the interim chair, as we get close to wrapping up post-production.
via: Archidose
Archidose discusses a landscape art environment which exists very close to my home away from home, the Center for Architecture in the West Village. This a little known and easily missed gem of a park which permits a quick flashback to the days of the island before the masses. Check it out here.
This is an unedited completely raw clip of footage from the production of the documentary film, Archiculture. All audio balancing, color correcting and video mastering will occur at the final cut. This is here to give you a feel for our footage, begin to know the students, understand their projects and get a glimpse of the film’s story. Please give it a play and let us know what you think. We love feedback!
This immersive short was shot with a 180 degree lens that takes the viewer along on the March 2009 NYC Critical Mass ride.
Critical Mass is a leaderless bike ride that takes place in 100s of cities all over the world on the last Friday of every month.
The New York Police Department has had a very confrontational relationship with the ride since 2004. From 2004 – 2007, hundreds of police officers were dispatched each month to stop the ride and arrest the participants, deploying helicopters, blimps and undercover officers with video cameras to monitor the ride and engage in the violent take down of the cyclists. After much embarrassing media attention and several losses in court, the NYPD were forced to retreat from these tactics. The arrests have stopped, but the police continue to harass riders by giving out tickets to cyclists who do not have lights or bells on their bikes.
This selective targeting is currently being challenged in federal court in the Five Borough Bike Club vs NYC . See http://5bbc.org/parade
Additional videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ
http://www.glassbeadcollective.org/CriticalMass_3-07.htm
via: a buddy named Zeke
Thinking about riding this Friday… I miss the Mass from my days in SF like a kid misses his Koolaid.
via: archidose
Designed by the students of Studio 804, which is a design/build program at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design.
Firefly 870 LED Protoype pairs 870 wind switches with 870 super-bright white LEDs to form an 8′x8′ grid. As the wind blows over the piece, the wind switches trigger each LED individually, creating a stunning sparking effect in response to the wind.
via: kanyeuniversity
Cool wind-reacted LED’s.
This is an unedited completely raw clip of footage from the production of the documentary film, Archiculture. All audio balancing, color correcting and video mastering will occur at the final cut. This is here to give you a feel for our footage, begin to know the students, understand their projects and get a glimpse of the film’s story. Please give it a play and let us know what you think. We love feedback!
