Monday, November 27, 2006
now is the time for GARFIELD to rest.
And it is oso the time for my architecture blog to rest.
East Gate Plaza Renovation
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Location:Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
Client:Hsin-Chu City
Architect:Jay Wen-Chieh Chiu, A+B Design
Award：Emerging Architecture
An urban center renewal project, its cultural significance is successfully expressed through urban design and landscape strategies.
The East Gate Built in 1827 is located in the center of the roundabout, making it fairly inaccessible and removed from its surroundings. The design plan is to construct a skyway to shuttle people from the Sunrise Gate to the recessed, rectangular plaza. The city moat is also linked together once again
The East Gate and the plaza are linked with the city by means of the walkway along the moat, greatly increasing the plaza’s accessibility, and allowing the historic site and modern city to interact. The excavation for the bridge pier, where has six antique chen-cheng stones and modern bronze structures, also contributes to the historic feel of the area. The empty space and glass at the intersection of the moat and city gate form a strong contrast, and accentuate the 31-year old site.
http://forgemind.com/xoops/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1
Meeting place for professional and manufacturers
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Materia opened its Inspiration Centre on 12 and 13 October. It consists of a display of 2000 material samples, meeting rooms, and a well-stocked library. This is therefore the place for architects and designers to gain inspiration, but also to acquire and exchange knowledge. It was fitting that Materia went straight for the highest echelons; the Netherlands’ leading architects were invited to hear two very interesting lectures
http://www.materia.nl/mic/inspirationcentre.html
online search for materials
http://www.materialexplorer.com/index.php?id=505
toyo ito: The new "real" in architecture
Saturday, November 4, 2006
Shapes and forms that seem to spring to life. Spaces that seamlessly integrate interior and exterior. Revolutionary architectural concepts and evolving technologies have in recent years helped realize buildings that once would have been impossible. Toyo Ito, a leading light of this new architecture, is currently advancing projects all over the world.
This exhibition examines Ito's new ideas in architecture by focusing on nine works, from the Sendai Mediatheque that opened at the turn of the millenium to his latest Project for Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
What's Ito's New "Emerging Grid" Concept All About?
Ito's latest Project for Taichung Metropolitan Opera House embodies this "emerging grid" via undulating three-dimensional wall-floor continuums that form wave-cave spaces, body cavities suffused with living energy that invite an ever more complex range of human activities. In this space, a nearly 4m large-scale model and computer graphics display this new principle to full effect.
Material Strength and the New "Real"
During the construction of the Sendai Mediatheque, Ito admits to being "overwhelmed" by the power of concrete and steel. Such material strength has proven an important theme in all his recent work. Looking at Ito's eight projects since Sendai, this 6m-high 35m x 12m-walled gallery provides a powerful experience of Ito's New "Real" in the form of "emerging grid"-design curvilinear structures from the rooflines of the Island City Central Park "Grin Grin" Building and Crematorium in Kakamigahara completed in rapid succession these last two years.
Toyo Ito in Overview: 35 Years of Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
A 30m panel display tracing the Ito's works and thinking from the time he established his architectural office in 1971. Never before seen texts, photos, plans, sketches, model studies and snapshots encapsulate a year-by-year retrospective. Paired with interview videos of former staff members including Kazuyo Sejima, Astrid Klein, Mark Dytham and Makoto Yokomizo, this time frieze illuminates Ito's activities from many angles
Tokyo Opera city concert hall
Friday, November 3, 2006
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall : Takemitsu Memorial
Architects:
NTT Power and Building Facilities INC.Urban Planning and Design Institute. Co.TAK Associated Architects INC
Acoustically, the hall is designed in the so-called shoebox style with a vaulting pyramidal with the interior completely mantled in oak. The most innovative advances of modern technology have been brought into play to create ideal acoustic conditions and the wooden interior with upper lightning furthermore stimulates a sense of tranquil composure
pipe organ
foyer
http://www.operacity.jp/en/ag/
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Malaysia International Gourmet Festival 2-29 NOV 2006
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
The Malaysia International Gourmet Festival is the country’s premier fine dining event. 25 of the country's very best Master Chefs and restaurants combine throughout November to present a smorgasboard of special Festival Menus at unbeatable prices.
http://www.malaysiagourmetfest.com/
GRIMSHAW
this is a very quality website with quality works of grimshaw .he has done many impressive projects and reservation projects. all the detailings in his design is magnificient
http://www.grimshaw-architects.com/grimshaw/launcher.html?in_projectid=
http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric.wpdtwvowobgzrrrg
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