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JetBlue Story Booth
(28 April 2006) - In order to tell the story of US domestic airline carrier JetBlue in a forthcoming web and tv campaign, JWT (their ad firm) decided to look to JetBlue passengers for content. New York based Mesh Architecture was tapped to create the physical Story Booth and Local Projects created the interactive experience inside the booth. The way it works is simple—walk in, tell your story...
(28 April 2006) - In order to tell the story of US domestic airline carrier JetBlue in a forthcoming web and tv campaign, JWT (their ad firm) decided to look to JetBlue passengers for content. New York based Mesh Architecture was tapped to create the physical Story Booth and Local Projects created the interactive experience inside the booth. The way it works is simple—walk in, tell your story...
LO-TEK's Airplane Fuselage Library
(21 April 2006) - LO-TEK, the New York architecture firm that pioneered the shipping container revolution, recently proposed a new library in Mexico made of stacked discarded Boeing 727 and 737 fuselages. Usually, fuselages aren't recycled and are left to rust in deserts throughout the U.S. due to high demolition costs, which makes them cheaply available to builders. LO-TEK's design uses each tube to organize book collections, meeting...
(21 April 2006) - LO-TEK, the New York architecture firm that pioneered the shipping container revolution, recently proposed a new library in Mexico made of stacked discarded Boeing 727 and 737 fuselages. Usually, fuselages aren't recycled and are left to rust in deserts throughout the U.S. due to high demolition costs, which makes them cheaply available to builders. LO-TEK's design uses each tube to organize book collections, meeting...
Free Spirit Spheres
(10 April 2006) - I've had a thing for treehouses ever since seeing the Ewoks in Return Of The Jedi, which led to my dad building a great one for my brother and me. We loved playing in it, but if we'd been given one made by Canadian Tom Chudleigh, I can guarantee I would still be living in it now. His beautiful tree spheres evolved when an...
(10 April 2006) - I've had a thing for treehouses ever since seeing the Ewoks in Return Of The Jedi, which led to my dad building a great one for my brother and me. We loved playing in it, but if we'd been given one made by Canadian Tom Chudleigh, I can guarantee I would still be living in it now. His beautiful tree spheres evolved when an...
Metropolis Magazine's 25th Anniversary
(28 March 2006) - Hitting newsstands today is the 25th anniversary issue of Metropolis Magazine. With the original mission of bringing architecture and design to a savvy New York audience, this independent has only changed course to expand its breadth and become a national publication. Their ability to stay on point for so long is founded in their publisher's dedication, "he's our first reader and biggest fan" says...
(28 March 2006) - Hitting newsstands today is the 25th anniversary issue of Metropolis Magazine. With the original mission of bringing architecture and design to a savvy New York audience, this independent has only changed course to expand its breadth and become a national publication. Their ability to stay on point for so long is founded in their publisher's dedication, "he's our first reader and biggest fan" says...
Tropolism: Hidden City Contest Ends
(10 March 2006) - Submissions for the Your Hidden City project end today at 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Click here to see all the entries. The contest was expected to be a little stream: it turned into a deluge. With close to 1,000 entries, we have our work cut out for us....
(10 March 2006) - Submissions for the Your Hidden City project end today at 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Click here to see all the entries. The contest was expected to be a little stream: it turned into a deluge. With close to 1,000 entries, we have our work cut out for us....
Toby Neilan
(07 March 2006) - Toby Neilan is an illustrator and screen printer with a clean, familiar style applied to modern buildings and fashion models. His process typically starts with his own photography before bringing in hand drawing and digital manipulation. His fashion work is in collaboration with make-up artist Sharon Dowsett, which gets him backstage at London, New York, Milan and Paris fashion weeks. More exciting to me,...
(07 March 2006) - Toby Neilan is an illustrator and screen printer with a clean, familiar style applied to modern buildings and fashion models. His process typically starts with his own photography before bringing in hand drawing and digital manipulation. His fashion work is in collaboration with make-up artist Sharon Dowsett, which gets him backstage at London, New York, Milan and Paris fashion weeks. More exciting to me,...
