Those Japanese people really got it going on. Barcodes of the future, coming your way. (This might be ancient information, I`m generally not up to date on the topic "breaking news", so this might actually be barcodes of the past).
"Kawaii?" "Hai"
Those Japanese people really got it going on. Barcodes of the future, coming your way. (This might be ancient information, I`m generally not up to date on the topic "breaking news", so this might actually be barcodes of the past).
Colorido
This dude knows his colors, the one and only Mr. 2nd Winner of the Pritzker Price: Luis Barragán.
Plan : SubUrban
I have a plan. It`s extremely quiet and incredible far. It doesn`t include architecture of buildings, but it does include architecture of letters. I don`t know if Tokyo is involved, it`s not unthinkable but rather unlikely. The deadline is the day after tomorrow, so this is high class procrastination. These letters should have been used in a totally different setting, a serious setting with well established arguments and fashionable sentences delivered in a composed manner, created to convince one or more persons that I should be the one to receive the grant to write a book. Wish me luck.Post Script: If you manage to locate Sendagaya station, you`re in my neighbourhood.
17th of May
The day of ice cream, hotdogs, shoes of pain, champagne for breakfast, obscene amounts of Norwegian flags, marching bands and national costumes. An enormous birthday party, where absolutely everyone is invited ( - terrorists and hardcore criminals).The dimensions of the flag is: 6 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 12 horizontal and 6 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 6 vertical.
Holy Shape
Religion or not religion. Either way, Triangles do look holy nice. Once back in my wild youth, I almost got a tattoo like this. (Almost = waterproof pen on skin)Rules Of Attraction
While googling sustainable housing I came across a series of photos where the world famous Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull performed as scene/model. To be honest I don`t see the obvious connection to housing, but who cares, I call it luck. These pictures are amazing! Had no idea ash could be so beautiful. You go girl, work that ash!More beauty shots: Boston.com
Voila!
I did not build this. But if I could choose one architectural-super-power, I would like to be a human lazer cutter and be able to mount models in the same league as this beauty of precise-ness. You will find more pictures, text and drawings on page 108 - 111 in the very recommendable book: Models; 306090 Books, Volume 11. Go Amazon.co.uk shopping round.
Cut : Take Two
One good old golden hit. Gordon Matta-Clark. I don`t know if it is Matta-Clark in the picture, but lets say so. Gordon got one piece of fine looking camera. Guess it is made from some sort of metal, lets say aluminium. Nothing (well, at least not much) beats a square aluminium video camera. Way to go, GMC.I actually didn`t post this photo to talk about the tiny camera in the hands of an unidentified person. But, what do you know. Please notice the serious cut made through the facade of this rather small house. Maybe not so small.
Enna
Let me introduce; Enna. A small city on top of a small mountain located pretty much bulls eye on the rather small island of Sicily, Italy. Charming place I`m sure, as long as you don`t expect summer temperatures in April. You have to trust me on this one, but the view is actually amazing. I found this picture in my "pictures of pictures pictures" file, among memories and other foggy stuff. Enna + Sicily in general was visited studytrippin` in April 2005, we spent most of the time on a bus, wearing every piece of clothing brought from home. Or we made sketches of ruins, wearing every piece of clothing brought from home, or we ate the best italian food ever, wearing every piece of clothing brought from home. Or we drank grappa. Good old cold (except during grappa) times.
It`s Criminal
I wish I was a cooler kid at the age of 5 in the year of 1988, when this little tune came out on the open market. I guess those dance moves would have been easier to adapt at young age. Not that I haven`t tried as an older member of society, but where Mr. Jackson looks funkyfresh in a freaky way, my skills on the dancefloor only leads to freaky. Take a pick: SmoothCriminal , BlackOrWhite , P.Y.T. , BillieJean , BeatIt , Thriller , Bad ....saw "This Is It" the other day, that might explain it.
Tokyo oykoT
Tokyo: 05:00 in the morning on the day of my departure. On my way back to Sakura House Sendagaya, after "one" beer in Golden Gai together with Ms. A. A(n) hour later I was on the train to Narita AirportO, with all my stuff and a mild hangover, my personal tradition when travelling. This crossing is located in Shinjuku, close to the huge station, usually a crowded area. Both with cars and people.
