If you've ridden the NYC subway at all in 2018, you've probably seen the StreetEasy ads that entice New Yorkers to "find your place," be it in a neighborhood or in a building. Here's a case of the latter, where the "sweet spot," to use StreetEasy's term, is closer to the street, which is probably loud during the day, than the party roof.
I snapped the above photo in a subway car I was riding this morning, though elsewhere in the car was a StreetEasy ad that struck me as much more revealing. Instead of a traditional, 19th-century rowhouse, the below ad depicts a contemporary apartment building, clearly modeled on Neil Denari's HL23 (at bottom, for comparison's sake) next to the High Line at 23rd Street.
Common in both ads is the guy in the brown bathrobe shaking his fist at the party on the roof and ... the sky? The contemporary design? The balcony above him? I'm not sure what he's doing, but that's besides the point. What bugs me is the design. There are some minor differences between this HL23 and the original HL23 (balconies or lack thereof, core location, missing High Line, number of floors), but what bothers me are the diagonals on the facade. While Denari's diagonals are a clear expression of the structure needed to keep the cantilevered building from falling onto the High Line, the StreetEasy version is decorative, arbitrary, illogical — which must be the way some people see contemporary architecture. I'd argue that even the most formally daring buildings in New York City have some logic underlying them. But that is something this ad fails to appreciate, and worse it perpetuates the opposite.
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Earlier this summer, BIG's Jakob Lange launched an Indiegogo campaign for the ORB, a giant reflective art piece planned for Burning Man. As of today, they're about $15,000 shy of their goal of $50,000, with only three days to go. Regardless, having just watched the live webcast of Burning Man for a few minutes this morning, it looks like the ORB exists:
Wanna see the ORB and other large-scale desert artworks from the comfort of your air-conditioned home or office? Check out the live webcast here.
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As a psychologist, I worry that location tracking can confuse the question of who is mainly responsible for the safety of the roaming adolescent — the parent or the teenager?
“Stone’s Throw was a top to bottom renovation project by management in order to bring an iconic bar and restaurant back to life in the form of a modern watering hole, perfectly suited to discerning locals. Fixated on the love of locality in a local, we landed on Stone’s Throw as an irreverent moniker for the new venue. Paired with Illustrations embodied by their oddities and a sophisticated colour palette that.”
The Colour Club is a creative studio based in Sydney. Working across a variety of disciplines they help brands gain genuine desirability and distinction through design. Strategic thinking, a collaborative approach and a love of their craft allows them to cultivate tailored solutions for clients big and small.
I buy my daughter boys’ pants because even in an age of female fighter pilots and #MeToo, boys’ clothes are largely designed to be practical, while girls’ are designed to be pretty.
A wave of designer probiotic pills and powders — stylishly packaged, with names like Glow and Inner Beauty — is based on the idea that perfect skin may be linked to your tummy.
Joe Holder is a performance specialist, health consultant and founder of the Ocho System. He’s working with our editors to answer all your questions about getting in better shape.
McDonald’s is far from the worst offender. The Cheesecake Factory’s Breakfast Burrito has more than a day’s worth of calories, two days’ worth of sodium and more than three of saturated fat.
“UDO was seeking a new logo and identity that could help increase its brand visibility within a highly competitive landscape. Invoking algorithmic architectural philosophy, we experimented with the fundamental parameters of the letterforms and created a bespoke and customised logotype that simultaneously creates a certain atmosphere for the brand and at the same time references its design process and therefore, its uniqueness.”
Nikos Georgopoulos is an award-winning graphic designer and art director based in London. Described by London College of Fashion’s Creative Director as ‘sensitive, considered and essentially poetic’, his work spans across graphic identities, exhibitions, publications and websites for the fields of fashion, culture and architecture.
The comedian and actor Adam Cayton-Holland discusses his new memoir, which recounts his childhood in Denver and the eventual suicide of his younger sister.
The conventional wisdom is that morning people are high achievers, go-getters, while late risers are lazy. But what if going to bed in the wee hours is actually an advantage?
Abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and high glucose readings were linked to an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
LA Golf Shafts Release The Shackles On Oldenburg’s Creativity and Innovation To Design Performance-Driven Shafts For Tour Pros and Amateurs
Los Angeles, Calif. – August 23, 2018 – LA Golf Shafts, the new business venture spawned by Southern California-based LA Golf Partners (LAGP), appointed renowned product designer and shaft guru, John Oldenburg to Chief Product Officer.