Tropolism: Your Hidden City Grows
(03 March 2006) - The biggest recent news on Tropolism: Your Hidden City, the first open-source architectural contest, has produced about 560 entries! Over 160 entrants have submitted, rumors of a gallery show are circulating, and you still have until 5pm on 10 March 2006 to jump in by going to Tropolism's Flickr pool. For full details, check Tropolism....
(03 March 2006) - The biggest recent news on Tropolism: Your Hidden City, the first open-source architectural contest, has produced about 560 entries! Over 160 entrants have submitted, rumors of a gallery show are circulating, and you still have until 5pm on 10 March 2006 to jump in by going to Tropolism's Flickr pool. For full details, check Tropolism....
Snow Show
(28 February 2006) - The athletes are leaving Torino now that the Winter Olympics have come to a close, but left behind among the empty stadiums and the debris from the million visitors is a series of conceptual art exhibits fashioned on a staggering scale. The simply-titled Snow Show began in 2003; it is no ordinary art exhibit, however. A collaboration between visionary artists and architects, ice and...
(28 February 2006) - The athletes are leaving Torino now that the Winter Olympics have come to a close, but left behind among the empty stadiums and the debris from the million visitors is a series of conceptual art exhibits fashioned on a staggering scale. The simply-titled Snow Show began in 2003; it is no ordinary art exhibit, however. A collaboration between visionary artists and architects, ice and...
This Week in Tropolism
(24 February 2006) - Tropolism explores the outer fringes this week. First, it reviews the designs for the first two commercial spaceports for humankind and finds them, well, awful. Next it reviewed a winning (finally) competition entry by Zaha Hadid for a library in the remote city of Sevilla and finds it, well, underdone. The remote inner city regions of Detroit are being rediscovered by an activist group...
(24 February 2006) - Tropolism explores the outer fringes this week. First, it reviews the designs for the first two commercial spaceports for humankind and finds them, well, awful. Next it reviewed a winning (finally) competition entry by Zaha Hadid for a library in the remote city of Sevilla and finds it, well, underdone. The remote inner city regions of Detroit are being rediscovered by an activist group...
This Week in Tropolism
(17 February 2006) - Tropolism's Your Hidden City contest is off with a bang, with over 250 entries so far. The Tropolism Flickr pool is bubbling with wonderful pictures and captions. We invite you to enter into the first open-source architectural competition! This week is all about density. OMA's new hyper-dense skyscraper in Kentucky, the breaking news on Madison Square Garden's possible relocation to the Farley Building across...
(17 February 2006) - Tropolism's Your Hidden City contest is off with a bang, with over 250 entries so far. The Tropolism Flickr pool is bubbling with wonderful pictures and captions. We invite you to enter into the first open-source architectural competition! This week is all about density. OMA's new hyper-dense skyscraper in Kentucky, the breaking news on Madison Square Garden's possible relocation to the Farley Building across...
Tropolism Hidden City Contest
(10 February 2006) - After a week of very subtle buildup, Tropolism is pleased to announce the first open-sourced architectural contest, Your Hidden City. The contest is simple: post your photos (with a caption) to our public Flickr pool (or email them to us for posting), and our jury will select their favorites in five categories. The winners will be posted to Tropolism. The theme of the contest...
(10 February 2006) - After a week of very subtle buildup, Tropolism is pleased to announce the first open-sourced architectural contest, Your Hidden City. The contest is simple: post your photos (with a caption) to our public Flickr pool (or email them to us for posting), and our jury will select their favorites in five categories. The winners will be posted to Tropolism. The theme of the contest...
This Week in Tropolism
(03 February 2006) - We started with another Shiny-Gold building, Then two artist-itect posts A progress update on the High Line And ended with some wicked Fashion-tecture.Stay tuned next Friday for a Special Announcement!...
(03 February 2006) - We started with another Shiny-Gold building, Then two artist-itect posts A progress update on the High Line And ended with some wicked Fashion-tecture.Stay tuned next Friday for a Special Announcement!...
Melt Modern
(02 February 2006) - Matt Proctor and Aixé Djelal are Portland based cast aluminum artisans who create a range of one-of-a-kind decoratives and architectural elements. Aixé describes their work as "molten lava frozen in space," and that's pretty accurate. Their work exhibits an unusual blend of organic shapes, voluptuous lines and surface texture, and is made entirely of recycled aluminum. Melt Modern products and information about custom work...
