some of the reasons I like som over the other corporte offices:
ARB Bank Headquarters Building

schloss velden

irish glass bottle site

congratulations mr. gehry. this isn't half bad.





*article*

New(er) Crush

That's right. It's been a while. Lykke Li... You'll have to move aside now. Jessica Lea Mayfield may not be quite as cute, but her music is soulful and fits the bywater perfectly without being mocking (damn you Fleet Foxes).
http://www.myspace.com/jlmayfield
Kinda similar to a more country version of Rilo Kiley with Lucero-esque guitar work.

vroom

chastisement

I am officially sick of the hipster mullet.

There I said it.

Hipster mullets are the freaking nastiest shit I've ever seen. Just look at this:








Seriously? Its like a hank of laziness/ inability to see the back of your own head while giving yourself that gay "George Harrison in the early days" haircut in your parents bathroom using the same scissors you just used to trim your pubic hair into a perfect likeness of Brian Eno. Its not hip. Its not cool. Its not Euro or whatever the hell you think. Its nasty and should die. Quit trying to be ironic.

one of the best mashups i've heard in a while
daft punk+yeahyeahyeahs

this is a sweet project.


kinda like:



Dan Havel and Dean Ruck

fuck solar d

Of Montreal + MGMT

Havn't listened to this yet. In class... Just putting it here so i will listen later

OfMontreal/ MGMT- Smells like Teen Spirit

more of this thingy

I'm digging this project pretty hard





Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos- Cordoba Centre for Contemporary Art

Vote soon. You should have already registered. If not: You're a dumb piece of crap and I hate you.

Here's who i'm voting for:


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http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3124669&c=1&encCode=0000000001841ac5

This article depresses me on many levels.
One: because I agree with it completely. Too many architects are develping "eco-bling" to stick to their buildings instead of doing something basic and significant. Its more what looks "cool" or "sexy" first with pv attached to it to make it "green" than what it actually efficient.
Two: Because I feel that dubai is rather ineffiecient. i mean seriously... who builds these "american" towers in the desert...
Three: Because I hate the fact people still havn't taken notice of the fact that Mayne's buildings are very very efficient (Leed platinum for Caltran?). Zaha should bow her head in shame. Mayne backs his stuff up and is still modest about his "starchitect" status. He deserves what he has and is very unpretentious about it.
Four: SOM wasn't selected for the mile high tower? seriously? who the heck has better experience, resources, and outside connections to do that.... They were already working on it and had it worked out.... come on..... Could be so much prettier than that ugly developer render.

Overally. Fuck Dubai. Those guys don't know shit

Also, on another note. if anyone has that Discovery Channel thing "Impossible City" recorded, let me know. Bob has a rendering in that video from his work at Reiser+Umemoto

split house

a project proposal i'm working on right now... i had another rendering, but its messing up and so i'll post it later. it actually makes this thing look cool....

its a small solar house that would be built for the solar decathlon on the national mall in october 2009. it'll probably change alot and look nothing like this though