Oldenburg spent 20 years as the head of Aldila engineering and product development and brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and expertise that will propel LA Golf Shafts to the forefront of the golf shaft industry. One of the games’ true shaft innovators, Oldenburg brings two decades of experience in designing shafts for golf’s best players, including the winners of 25 Major Championships and hundreds of professional tour events worldwide.
“As a company with the intent to be the number one shaft company in the business, we’re always looking for the best talent with innovative ideas that can move the needle, so we’re excited to welcome John and his championship track record to the team,” said Reed Dickens, Founder of LAGP. “The underpinnings of the company reside in developing new technology that will disrupt a stagnant market.”
After two decades working to keep up in the unrelenting “arms race” that has defined the golf equipment industry, Oldenburg had stepped away from the golf business to pursue opportunities in other technical industries. However, when presented with the opportunity to be a part of LA Golf Shafts disruptive business model, the chance to collaborate directly with golf’s top tour pros, LA Golf Partners player-owners, and experience a heightened level of innovative freedom in the design process, Oldenburg jumped at the opportunity.
“Throughout my shaft design career, I often felt true shaft innovation has been restricted by the economic realities of doing business in golf’s OEM world. Since we are truly player driven and oriented to the aftermarket, I have new and unprecedented freedom to pursue truly unique, innovative and state of the art concepts in golf shaft design,” said Oldenburg. “The freedom to select and incorporate advanced and exotic materials based solely on technical and performance criteria rather than purely economic considerations significantly expands our design window and heightens my team’s ability to design and innovate groundbreaking products. Having these design shackles taken off is great for me, but the true winners will be our partners and the recreational players who end up with our innovative new shafts in their bags. Producing all our products here in the USA is another huge plus.”
Oldenburg continued, “The confidence of knowing I can walk out of my office and go onto the production floor to directly oversee bringing our ideas to life was the icing on the cake for me. It is a huge competitive advantage for us that all of the material sourcing, prototyping, manufacturing and testing is happening here in the US with a dedicated and talented workforce that has decades of experience creating prototypes.”
A graduate of the University of Illinois School of Engineering with a degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Engineering/Technical Management, Oldenburg earned the nickname “shaft guru” by his peers. With performance and technological advancements at the forefront of the LA Golf Shafts movement, Oldenburg’s background will be the driving force to bringing this vision to fruition.
LA Golf Shafts was established to create a golf equipment company unlike any other in the sport, one where the ownership group includes professional athletes from the world’s top professional tours. Through strategic partnerships with Tour professionals who have an equity stake in the company, the player/owners have direct involvement in product development, branding, marketing, and product promotion. The company’s mission is to bring the player/owner signature series products to golfers at every level through a commitment to producing authentic tour validated products, designed and made in the USA with American sourced materials.
For more information and to learn more about LA Golf Shafts, please visit LAGolfShafts.com and follow us @LAGolfShafts.
About LA Golf Shafts
LA Golf Shafts designs, develops, and manufactures performance-driven and technologically advanced shafts in partnership with some of the top players in the game. LA Golf Shafts leverages the development process for the world’s best players to create high quality products that support our aftermarket partners’ custom club making process to grow the game at all levels.
About LA Golf Partners
LA Golf Partners was created to partner with the world’s best golfers to grow the world’s greatest game. Growing the game requires investing in innovative technology, media, and products. Partnering with players requires supporting their charitable endeavors that make golf more fun and accessible to all. LA Golf Partners is actively exploring control and passive investments across the golf industry.
LA Golf Partners is led by Reed Dickens, who is applying the same strategy he used to make Marucci Sports the number one bat in the Big Leagues and the top supplier of baseball products for all levels of play.
ST. CLOUD, Minn., Aug. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ProcessPro, leading ERP software solution company, is pleased to announce sponsorship of the 14th Annual Chemical Industry Golf Tournament, hosted by the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA). The tournament is set for September 4, 2018, at Dunes West Golf & River Club in Mount Pleasant, SC.
This event is an opportunity for SOCMA members to network with industry peers, socialize and raise funds for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholars Program. Proceeds from the tournament help sponsor scholarships for qualified applicants seeking degrees in chemical technology in the chemistry, biochemistry or chemical engineering fields.
“This is the fifth year ProcessPro has sponsored the SOCMA Golf Tournament. We continue to see the importance of supporting the industry through this charitable event and always look forward to connecting with SOCMA members,” stated Joe Blauert, VP of Sales and General Manager, ProcessPro.
ProcessPro has participated in and sponsored the SOCMA organization and its events since 2014.
