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Monthly Archives: February 2008
China: To build or not to build? – Libeskind
Speaking in Belfast last week, Daniel Libeskind denounced ‘totalitarian regimes’, calling for architects to take ‘a more ethical stance’.
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Thinking about Cool
From theCoolhunter.net : “Our first book, the World’s Coolest Hotel Rooms,
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Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute
Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute Founded in Honor of World-Renowned Architect An American university is honoring the late globally acclaimed architect Dr. Kisho Kurokawa with the founding of an environmental institute in his name. Anaheim University, based in California, has established … Continue reading
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Broadway…Bigness for the Masses!
Metabolism started in Tokyo in the sixties, coinciding roughly with the activities of other experimental and theoretical urban cell-groups, like Archigram and its “plug-in city” projects. The Metabolists rejected orderly town-square layouts, claiming that they were poorly adapted to the … Continue reading
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Really Ar?
Walking up the steps of Night&Day bar at Selegie, no one had much idea what to expect of the first Really Ar? sharing session organised by Really Architecture. Really Architecture is a group of visionary architecture enthusiasts based in Singapore … Continue reading
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Happy Chinese New Year
All of us at the FiveFootWay and 5ft Creatives would like to wish all our Chinese readers a Prosperous Chinese New Year! æ?Âå–œå?‘è´¢ï¼?
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[m]apping Critical Architecture Theory:Autonomy in Space & Time
An exploration of a comprehensive mapping of architectural ideologies between 1968-1984. Continue reading
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A Letter about Architectural Criticism
Many would have read Non’s Article “Culture of Criticism” and here is an article long overdue which would add on to the context of what Non is talking about. A couple of months ago, I received an email from Non … Continue reading
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Pilot Episode : Farmwork
FARMWORK is a young, energetic, multidisciplinary practice created by the people behind FARM, a Singapore based society for local creatives. Continue reading
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Construction begins on Metropolitan Opera House in Taichung
Taiwan Construction of the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House – a building Taichung Mayor Jason Hu has described as “a feat of engineering” – began Monday in downtown Taichung City. Addressing a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction, Hu … Continue reading
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