interesting convo with pritzker prize recipient tom mayne on charlie rose. 1 hour

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/636

"Swanky new Vegas hotel’s ‘death ray’"

As by request, here is the article about a "death ray" created by glare on a vegas hotel. Kind of a funny article.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100929/bs_yblog_upshot/swanky-new-vegas-hotels-death-ray-a-mild-inconvenience-for-some-guests

TED.COM

TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a great website to watch video lectures on wide range of topics within the research and practice of science, design, and culture.

http://www.ted.com/themes/architectural_inspiration.html

This is a link to Architectural Inspiration themes. Many famous architects such as Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Daniel Libeskind, Steven Holl etc talk about their ideas and concepts of their buildings.

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from

this is pretty interesting..

Designing the High Line Diagrams!

Hey guys,

Here are the diagrams KE used today in class. This should a good example of what we need to do for our diagrams. Let me know if any of you guys wanna see the book.

Geunho

it works

Cool video, Ken. Check this out. Architecture through the perspective of a camera. You guys may have seen it last year with Cam. Everything in the video was done with 3d graphics!


http://vimeo.com/7809605

what happens when a park gets flooded but everything below water stays intact?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIELaqwkmbQ

boom.

landscape related, certainly interesting to see.

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The blog works!

Hey guys,
If you haven't yet figured it out, check your email, there should be an invitation link to click on, this link will allow you to sign in and then be able to post to this blog. If you haven't recieved an email, its because i don't have your email address! If this is the case please contact myself or adam!

Also, a list of architects to research for precedence for the next project:
D. Judd
R. Serra
T. Donovan
Smithson
Terrel (sp?)
Jean Claude Christo

Here is a pic of our site at Kickapoo park. I have a larger image if you need it. To post a picture or comment, click on the new post in the upper right hand corner of this page.

Inspiration

Hey everyone, I hope this works.