Like an airplane runway? No. A fashion runway, as models of buildings strut their way to show off how beautiful a structure will be if it gets built. There is an exhibit in a museum in San Francisco, California right now that is showing off some beautiful examples of models. See some examples at the […]
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Inside Outside Upside Down
You may have seen the astounding drawings of M.C. Escher before – you know the one of the one hand drawing the other, or the patterns of birds that turn into fish. If not, you have to take a look at them. You can do it in a book or online at http://www.mcescher.com/. Anyway, Escher […]
More of that Way Back Machine
So the other day we mentioned Vitruvius, who wrote the 10 books of architecture, which are the foundation for all writing about architecture, really the HISTORY of architecture…even though they were written over 2000 years ago. So not as long ago, a certain man named Leonardo of Pisa, nicknamed Fibonacci, introduced the idea of the […]
Don’t Forget to Remember This
So, an author named Joshua Foer recently wrote a book, Moonwalking with Einstein, about remembering. Not just remembering to bring your lunch to school, but remembering the order of ten (10!) decks of cards that are shuffled together – REALLY REMEMBERING. As he started to write about remembering, he studied the skills of HOW to […]
Idiots Guide to Skyscrapers
Well, it is not exactly a guide, but a book that was designed by a really cool woman, Candy Chang who does all sorts of projects in the built environment to get us all thinking. I think that this book that she wrote, The Idiotic Building, points out that people who say that new ideas are […]
Sir, is that Real? A Surreal Museum in Florida
Yep, whoda thunk? Right down in warm, palm tree filled Florida, a very expensive art museum recently opened to celebrate the arts of Mr. Salvador Dali, a famous artist from the 1900s, known mostly for his SURREAL art. His art relates to architecture in many ways – including his fascination with mathematics and the Golden […]
Don’t drink and Draw!
Just kidding, you can drink as much lemonade or water that you want when you draw. But let’s face it, anyone who drinks this much wine to build a building out of corks, probably is overdoing it. Hey, is that the President of the United States in that cork building? Maybe the cork building is […]
Listen Up and Sketchup!
And here is a detail. We received an email about a girl who volunteered her expertise in Google Sketchup to make these drawings of a community garden in Chicago. What a great way to get some experience, help your neighbors and learn a useful design skill. So listen up and sketchup! We will post other […]
Architecture on Film
This fall there is a series of architecture-related movies available in Evanston, near Chicago. Films about Louis Sullivan (one of our heroes), Mies Van Der Rohe, and some fictional stories about architects are in the line-up. Bring your own popcorn. Sorry, these movies are over now and the listing is no longer available.
Fungus HOUSES among US
Who lives here? Will their houses turn into pizza ingredients someday?