Monthly Archives: September 2011

The G.F.D.A. word.

Back by relentless fucking request.

The Architect’s Architect: Kazuo Shinohara 1925-2006. ‘Reductively modernized versions / abstract geometries of the traditional Japanese house.’

Juliaan Lampens_RAW

Publication on the work of Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens. The architecture of the Belgian Modernist Juliaan Lampens (b. 1926) goes beyond designs for conventional living and instead suggests a utopian avant-garde of living without barriers. He…

Gatecrash the party you’re not invited for…

Work: Victor Enrich.

Textile Field: 240m sq on the floor of the famous Raphael Cartoons Gallery.

Bouroullec bro’s. Who else… An invitation to lascivious reverie. Our intention is to propose a different, casual approach to freely experience what can be a quite intimidating environment,such as a museum. We conceived an expansive, coloured foa…

Piet O. A little late in the wave…WTH.

Kralingen / Tuin Witteveen / 3ha.

Goed Kolos: Ordner bro’s Landesarchiv NRW Duisburg. Infamous ‘Speichergebäude’ am Autobahn. + Ordner’s rules.

Ten reminders for better architecture: 1.Invent nothing 2.Mix everything 3.Consult artists 4.Refine simply 5.Take it further 6.Remain enigmatic 7.Embrace the old 8.Separate the shell from the content 9.Be bold 10.Get to the point. Go!

Polish Brothers: Romantic stuff without the ironic distance from passion. Und zo weiter.

Jantar Mantar / Maharadja Jai Singh II / 1724_1735

Photographer: Giovanna Silva

Iris Apfel: ‘most people are boring’ [sic]. Ha! Check out her preferred choice in footwear. Nifty encore for Mrs. Apfel.