House at Siniawan town

Monday, June 9, 2008

An old house in Siniawan town which I got chance to visit last 2 weeks.

I am not very good to explain things in words, so I try to use images to tell the interesting architecture of this building.

This house has 2 courtyards which invite a lot of natural lighting into most of the spaces.

Smaller house in Antwerp

Thursday, June 5, 2008

This is the smallest house in Antwerp in Belgium, designed by sculp(IT) architect.

All infos and images from Archmaaik Network blog

Introducing Archsociety

Archsociety
I found this website is very useful and informative. Try and see see.

UM NUS joint programme at Kuching

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

This monday, I have the chance to meet up the students from both UM and NUS who come to Kuching for two weeks.
They are assigned to measure 8 shophouses in old Kuching town.
After they left Kuching, they will continue their coursework in NUS.

So happy to see Pn. Helena and Lim Take Bane and some of the juniors.

one interesting old house in siniawan

continue with the introduction tomorrow, cause i cant sketch out the floor plan today.

Handsome Hotel by MASS STUDIES

Friday, May 30, 2008

image from MASS STUDIES

Introduce Minsuk Cho -korean architect

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Interview
Mass Studies

Westraven office complex wins Daylight award

Friday, May 23, 2008

Cepezed's Westraven wins Daylight Award: “a metamorphosis of a sick building to a clear, transparent, state of the art building that performs an exemplary in every field.”

The Westraven office complex is an intricate and large-scale combination of new and existing construction for various sections of the Dutch Department of Public Works.

Westraven is a large-scale project with numerous sustainable solutions, of which the abundant penetration of daylight is just one illustration.

Much attention has been devoted to realizing perfect equilibrium between low energy consumption and an optimum working climate. Therefore, for example thermically active floors have been used.

The conservatories also work as climate buffers and the artificial lighting adjusts itself automatically to the colour and intensity of the incidence of daylight. A revolutionary feature is the innovative second-skin façade of open-weave, teflon-coated glass fibre.

from : cepeez

Contemporary Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind

The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) will open its new Daniel Libeskind-designed building on Sunday, June 8, 2008. The new facility—located on Mission Street in downtown San Francisco’s Yerba Buena cultural district—is an adaptive reuse of the landmark 1907 Jessie Street Power Substation with an extension clad in vibrant blue steel panels.

Under the creative direction of architect Daniel Libeskind, the CJM’s new home revives the long-abandoned Jessie Street Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Power Substation building and reflects the Museum’s programmatic vision.

The most distinctive feature of the new addition to the Jessie Street Power Substation is its “skin” of over 4,5003,000 luminous blue steel panels. The blue colour of the steel is achieved through a procedure called interference-coating. Since there are not any dyes or pigments to decay, the colour will never fade or chalk.

The building will be the first to feature a unique cross-hatching surface finish, which helps to diffuse and soften the reflection of light off the blue stainless steel. These panels will, however, appear to change colour depending on the time of day, the weather, and the viewer’s position, creating a dynamic, “living” surface.

from: Materia

It is an interesting the building especially the way it is connected to the substation.

Solar Lily Pads by ZM Architecture

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

In cities all over the world there are disused water ways, canals and rivers.Often they become the focus for regeneration and for most people offer an improved quality of life and environment. Our project proposes to stimulate river activity and change by proposing that the surface is used to harness the power of Solar energy on a large scale.

The energy created can be easily transformed and exported to the grid and will reduce the carbon footprint of the city. The idea references large lilypads that are optimised for efficient photosynthesis, so the design is inspired by nature.

They can be moved and dismantled and are simply tethered to the river bed, integrated motors can rotate the discs so their orientation to the sun is maximised throughout the day.
from Inhabitat