Coinciding with the golf tournament, ProcessPro’s team will be attending the Specialty & Argo Chemicals America tradeshow in Charleston, SC from September 5 – 7, 2018. The show provides exciting opportunities to discover new trends and strategies in the industry.
About SOCMA (www.socma.com)
SOCMA is the only US-based trade association dedicated solely to the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry. Since 1921, SOCMA has represented a diverse membership of small, medium and large chemical companies, making them the leading authority on this sector.
ProcessPro, a division of Open Systems, Inc., is a leading mid-market ERP software solution for the process manufacturing industry. Designed specifically for manufacturers that combine batches of mixtures, ProcessPro seamlessly integrates all aspects of plant operation, from beginning order entry through manufacturing, packaging, shipping, inventory and accounting. ProcessPro has been serving the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, nutritional supplement, cosmetic, cannabis and specialty chemical industries for more than 30 years. More information about ProcessPro is available at https://ift.tt/14l11Fz.
You know that scene in “Lady Bird” when Saoirse Ronan throws herself out of a moving vehicle to avoid talking to her mother for another second? That was me, at 14, in the car with my father.
Turner Sports to Produce Event Coverage with Blockbuster Pay-Per-View Match Offered Live on DIRECTV & B/R Live
Marquee Event Content to Include Shoulder Programming Airing on Turner’s TNT & HBO’s 24/7 Reality Franchise
WarnerMedia’s Turner division has secured worldwide media distribution rights to “The Match,” a historic head-to-head, 18-hole duel between Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson. The highly anticipated showdown between two golfers – who have won a combined 19 Majors – will be hosted by MGM Resorts International and held Thanksgiving weekend at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. The winner of this blockbuster pairing, featuring these two legends of the game, will walk away with $9 million.
“The iconic Tiger Woods and five-time Major Champion Phil Mickelson are generational talents who have transcended the game of golf and their rivalry continues to be one of the most compelling in sports,” said David Levy, President of Turner. “This one-of-a-kind, winner-take-all matchup provides a great opportunity to show fans the benefits of AT&T and WarnerMedia coming together. For the first time since AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner (now WarnerMedia), Turner, DirecTV and HBO will present a multi-faceted presentation of the live event and accompanying content across a vast array of platforms.”
The Woods-Mickelson live event and accompanying content – collectively offering unprecedented access leading up to and during the competition – will be distributed across wide-ranging Turner, WarnerMedia and AT&T platforms including:
Live pay-per-view coverage of the event will be distributed through Turner’s B/R Live, the company’s new premium live sports streaming service, AT&T’s DIRECTV, AT&TU-verse, and will be offered to other on-demand platforms.
HBO Sports and its groundbreaking 18-time Sports Emmy® Award-winning 24/7 reality franchise will capture all the excitement leading up to the match.
Bleacher Report and its wildly-popular House of Highlights, which recently surpassed 10 million followers on Instagram,will offer comprehensive highlights and behind-the-scenes content.
Turner’s TNT will also televise programming with select content from the event in the weeks following the live competition.
Turner International will facilitate distribution of live PPV access to the event outside the U.S.
As part of the live event, both Woods and Mickelson will selectively make side-challenges against one another during the match. For instance, Woods or Mickelson could raise the stakes by challenging the other to a long-drive, closest-to-the-pin or similar competition during a hole as they play their match, with money being donated to the winning golfer’s charity of choice.
Turner Sports will produce all live event coverage while also serving as the exclusive sales and sponsorship partner. Turner Sports and its Turner Ignite Sports will work closely with marketing partners to elevate their brands within this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, tapping into award-winning live events, experiential and creative marketing solutions.
B/R Live,Turner’s new premium live sports streaming service, is available at https://ift.tt/2nJIEJS; by downloading the B/R Live app through iTunes or Google Play; and/or via Apple TV, the Roku platform and Amazon Fire TV.
Pay-per-view pricing for the live event will be announced at a later date. The media rights agreement with Turner was completed in partnership between CAA Sports, Excel Sports and Lagardere Sports.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a diversified, global leader in telecommunications, media and entertainment, and technology. It executes in the market under four operating units. WarnerMedia’s HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. divisions are world leaders in creating premium content, operate the world’s largest TV and film studio, and own a world-class library of entertainment. AT&T Communications provides more than 100 million U.S. consumers with entertainment and communications experiences across TV, mobile and broadband services. Plus, it serves more than 3 million business customers with high-speed, highly secure connectivity and smart solutions. AT&T Latin America provides pay-TV services across 11 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, and is the fastest growing wireless provider in Mexico, serving consumers and businesses. AT&T ad and analytics provides marketers with innovative, targeted, data-driven advertising solutions around premium video content.
