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mikasavela: When Manhattan was flat, and the Brooklyn Bridge...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:59:33 -0400

When Manhattan was flat, and the Brooklyn Bridge towered above the city. Engravings from Peculiarities of American Cities (1883) by Captain Willard Glazier.

betonbabe: ANTTI NURMESNIEMI ROUTED LAMINATED WOOD PANEL, ca....

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:33:49 -0400

betonbabe:

ANTTI NURMESNIEMI

ROUTED LAMINATED WOOD PANEL, ca. 2000

megaestructuras: Paolo Soleri | Hexahedron Arcology | 1966

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:30:31 -0400

megaestructuras:

Paolo Soleri | Hexahedron Arcology | 1966

fuckyeahbrutalism: Motherhouse for Franciscan Nuns, Baldwegg,...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:51:21 -0400

fuckyeahbrutalism:

Motherhouse for Franciscan Nuns, Baldwegg, Switzerland, 1973

(Marcel Breuer and Associates)

ryanpanos: Precise Images of Buildings That 3D Scanning Enables...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:57:08 -0400

ryanpanos:

Precise Images of Buildings That 3D Scanning Enables by Scott Page Design

3D scanning—though it’s been around since the 1960s—has been in the news of late, with Harvard using the technology to recreate ancient statues and MakerBot announcing a desktop scanner last month. But cheaper, faster, and more accessible 3D scanners aren’t just revolutionizing how we print terrifying models of our own faces. They’re also changing how we understand the city.

A fascinating story about urban-scale 3D scanning published on the Atlantic Cities this week explores how a Bay Area architect named Scott Page is using a 3D scanner to generate super-accurate models of historic and dilapidated buildings.

Page’s system takes a series of photographs and patches them together based on how light bounces off each surface. Rather than taking weeks to survey an old building, architects can now generate precise dimensions in just a few hours. Because the scanner uses color photographs, the models are also incredibly beautiful, expressive documents—Page compares them to the first photographs ever made. “There is a magical quality to point cloud imagery, similar to the earliest photos that froze time onto small metallic plates,” he writes on his website.

marre: Detail of Wigert Summerhouse in Brekkestø, Norway by...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:35:10 -0400

marre:

Detail of Wigert Summerhouse in Brekkestø, Norway by Wenche Selmer (taken from the book Norwegian Wood - the Thoughful architecture of Wenche Selmer / photography by Frode Larsen)

lifeonsundays: Artist Amanda Keeley commissioned LQQKstudio to...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:06:13 -0400

lifeonsundays:

Artist Amanda Keeley commissioned LQQKstudio to print a replication of the infamous NYU library floor on tyvek sheets. Beautifully displayed at Fitzroy Gallery as part of the group show For January, Just Ask Alice

enochliew: Photographed by Michiel van Raaij The timber poles...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:59:38 -0400

enochliew:

Photographed by Michiel van Raaij

The timber poles are gradually covered with a paint imitating steel, creating a seamless gradient from timber at one end to the steel blades at the other end.

unavidamoderna: ‘Fuente de Los Amantes’, Los Clubes, Atizapán...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:47:49 -0400

unavidamoderna:

‘Fuente de Los Amantes’, Los Clubes, Atizapán de Zaragoza, México 1964

Arq. Luis Barragán

Foto: Armando Salas Portugal

‘Fountain of Lovers” Los Clubes, State of Mexico, Mexico 1964

Arch. Luis Barragan

archidose: suzsus: Landscape model study ©Suzan Ibrahim

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:31:42 -0400

archidose:

suzsus:

Landscape model study

©Suzan Ibrahim

remash: soil quasi bricks | detail ~ olafur eliasson

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:23:57 -0400

remash:

soil quasi bricks | detail ~ olafur eliasson

ryanpanos: From the archive of Lebbeus Woods via FFFFOUND!

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:02:38 -0400

ryanpanos:

From the archive of Lebbeus Woods via FFFFOUND!

arcroll: | sverre |

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:25:07 -0500

arcroll:

| sverre |

subtilitas: Hermann Czech - Project for a retractable roof over...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:21:35 -0500

subtilitas:

Hermann Czech - Project for a retractable roof over a street, Vienna 1965.

Simulation of step patterns on natural diamond...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:55:28 -0500

Simulation of step patterns on natural diamond surfaces.

via

INSANE!

keptephemera: drawings made by Drawing Machine 2, developed by...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:18:23 -0500

keptephemera:

drawings made by Drawing Machine 2, developed by digital art pioneer Desmond Paul Henry.

deterritorialization: Spider Net The Wood, R&Sie(n)...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:18:08 -0500

deterritorialization:

Spider Net The Wood, R&Sie(n) architects

subtilitas: Sean Godsell - Woodleigh School Science Building,...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:17:40 -0500

subtilitas:

Sean Godsell - Woodleigh School Science Building, Vicoria 2002, also aging nicely. Via El Croquis.

urbain: Louis I. Kahn and Anne Tyng. Hypothesis of vertical...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:43:08 -0500

urbain:

Louis I. Kahn and Anne Tyng. Hypothesis of vertical growth of the geometric system used for the Yale Art Gallery, now applied to the City Tower project. The drawings show the three stages of the design process of the tower (1952-57) (via TOWARD A CRITIQUE OF “THE ORGANIC” IN ARCHITECTURAL THINKING | Pidgin Magazine)

onsomething: onsomething Peter Zumthor | Shelters for...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:55:19 -0500

onsomething:

onsomething

Peter Zumthor | Shelters for Archaeological Site, 2003 Chur

Photo by Shinkenchiku-sha