No, the question would be - why do you actually live in Glasgow? Ba-dum-CH!
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i'd laugh at that if i didn't take myself so seriously.
― jed_, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I beg your pardon; I know next to nothing about Glasgow and am just free-zinging.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
;)
― jed_, Friday, 16 January 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1789314738_01.jpg
ok were the designers of Jenga paid off for this
― roxymuzak, Friday, 16 January 2009 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
also, "free-zinging"! cute.
― roxymuzak, Friday, 16 January 2009 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I blogged about Michael Graves :/http://theskyscraperblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/something-about-hating-michael-graves.html
― roxymuzak, Saturday, 17 January 2009 04:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Great Blog Name!
― mehlt, Saturday, 17 January 2009 05:39 (fifteen years ago) link
THANKS!
― roxymuzak, Saturday, 17 January 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
hi, what's happening in architecture? has spaceinvading replaced our lovely thread?
― jed_, Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Frozen skyline
And I guess things have got worse since then. Mentions Newhall in Essex, which has some quite interesting smaller houses.
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Reversible Destiny Housing by Arakawa and Madeline Gins
Neo-Hundertwasser?
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 January 2009 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
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...
― hyggeligt, Thursday, 29 January 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, I've seen a few such things too, never realized it was a movement (or whatever)!
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 January 2009 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― jed_, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf?!
― jed_, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 9 February 2009 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
ah yes, the news reports on this are pretty confusing. still an unfinished koolhaas building goes up/down. sad.
― jed_, Monday, 9 February 2009 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― jed_, Monday, 9 February 2009 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
It looks like an uncomfortable chair. Still RIP and all that...
― hyggeligt, Monday, 9 February 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, yes it does!
― jed_, Monday, 9 February 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
symbol of 2008 starchitect culture inadvertently becomes symbol of 2009 starchitect culture
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Monday, 9 February 2009 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
guys, teach me about Lebbeus Woods and where to start with his work
― mh, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 03:40 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
should be 'neil'
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
― mh, Monday, February 9, 2009 8:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^^fuckin huge stan of this guy
― lol (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
haha my friend texted me "did you hear about rem's building getting butthaased"
― lol (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 06:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― 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=0http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/3063521590_968bf57fe0.jpg?v=0http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/3063525894_0ab706feb2.jpg?v=0http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/3062688335_bce423a48b.jpg?v=0
― hyggeligt, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 09:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Yay!
― hyggeligt, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 09:05 (fifteen years ago) link
That Q-Bert is great!
This is my favorite that I've seen:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2792887465_d5236d8239.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 13:32 (fifteen years ago) link
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).
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
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.jpgLots of pictures at the architects website...http://www.new-territories.com/lostinparis.htm
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe that should be in the fantastic buildings thread...
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― hyggeligt, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link
hyggeligt has obviously seen some stranger willies than i have.
― jed_, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/television-cultural-centre-by-oma-squ-3269109950_816e180b9a_b.jpghttp://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/television-cultural-centre-by-oma-3268281835_12df22f2da_b.jpg
― jed_, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
"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.
― jed_, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
They were either quite some fireworks or the building was not up to code...
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
well, the building wasn't finished and anyway who knows what chinese building codes are like or if they even have any.
― jed_, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Rem has never been known for his build quality.
― jed_, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
His Prada store caught on fire a few years ago, too.
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― The Unbelievably Insensitive Baroness Vadera (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
looks better burnt than it ever would have otherwise
― get drunk and do legos (contenderizer), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Gad! Will they bother trying to finish it do you think or tear it down and start all over again?
― hyggeligt, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 10:45 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
i'd be amazed if the stuctural steels weren't buckled out of shape, no?
― jed_, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link