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[January]_Building Of the Month :: THE CODE TOWER
what? _The Code Tower
why? _Creating an informal relationship within user/visitor and public/private spaces
who? _DXB LAB
“A fresh and honest building with solutions that move boundaries”
The code tower was a project, officially completed in January 2010 so it seemed only fitting to feature it as this month’s “B.O.M.” It has already won the Middle East Architect Award for...
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Citizen:Architect//BintWTD_Tracy
“The citizens, instead of being the consumers of architecture, can be its constructors.”
- Vicente Guallart
How do we re-program, or even de-program our urban environment to best serve the needs of us all?
Why do residents of one area choose to travel outside of their specific environment for shopping, or interaction, or education, or any service? In some cases, even when these...
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December 2011
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[December]_Building Of the Month :: SECONDARY...
what? _Secondary School Gando
why? _Instilling educational institution in poor countries
who? _Kéré Architecture
“An architect is the drawer of dreams”-Grcae McGarvie
Francis Kéré illustrates the dream of one of the most unprivileged communities in the world, Gando. The dream is the fight for a better and brighter future. Francis helps mold this vision into a reality by designing a school...
Define: ra-di-cal//BintWTD_Tracy
The word radical evokes many images in my mind, most of them negative. I think it is a question of usage. For most of my life it has been used to designate a person or an idea that is completely outside the accepted range of thought. Unfortunately that range is so narrow that even innocuous ideas become radical in their application.
As a design philosophy radical then becomes not some profound...
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the.noun.project →
The archive of icons started by Edward was inspired by a question he asked himself
“What if I had a sketch for every single object in the world?”
(Later these sketches were referred to as nouns.)
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MNML →
MNML Design studio founded by Scott Wilson.
From innovative new start ups to the most recognized companies in the world, MINIMAL creates iconic, disruptive, brand-building products and experiences that connect emotionally with users.
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Just An Architect//BinWTD_Khaled
Let me start by saying an architect does not “just draw,” an architect does not “just-do-buildings.” Yes, an architect can draw and an architect is involved with buildings, but the abilities that an architect possesses encompasses so much more than “just” that, also let’s not dwell on the definition of a building.
To a certain extent it is in fact all...
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Watchgood luck to everyone with a crit coming up! watch this and have a good laugh.
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