10(+) MORE architects i have been thinking about

hi, what's happening in architecture? has spaceinvading replaced our lovely thread?

Frozen skyline

And I guess things have got worse since then. Mentions Newhall in Essex, which has some quite interesting smaller houses.

Reversible Destiny Housing by Arakawa and Madeline Gins

Neo-Hundertwasser?

Ooooh speaking of Spaceinvading these are great: http://www.space-invaders.com/ I saw a good few in Paris (including on Picasso's chimney). Great fun!

http://www.space-invaders.com/images/pa636gp.jpg

I've a few on the flickr account thingy but can't post private pics to ILX sadly...

Ha, I've seen a few such things too, never realized it was a movement (or whatever)!

http://www.freewebs.com/jannekevanderlinden/Central-Chinese-Television-CCTV-Beijing%20Rem%20koolhaas.jpg = http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/2/9/1234201284213/Mandarin-Oriental-hotel-f-001.jpg

wtf?!

It's not the actualy 'square' that went up in flames, no? 'Just' one of the buildings next/across it?

Anyway, a sad thing. They had Rem Koolhaas on Dutch TV and he was pretty gutted.

ah yes, the news reports on this are pretty confusing. still an unfinished koolhaas building goes up/down. sad.

this one:

http://www.eikongraphia.com/wordpress/wp-content/OMA%20-%20TVCC%20Exterior.jpg

which i think is hideous but there's little point in discussing that now.

It looks like an uncomfortable chair. Still RIP and all that...

ha, yes it does!

symbol of 2008 starchitect culture inadvertently becomes symbol of 2009 starchitect culture

I've a few on the flickr account thingy but can't post private pics to ILX sadly...

I think you can. At least I have in the past.

guys, teach me about Lebbeus Woods and where to start with his work

Anarchitecture: Architecture is a Political Act is good.

He's a good thinker and a great draftsman - he started out doing renderings in Saarinen's office! Super radical unusable proposals, but at heart he's a big classical softie with all the attendant ideas about the shape of a city reflecting the shape of a culture that you see in Boullee or Alberti's work.

I should look him up - I know him only from the rather stiff treatment Neal Leach gives him in Anaesthetics of Architecture for, I guess, taking formal inspiration from the devastation of Sarajevo? Or something? It's been a little bit and I was reading it in a hurry.

should be 'neil'

guys, teach me about Lebbeus Woods and where to start with his work

― mh, Monday, February 9, 2009 8:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^fuckin huge stan of this guy

haha my friend texted me "did you hear about rem's building getting butthaased"

I've a few on the flickr account thingy but can't post private pics to ILX sadly...

I think you can. At least I have in the past.

― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 9 February 2009 21:53

Okay will try.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/3062664793_1f0307997b.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/3063521590_968bf57fe0.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/3063525894_0ab706feb2.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3062688335_bce423a48b.jpg?v=0

Yay!

That Q-Bert is great!

This is my favorite that I've seen:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2792887465_d5236d8239.jpg

http://coolboom.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/house-k-3.jpg

Understated but ratjer cool I think (and reminds me of the Langston Hughes Library that was posted in another thread).

And this house in Paris looks interesting. Although you can't really tell from this pic...
http://static.wallpaper.com/images/98_LIP_jp060209_a.jpg
Lots of pictures at the architects website...
http://www.new-territories.com/lostinparis.htm

Maybe that should be in the fantastic buildings thread...

I love that house! The glass pine cones do look like willies though so A- as final result.

I am jealous of Doc Cas' space invader! My first was on the chimney of that old studio in Montmartre. Too lazy too google it I'm afraid, Picasso did his thang there.

Oh yeah, Francois Roche (the "duck blind" house in Paris) has some great stuff. Check out this project for a museum in Bangkok that would be covered in an ionized mesh that would pull pollution out of the sky and turn the building into a giant fuzzball:

http://www.new-territories.com/images/B_mu_013.jpg

http://www.new-territories.com/images/poussiere.jpg

hyggeligt has obviously seen some stranger willies than i have.

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/television-cultural-centre-by-oma-squ-3269109950_816e180b9a_b.jpg
http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/television-cultural-centre-by-oma-3268281835_12df22f2da_b.jpg

"The structure was set on fire by stray fireworks fired by revellers celebrating Chinese New Year."

i feel bad about it but i had to stifle a laugh when i read this sentence.

They were either quite some fireworks or the building was not up to code...

well, the building wasn't finished and anyway who knows what chinese building codes are like or if they even have any.

Rem has never been known for his build quality.

His Prada store caught on fire a few years ago, too.

I know that Chinese building codes have been strengthened in the last 30 years (post Tangshan) so, er, building still standing even though burnt to a crisp.

looks better burnt than it ever would have otherwise

Remember that building codes would only have a partial impact in this situation - before occupancy, systems like sprinklers and smoke detectors probably wouldn't have been operational yet, and things like fire doors may not have been installed at this point. There's also a lot of (possibly flammable) construction material (propane tanks!) that may have been around that wouldn't have been in after the building was finished.

Gad! Will they bother trying to finish it do you think or tear it down and start all over again?

It depends on how severe the structural damage is - if the main supports have been warped or otherwise compromised they'll tear it down, if not they'll probably remove the damaged cladding and re-skin it.

i'd be amazed if the stuctural steels weren't buckled out of shape, no?

ps dont know much about this, it's just a guess.

It's quite possible - the smaller exposed members show buckling but the main structure would probably have had all the fire retardants and enclosures in place at this point, and the duration of the fire wasn't that long. I'd imagine they're already testing it to determine structural integrity for immediate safety purposes and for long-term use, and we should know fairly soon.

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/squclo-wine-bar-by-2x4-08july065521.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/11/clo-wine-bar-by-2x4/

my least favorite project of the year so far - cooooold as hell.

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/lantern_02_11/l23_17915275.jpg

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/lantern_02_11/l22_17910347.jpg

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/lantern_02_11/l24_17910405.jpg

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/lantern_02_11/l25_17910619.jpg

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/lantern_02_11/l26_17917969.jpg

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/lantern_02_11/l27_17917937.jpg

Oh wow!

From the ever great Big Picture blog.

not feeling that clo bar at all. maybe i just need to see more photos.

Srsly, that last pic looks like CGI.

it looks like one of those computer game things.

jed I hope you don't change your mind when you see more photos of Clo - it's terrible! I might have to go see it in person just to confirm.