(02 February 2006) - Matt Proctor and Aixé Djelal are Portland based cast aluminum artisans who create a range of one-of-a-kind decoratives and architectural elements. Aixé describes their work as "molten lava frozen in space," and that's pretty accurate. Their work exhibits an unusual blend of organic shapes, voluptuous lines and surface texture, and is made entirely of recycled aluminum. Melt Modern products and information about custom work...
Design Hotels Yearbook 2006
(01 February 2006) - For trip-planning or idle fantasizing, Design Hotels Yearbook, the paper counterpart to its online booking service, makes a great traveler's companion. Filled with lush, full-page photos that provide rare glimpses into the interiors of 136 stylish hotels around the globe, each edition includes basic info and features editorial detailing architectural and design elements. With new hotels added every year, it's a great way to...
(01 February 2006) - For trip-planning or idle fantasizing, Design Hotels Yearbook, the paper counterpart to its online booking service, makes a great traveler's companion. Filled with lush, full-page photos that provide rare glimpses into the interiors of 136 stylish hotels around the globe, each edition includes basic info and features editorial detailing architectural and design elements. With new hotels added every year, it's a great way to...
This Week in Tropolism
(27 January 2006) - This week was the week of Masters. Architecture Masters that defy death (we're so totally not kidding). Masters of the Park. Masters of photography, tilt-shift lens department. And, of course, Masters of Architectural structure. ...
(27 January 2006) - This week was the week of Masters. Architecture Masters that defy death (we're so totally not kidding). Masters of the Park. Masters of photography, tilt-shift lens department. And, of course, Masters of Architectural structure. ...
This Week in Tropolism
(20 January 2006) - This week Tropolism, we set our Technology Vision to stun, first by looking at SketchUp's new Google Earth Plugin, looking at the thesis projects at Sci-Arc, and looking at a cute little drawing program we just like. We looked as some fashion/architecture remixes at two parallel shows in New York, and gave you more wood-clad building love, this time from San Francisco....
(20 January 2006) - This week Tropolism, we set our Technology Vision to stun, first by looking at SketchUp's new Google Earth Plugin, looking at the thesis projects at Sci-Arc, and looking at a cute little drawing program we just like. We looked as some fashion/architecture remixes at two parallel shows in New York, and gave you more wood-clad building love, this time from San Francisco....
The Green Bakery
(16 January 2006) - This new green bakery, said to be the first of its kind, just re-opened (following a brief preview in November it was closed for additional construction) in New York's East Village. All of the materials used in its construction are green, and the site gives details on all of the products. It's a thought about what a neighborhood bakery could be; a complete expression...
(16 January 2006) - This new green bakery, said to be the first of its kind, just re-opened (following a brief preview in November it was closed for additional construction) in New York's East Village. All of the materials used in its construction are green, and the site gives details on all of the products. It's a thought about what a neighborhood bakery could be; a complete expression...
This Week in Tropolism
(13 January 2006) - Tropolism continues to follow the story of the rebuilding master plan debate in New Orleans, along with some crazy article on 2 Columbus Circle published by the New York Times. The preservation debate is in full swing! The new National Swimming Center in China caught our eye, as well as an artist-itect collective in Dessau. But what really caught our eye shows up today:...
(13 January 2006) - Tropolism continues to follow the story of the rebuilding master plan debate in New Orleans, along with some crazy article on 2 Columbus Circle published by the New York Times. The preservation debate is in full swing! The new National Swimming Center in China caught our eye, as well as an artist-itect collective in Dessau. But what really caught our eye shows up today:...
This Week in Tropolism
(06 January 2006) - This week, Tropolism points the way to two news items about rebuilding New Orleans, reviews the new blog Do You Want Some Coffee? now that it's hit critical mass (three months), and sends along an interview of Artist-itect Jon Kher Kaw....
(06 January 2006) - This week, Tropolism points the way to two news items about rebuilding New Orleans, reviews the new blog Do You Want Some Coffee? now that it's hit critical mass (three months), and sends along an interview of Artist-itect Jon Kher Kaw....
James Tichenor
(21 December 2005) - James Tichenor is a digital Renaissance man. As a trained architect he practiced in New York before deciding to go back to school to explore new technologies for materials and prototyping. That exploration came from an artistic and oftentimes psychedelic angle. His portfolio includes many interesting projects, but one of my favorites is the 640x480 Cocktail Umbrellas. Basically, it's an array of cocktail umbrellas...
