David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang of ‘The Living’ Architects presented their recent work at the Interactive Architecture event I organised at Eyebeam last month. They have just released 2 lovely little books called ‘Life Size‘ 1 & 2 which explore the possibility of creating open source design processes. The first volume of Life Size includes […]

Image of the Day, the 2007 Academy Awards. Source at Oscar Technorati Tags: 2007 Academy Award, Academy Award, Oscar Published by CalvinContinue reading: 2007 Academy Award

Based on a very powerful piece of software from University of Washington, Microsoft’s Photosynth is able to reconstruct a 3D virtual spaces by analyzing similar photos from sites like Flickr. The software allows the user to annotate an object in an image as if he or she is navigating through a 3D virtual space. The software […]

Islamic artisans constructed exotic nonrepeating pattern 500 years ago, well ahead of modern science which only manage to discover this pattern making technique 30 years ago. This ancient islamic penrose tiles was re-discovered by Peter J. Lu when he traveled to Uzbekistan, he had no idea of the mathematical journey that he was about to […]

“In the world of surveillance, the architecture of systems has effectively replaced architecture.” Eric Schuldenfrei I was introduced to the work of Eric Schuldenfrei recently by Eyebeam Resident Jennifer Broutin. Schuldenfrei’s work focuses on the evolving relationship between animation, architecture, and art and has a diverse portfolio of projects that I couldn’t hope to all […]

Went to Caversham Wildlife Park this Saturday, and the best part is the grass is covered with Kangaroo Dung… I think its Kangaroo Dung, it doesn’t stink and apparently the Australians don’t even care about it, they even play cricket barefoot on the park. We barbecue there. Saw some Kangaroos, and white Kangaroos actually exist. Personally […]

Let there be lights and materials, here is the all new AutoCAD 2008 that comes with even better mental ray rendering engine. Its a big improvement over AutoCAD 2007. Forget about 3D max! Anyway, only 3D artist are required to produce a realistic rendering, a strong concept is what architecture all about. Image taken from the […]

The SplineGraft project sets up a reactive environment in which sound dampening panels are continuously reshaped by a network of actuating devices, triggered by user movement. The panels are grafted into an existing environment, supported by structural racks allowing a range of different configurations. The SplineGraft can be set in different overall shapes independent of […]

I was reading archidose and found this image kind of interesting, its an image of bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong. Its kind of weird when construction technology has improved so much that I see no reason why should someone use bamboo as scaffolding. I’ve never been to Hong Kong but from most images and TV […]

  When Gary Chang spoke at the Simplicity Symposium at Ars Electronica curated by John Maeda last year, I was amazed by his life story growing up in Hong Kong in cramped conditions and how as an architect these experiences have shaped his interest in creating living and working spaces. Gary founded his company EDGE in […]

Fluid stairway concept by Bosch & Fjord. I’ve got no idea what it is all about but what ever that is, it is scary! Its like blood flowing down, not red wine. Technorati Tags: Fluid Stairway, Bosch & Fjord, Stairs Published by CalvinContinue reading: Fluid Stairway by Bosch & Fjord

Fluid stairway concept by Bosch & Fjord. I’ve got no idea what it is all about but what ever that is, it is scary! Its like blood flowing down, not red wine. Technorati Tags: Fluid Stairway, Bosch & Fjord, Stairs Published by CalvinContinue reading: Fluid Stairway by Bosch & Fjord

After months of rumors, its official now that Google has acquire a company called adscapemedia for 23 million dollars. Adscape is a video game advertising company that place dynamic ads right inside the game. This is an interesting development considering Google’s acquisition of Sketchup, and with the combination of Google Earth, a virtual world with […]

That’s me in black, well… Curtin University is indeed impressive. Architecturally wise the overall concept is beautiful. Kind of like it, I mean the Brutalist architecture, the exposure of raw concrete, the celebration of concrete. I am a big fan of Tadao Ando, I guess concrete runs in my blood, face bricks, steels, glass, and […]

Here is a new search engine made specifically for DWG and DWF files. cadbot is the new kid on the block, contribute your dwg files so that others can benefit from it. What Happen to CAD Monkey? p.s. Do you know that you can search for dwg files using Google? Below is an example: It can be […]

Graffiti Writing to Guerrilla Lighting, yes it seems everyones a rebel these days, even the director of BDP lighting, Martin Luptn who has assembled a crack team of local lighting designers, architects, interior designers and manufacturers, all of whom are keen to draw attention to the possibilities, and importance of, lighting in the urban environment. Under […]

If your in Rotterdam at the moment, get down to the Graffiti Research Lab’s most recent offering. I got to see a sneak peak while I was at Eyebeam in New York a few weeks ago and I’m really pleased to see it working so well at its current venue, the ‘KPN building’ which incidentally […]