Turner, a WarnerMedia company, is a global entertainment, sports and news company that creates premium content and delivers exceptional experiences to fans whenever and wherever they consume content. These efforts are fueled by data-driven insights and industry-leading technology. Turner owns and operates some of the most valuable brands in the world, including Adult Swim, Bleacher Report, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, CNN, ELEAGUE, FilmStruck, Great Big Story, HLN, iStreamPlanet, Super Deluxe, TBS, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), TNT, truTV and Turner Sports.
About Turner Sports
Turner Sports, a division of Turner, is an industry leader in the delivery of premium sports content across all multimedia screens. Turner Sports’ television coverage includes the NBA, Major League Baseball, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, ELEAGUE and professional golf, along with the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The company also manages some of the most popular sports destinations across digital and social platforms including Bleacher Report and its top-rated app, NCAA.com and the critically-acclaimed NCAA March Madness Live suite of products, PGA.com and the Sports Emmy Award-winning PGA Championship LIVE, as well as an accompanying collection of mobile sites and connected device apps. Turner Sports and the NBA jointly manage NBA Digital, a robust collection of offerings including NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, the NBA App and NBAGLEAGUE.com. Turner Sports recently launched B/R Live, a premium live streaming sports platform that serves as the central hub for both the discovery and consumption of live sports content. The new streaming service allows fans to find and watch their favorite sports content anywhere, anytime and on the screen of their choice.
Visit the Turner Sports online press room for additional press materials; follow Turner Sports on Twitter at @TurnerSportsPR.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global entertainment company with national and international locations featuring best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses 28 unique hotel offerings including some of the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. Expanding throughout the U.S. and around the world, the company in 2018 opened MGM COTAI in Macau and the first Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. It also is developing MGM Springfield in Massachusetts. The 78,000 global employees of MGM Resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies®. For more information visit us at www.mgmresorts.com.
About Shadow Creek
Shadow Creek, one of the country’s most exclusive golf courses, has earned perennial top rankings among Golf Week and Golf Digest magazine’s public courses and has been designated the best golf course in the world in a Robb Report’s “Best of the Best” issue. Located in the midst of the Nevada desert on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Shadow Creek continues to achieve national recognition and the kind of startling mystique reserved for only a select number of golf courses. Designed by renowned architect Tom Fazio, Shadow Creek is known for its natural beauty, rolling terrain, glistening brooks and ponds, lush gardens and mature trees. The visual elements, spectacular waterfalls and course design lend to astonishing views.
"Book Briefs" are an ongoing series of posts with short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that make their way into my library. These briefs are not full-blown reviews (though some might go on to get that treatment), but they are a way to share more books worthy of attention than find their way into reviews on this blog. This installment features six books grouped into three pairs with similar subjects and/or contributors.
Two California-centric collections:
LA Forum Reader: From the Archives of the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design edited by Rob Berry, Victor Jones, Michael Sweeney, Mimi Zeiger and Chava Danielson, Joe Day, Thurman Grant, Duane McLemore | Actar | 2018 | Amazon Made Up: Design's Fictions edited by Tim Durfee, Mimi Zeiger | ArtCenter Graduate Press | 2017 | Amazon
Further linking these two titles, one produced by the L.A. Forum and the other by Pasadena's ArtCenter College of Design, are brown duotone designs and the presence of critic Mimi Zeiger, who serves as an editor on both. The contents of each are divergent, though. As the title indicates, the LA Forum Reader digs out some essays, interviews and other content from the organization's first 30 years. The pieces alternate between texts set in various fonts and archives printed as they were originally (but in duotone); this gives a flip through the whole, appropriately enough, the feel of digging through an archive. Recommended most for people with a strong interest in the Los Angeles architecture scene. Made Up documents an exhibition and series of lectures under the same name held at the ArtCenter's Wind Tunnel Gallery back in January 2011. With a publisher's release date of December 2017, that's quite a long time between event and publication. With content now seven years old, Made Up runs the risk of being immediately obsolete. But given the publication's focus on "critical design with overlapping interests in science fiction, world building, speculation, and futuring," I'm not so sure there's been much advancement in these areas since the original event. Of course, this statement may say less about the publication than my skepticism on the role of fiction as explored in academia and other places these days.