(21 December 2005) - James Tichenor is a digital Renaissance man. As a trained architect he practiced in New York before deciding to go back to school to explore new technologies for materials and prototyping. That exploration came from an artistic and oftentimes psychedelic angle. His portfolio includes many interesting projects, but one of my favorites is the 640x480 Cocktail Umbrellas. Basically, it's an array of cocktail umbrellas...
MVRDV's The Hungry Box + Dark Room
(20 December 2005) - MVRDV's characteristically boxy work, opens tomorrow, 21 December, at Fad in Barcelona. Titled "The Hungry Box: Excursions on Capacities," the show runs through 16 January. Timed to coincide with the release of MVRDV's new book, KM3: Excursions and Capacities, Actar (the Barcelona-based publisher), also hosts "Dark Room," ongoing screenings of MVRDV films, also opening tomorrow at Actar's Ras gallery through 21 January. Pre-order the book...
(20 December 2005) - MVRDV's characteristically boxy work, opens tomorrow, 21 December, at Fad in Barcelona. Titled "The Hungry Box: Excursions on Capacities," the show runs through 16 January. Timed to coincide with the release of MVRDV's new book, KM3: Excursions and Capacities, Actar (the Barcelona-based publisher), also hosts "Dark Room," ongoing screenings of MVRDV films, also opening tomorrow at Actar's Ras gallery through 21 January. Pre-order the book...
This Week in Tropolism
(16 December 2005) - 1. We had some words about an exhibition at MoMA, and why the New York Times will call France but not Spain for interviews. 2. We played with blocks, or, as they are known these days, psycho-social building experiences. 3. We listen in on an interview with SANAA, the architects who designed the new New Museum. ...
(16 December 2005) - 1. We had some words about an exhibition at MoMA, and why the New York Times will call France but not Spain for interviews. 2. We played with blocks, or, as they are known these days, psycho-social building experiences. 3. We listen in on an interview with SANAA, the architects who designed the new New Museum. ...
This Week in Tropolism
(09 December 2005) - Tropolism this week: Projections, Paper, and Wood! We reviewed the new, projection-heavy show by The Builder's Association, in collaboration with the renderers dbox, called Super Vision. We uncovered some paper architecture. And some wood in Chelsea. Oh, and we were nominated for another award!...
(09 December 2005) - Tropolism this week: Projections, Paper, and Wood! We reviewed the new, projection-heavy show by The Builder's Association, in collaboration with the renderers dbox, called Super Vision. We uncovered some paper architecture. And some wood in Chelsea. Oh, and we were nominated for another award!...
20.21 at the Walker Art Museum
(29 November 2005) - Heading to Minneapolis? Check out 20.21, the recently opened Wolfgang Puck restaurant in the Walker Art Museum. Similar to the successful pairing of Danny Meyer and the MoMa (where The Modern shines as brightly as the building and the art), Puck has collaborated on the food for the Museum’s restaurant and café. Chef Scott Irestone’s (Photo credit: Tom Wallace, Star Tribune, 2005) menu is...
(29 November 2005) - Heading to Minneapolis? Check out 20.21, the recently opened Wolfgang Puck restaurant in the Walker Art Museum. Similar to the successful pairing of Danny Meyer and the MoMa (where The Modern shines as brightly as the building and the art), Puck has collaborated on the food for the Museum’s restaurant and café. Chef Scott Irestone’s (Photo credit: Tom Wallace, Star Tribune, 2005) menu is...
This Week in Tropolism
(18 November 2005) - In Tropolism this week, it was all about Favorites: - Our second favorite concert hall gets the knife - Janette Kim's lecture and show is announced - Our favorite cat-scratch post, The Sculpture for Living, still has no drapes! - Pretty pictures everywhere! - And, a book review of our favorite architect...
(18 November 2005) - In Tropolism this week, it was all about Favorites: - Our second favorite concert hall gets the knife - Janette Kim's lecture and show is announced - Our favorite cat-scratch post, The Sculpture for Living, still has no drapes! - Pretty pictures everywhere! - And, a book review of our favorite architect...
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