Scoop
It`s spring, it`s loppemarked (flee market) season. Yesterday in the book department of Grefsen Skoles Musikkorps´ Loppemarked I found a small piece of Atlas heaven, a pocket version of The Book (Atlas). Now I may go wherever I want with the entire world in my bag/pocket. Imagine that. From the top: Switzerland + Austria, Java/Indonesia, parts of South America and parts of South Africa. Hello.One Double 0
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My latest fascination is barns. During a long and monotonous train ride to Trondheim, barns along the tracks became my focus. Many of them close to self-performed-demolition, but still well proportioned with long slim building structures and openings/windows where they`re needed. I like to think that not many considerations regarding aesthetics were made when the decisions had to be done. This is five models in 1:100 I`ve made from my own imagination with no site or developer present. Just for fun, so to speak. My Own Personal Surprise
Never thought I would say this, but: I kind of want to go to...Lanzarote. I can mos def picture myself in this scenery, in the back somewhere handing out peace signs for everyone/anyone. Lanzarote is part of the cultural Mekka of Gran Canaria. The island consists mostly of volcanoes, which have done a great job covering huge areas with lava. Because of the dry weather the apocalyptic look has been perfectly maintained, since a long time...1824 to be precise.
Plan: flight, hiking boots, disposable camera (great picturemaker), sunglasses, followed by pink drinks in a tacky bar where a super local and surprisingly undiscovered band is playing the "best of" - series, entertaining the cultural elite of Scandinavia.
The Seed
Shanghai Expo 2010, UK Pavilion by HeatherwickStudio. Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBa_QpkzNE on youtube.Space Out
Just had a session of serious internet-connection-freakout-moments, and need a piece of zen reality to stabilize the situation. This works. Easter holidays view from mountain cabin porch.Anything
Jolly Sunday. I googled "anything" in google images, and this came up. Pretty much what my plan for today is: cruise in a "funky" family car, listen to some bad boy music, wear a serious relaxation outfit and since Oslo is big time foggy today, I`m going to pretend it`s sunshine Springy. A walk in the park, here I come.To You From Space
I like "seen from space"- articles. The Earth looks so good from far out. This is the Saskatchewan River in Canada, duplicated and flipped horizontally. Looking more like an evil alien butterfly than a river...or maybe not. The original picture is from Wired. "The bird’s foot delta of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba is formed as silt carried by the river is deposited and builds up, eventually forcing the flow to find new paths. The delta measures around 8 miles across, while the most famous bird’s foot, of the Mississippi River, is more than 30 miles across.
The Saskatchewan River’s delta mud contains a lot of fossilized amber from around 80 million years ago that was carried there by the river and preserved in the sediments. This image of the Saskatchewan River was taken in 2007 by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/gallery-rivers/11/#ixzz0j1liGPH5"
Pearls Of Namsos
I`ve just returned to Oslo after a little mid-Norway-tour, visiting family and friends. My Grandmother lives in the city of Namsos, a rather sad place when talking Architecture. Wednesday morning my G-mother had her weekly appointment at the hairdresser, and I decided to use this half-an-hour-break to explore the city center. Overall, there`s not much beauty going on but I managed to find a few objects in the category of: Me like. A couple of the buildings are in fact designed by a member of the Aursand Architect Clan, Arne.Bar(Dress)Code
Had a little dose of sightseeing today. This is from the roof of The Opera looking towards north-east and the city, in other words: the BarCode project. Me like. It`s very unNorwegian and wannabe metropolitan, but I have to admit that the building without facade is my favourite. Nothing beats a stripped structure. Go nudity!
The Phrase
"We haven`t located us yet" - Brendan, The Darjeeling Limited. The phrase of my life. The picture has a happy ending, Mr. Brody manage to jump on board. The Indian railway; the business in the world with the largest number of employees at 1.6 million people.Amen, Ames
I don`t usually post fashion related pictures, since this blog is all about hardcore professional architecture. But, thought I make an exception, because this girl is wearing enough grid to plan a city. And I finally get to quote a famous saying; The more fabric, the merrier. It`s not so famous, I made it up, I need an excuse. I like (L O V E) baggy clothes. This creation is in the name of the designer: MatthewAmes.
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