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Archive for March, 2009
The Rainbow Connection
Friday, March 6, 2009
With the building industry going belly-up these days, more architects (the under-employed and un-employed) are turning to competitions for a little validation. The lure of $150,000 also helps. And a flashy website lends a little credibility to the proposal…
But The Bering Competition, a grandiose call to:
“eliminate all of the barriers like spatial disconnection of national borders and chronological disconnection of today and tomorrow, and thus, stepping forward to peace and prosperity for all earth and mankind”
-is just plain silly. I love that the islands of the Straight take their names from Greek mythology, for surely only architects of the most tragic hubris are going to enter this…
Dan Stewart has this one in the bag!
Mystery Fire Solved!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
In case you missed it, Fumio has solved the cause of the massive CCTV fire that gutted the Mandarin Oriental… I still think it was the kerosene-impregnated gypsum board…
Li-bary vs. Li-brary
Sunday, March 1, 2009
After a 2-month blogging hiatus, FBD is back. I just got a little distracted with the election and the collapse of the global economy… This entry has been a long time coming; I worked a bit on the Czech National Library competition (and by “work”, I mean screaming at NRI’s shipping department who failed to correctly fill out the customs paperwork for my then-office’s entry to the competition). There were a number of stunning proposals, and yet… Future Systems? Really?
AND the winner is...
I just don’t get it… Especially after seeing Carmody Groake’s 2nd place entry. True: digital complexity, genetic algorithms, and biomorphic forms are exciting inclusions into the field of architecture. Also true: elegant, straightforward forms that clearly relate to the scale of both city and its population are not to be tragically dismissed.
Czech National Library: Carmody Groarke