Two technology/network books:
The City and the Architecture of Change: The Work and Radical Visions of Cedric Price by Tanja Herdt | Park Books | 2017 | Amazon Code and Clay, Data and Dirt: Five Thousand Years of Urban Media by Shannon Mattern | University of Minnesota Press | 2017 | Amazon
If most architects are known for buildings, then having realized only one permanent structure – the Snowdon Aviary – Cedric Price was far from a typical architect. Known instead for forward-thinking plans that considered information technologies and the impact of technology upon society, Price's many unbuilt projects, most with great names (the Fun Palace, Potteries Thinkbelt, McAppy), are ironically lauded by architects today. Last year the AA and CCA jointly published a massive two-volume Forward-Minded Retrospective on Price, but for those with an interest in Price but without enough disposable income, The City and the Architecture of Change is a good alternative. It has loads of illustrations that are handsomely packaged and fitted into an intellectual argument aimed at "[making] the widespread idea of Cedric Price as an 'anti-architect' appear in a new light."
When I attended the Urban Design Program at City College more than ten years ago, one of the lessons I absorbed was to be skeptical of technology in solving problems on an urban scale. Yet as we barrel forward into a future fueled by digital technologies, every month seems to bring some new technological "fix" for cities: driverless cars, tunnels for cars, and the many, many iterations of big data infiltrating urban infrastructure. I remain skeptical of these and other advances, so I'm glad to see media professor Shannon Mattern take the steam out of "the next big thing" by showing how "smart" information has shaped cities for thousands of years. With chapters organized by media and matter (waves and wires, steel and ink, writing and urbanization, speaking stones), my favorite focuses on the printed word, revealing how it is as much social as (or more than) solitary, with words being written across cities for centuries and shaping the architecture within them.
Two Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) guidebooks:
Buildings of Arkansas by Cyrus A. Sutherland and Contributors | University of Virginia Press | 2018 | Amazon Buildings of New Orleans by Karen Kingsley, Lake Douglas | University of Virginia Press | 2018 | Amazon
Although both of these books come from SAH and are published by University of Virginia Press, they are quite different from each other. Buildings of Arkansas, which obviously tackles a whole state rather than just a city, is larger than your average guidebook. Complete with a hardcover, it makes a good side table book; if it had color photos, it might even be appropriate for the coffee table. I wish it was around a year ago, when I spent a couple days in Northwest Arkansas. The guide, organized by counties and part of SAH's "Buildings of the United States" series, makes it clear there's more to the area than Crystal Bridges and churches byE. Fay Jones. The book makes me want to return, with an eye on modern and historical buildings in the area. Buildings of New Orleans falls into the "SAH/BUS City Guide series" and is therefore a compact book that is easy to carry around; if it were around in 2011 when I was in town for the AIA Convention, I would have been able to try it out. Looking up some of the few places I made it to and those I wanted to visit but didn't, the book comes across as hit or miss. The information on Piazza d'Italia is thorough and helpful (and it comes with a photo), but information on Brad Pitt's Make It Right Houses is thin, with no attribution to the architects, a mystery photo, and more criticism than background. Perhaps the last point is why there's a discrepancy between these and other entries. Although produced by SAH, it should be noted (if not already obvious) that both of these guides feature modern and contemporary buildings as well as historical ones.
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People tended to harbor vivid memories of gym class, a new study found. The results could have implications for motivating adults to stay physically active.
GROUND-BREAKING NEW SOCK INFUSED WITH THERAPEUTIC INGREDIENTS FOR RELIEF FROM FOOT-RELATED ACHES AND PAINS.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Building on a long-standing commitment to foot comfort, Kentwool, maker of the “World’s Best Sock,” announced today the introduction of a therapeutic sock for foot pain relief. The new SensationWool sock features Kentwool’s signature, superfine Merino wool in combination with Nufabrx® nylon, which is infused with capsaicin and a synthetic cooling agent. This combination of warming and cooling ingredients, similar to those found in over-the-counter pain treatments, provides temporary relief of foot-related aches and pains of muscles and joints associated with strains, sprains, arthritis, bruises, cramps, stiffness and soreness.
“Kentwool socks were born out of a desire to keep customers comfortable, helping them to pursue the activities they love with less pain and more enjoyment,” said Lauren Hubbard, president of Kentwool Performance Apparel. “The SensationWool is an extension of that commitment to comfort, taking the proven performance properties of wool and coupling them with the power of Nufabrx® technology. The socks’ warming and cooling sensations deliver pain relief without the mess and inconvenience often associated with creams and pills. We’re thrilled to offer our customers an easy and effective way to ease their pain.”
