http://www.fivefootway.com FIVEFOOTWAY.COM is an online platform for exploring Asian Architecture. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:17:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The people over at GOOD Magazine invite you to cast your vote on their “Design the Gas Station of the Future” project. The submissions are in, and now it’s up to the public vote who will be the lucky winner. Cast your vote here through Tuesday, March 23. The winners will ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/22/cast-your-vote-at-good%e2%80%99s-gas-stations-of-the-future-contest/ BANGKOK - What if there was no more paper in this world? Well, architects don't mind because they can still continue to work on their design projects - even without paper - as seen in the "Architecture Without Paper 2010" at the ASA Centre, Siam Discovery until March 26. The ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/no-paper-no-problem/ Can skyscrapers -- which consume 30% more energy on average than other buildings -- be green? Yes, insists Malaysian architect Kenneth Yeang, a winner of the prestigious Aga Khan Award in Architecture for his pioneering work in sustainable building. But first, he says, architects, designers and governments must realize that there ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/can-skyscrapers-be-green/ Cambodian architecture students take on housing for evictees to encourage them to think about designing "not just for the rich but for the poor in their society." The students went head-to-head this month in a competition that called on them to create housing designs for a site in Dangkor district ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/contest-challenges-students-to-design-new-houses-for-evictees/ Typography has long been called the designer’s common currency, but there is nothing at all common about visual language, particularly when it requires cultural, visual and linguistic nuances in order to succeed across international borders. German typographer Dirk Wachowiak recently caught up with the Czech-born Peter Bilak and Indian designer ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/hindi-sans-serif/ Australia circa 2050, population 35 million, climate change induced rising sea levels have flooded the Gold Coast resort region, apartment blocks are now used to grow food and people commute in monorail pods above the sea. An Australian government report says its cities better begin dealing with rising sea levels and ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/australian-cities-must-transform-for-population-growth/ Edward Lifson sings high, high praise of Fumihiko Maki's new MIT Media Lab via Hello Beautiful! Related posts:Ando on Tokyo’s 2016 Olympic bid Along with Chicago, the cities of Rio de Janeiro,...maki & ban release books Robert Taylor review’s Fumihiko Maki’s Nurturing Dreams: Collected Essays on...Correa, Maki Tapped to Design Aga ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/maki-makes-magnificient-mit-media-lab/ The Design Observer presents a portfolio of photographs by Alan Thomas, of images of Japanese cities. These photographs, says Thomas, "take the measure of Japan's spaces where they are most easily overlooked: the vernacular architecture of its backstreets, the layered density of neighborhoods, the ephemeral effects of constant building and rebuilding." via Design ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/open-secrets-photographs-of-japan/ Robert Taylor review's Fumihiko Maki's Nurturing Dreams: Collected Essays on Architecture and the City [MIT Press, 2008] and Shigeru Ban's 1985–2007 [self-published] for The Design Observer. Maki'sNurturing Dreams is an essay collection by a stellar member of the postwar generation that played a central role not only in rebuilding Japan but also in ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/maki-ban-release-books/ Singapore’s green building movement is at another significant milestone as the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) is unveiled as an Established Member of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) network at its Annual General Meeting today (19 March 2010). Representing Singapore at the WorldGBC, the Singapore Green Building Council is ... http://www.fivefootway.com/2010/03/20/the-singapore-green-building-council-attains-world-green-building-council-established-member-status-and-wins-world-gbc-international-congress-hosting-rights/