Kentwool’s SensationWool socks are offered in an ankle-height style and natural color. They are constructed from a proprietary blend of superfine Merino Wool and other natural and high-tech performance fibers, including Nufabrx® nylon, a fiber infused with capsaicin and a synthetic cooling agent. The SensationWool’s pain management features are lab-tested to last through 30 wash cycles, and the incorporated ingredients are cosmetic-grade and safe for regular wear.
The new Kentwool SensationWool is available now exclusively at kentwool.com and features a retail price of $24.99. The sock is available in women’s MD and LG, and men’s MD, LG and XL sizes.
“We’re excited Kentwool chose Nufabrx® yarn for use in its most innovative socks to date,” said TexDel CEO, Jordan Schindler. “We believe clothing will start to care for your body in entirely new ways. We see the day when well-being is simply part of your everyday outfit, and the SensationWool sock is at the forefront of this movement.”
Since 2008, Kentwool has delivered the “World’s Best Sock” from its headquarters in Greenville, SC. Drawing on 175 years of mastery in wool manufacturing, Kentwool leverages the attributes of wool, nature’s performance fiber, for unmatched comfort and performance in the sock category. For more information on the Kentwool brand, visit http://www.kentwool.com.
On Saturday, Thomas Kahn-kade (@robyniko) posted a string of his "Thomas Kinkade + Modernism mashups" to Twitter. Here is one of Frank Gehry's residence in Santa Monica, California.
Others icons of modern residential architecture include Philip Johnson's Glass House, Louis I. Kahn's Fisher House, Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, and Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House. Check 'em out.
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Rewards and punishments are conditional, but our love and positive regard for our kids should be unconditional. Here’s how to change the conversation and the behavior.
The relative importance of nature and nurture has been debated for centuries, and has had strong — and sometimes misguided — influences on public policy.
Who hasn’t dreamt of living somewhere they really want to be? The tools to make that dream a reality are now available. It’s not as dramatic as owning a house or a vacation home, but it’s not as basic as going on a trip.
Put it in the mountains, near the ocean, or in a garden, and it immediately blends in with the surroundings, inviting you to a whole new life.
Our parenting style created an entitled, unsociable and disobedient individual. Whatever we had done with our dog, we had to do the exact opposite with our twins.
It's hard to deny the appeal of drawings by Japanese architects. I've succumbed, for instance, to the intricate perspective sections and plans of Atelier Bow-Wow and "Architectural Ethnography," the Japanese exhibition at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which was co-curated by one-half of Atelier Bow-Wow and focused on drawings by architects and non-architects alike. The two-dimensional output of Japanese architects in the last two decades is evident through their high level of detail, lack of hierarchy in lines, abundance of white space, and sometimes cartoonish qualities. But why is it like this and what are these drawings trying to express? These and other questions are addressed by Olivier Meystre in his analytical, accessible, and lavishly illustrated study on drawings and models produced by well-known Japanese architects over the last few decades.
The cover of Pictures of the Floating Microcosm is graced with a drawing (by Junya Ishigami) that would appear to embrace the qualities I describe above. But it does more than that, at least when we find the drawing in the book's first chapter (shown above). Here, the drawing is seen overlaid onto a photo of a minimal model with just a couple walls forming a corner and some furniture, itself placed near a real wall in the architect's studio. What appears to be a vignette imagining the lives of occupants both inside and outside a building becomes a layered extension of a three-dimensional model barely able to do the same. The hybrid image shows the willingness of Japanese architects to embrace drawings and models in equal parts, born in part from technology that allows them to exist equally on the page or on the screen. Likewise, Meystre's study looks at drawings, models, and sometimes photos and computer renderings -- all presented at some point in publications and/or exhibitions.
Given the time frame of Meystre's study and the type of images produced, the most influential architects on display are Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA and, before them, Toyo Ito. These three architects are hardly alone in the six chapters of Pictures of the Floating Microcosm, but their influence is apparent not only in technique, but in the fact most younger architects worked at SANAA (Sejima worked for Ito) before starting their own offices. The graphic experimentation of these and other architects ended up producing some of the most consistent and distinctive architectural imagery in recent memory. Their output is well worth a study, and Meystre has done a great job in analyzing the images as means of architectural production, while also interviewing some of the most important voices to learn how work is actually carried out in their offices. Highly recommended for those interested in contemporary Japanese architecture and architectural delineation.
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