December 2008 Blog Posts (41)

Happy 2009 New Year

In our 2008 New Year's post we said it looked like an exciting year, and sure it was. Our community went from 330 members to 2,130 members and from 12,000 to 95,000 monthly page views, we thank you for that. We worked hard, accomplished many goals and learned from popular and not so popular initiatives that we put forward.…

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Added by MyarchN Team on December 31, 2008 at 6:00am — 10 Comments

Frequently Asked Questions

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Added by MyarchN Team on December 30, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Press

Top Ten in the category of Niche Social Networks on the 2008 Mashable Open Awards. source here…

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Added by MyarchN Team on December 30, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Architecture. The end of the good times

The crisis has reached the world-renowned architects, the architecture of the excess. The crisis, among other things, has stopped the bubble of architectural starchitects, architects star with his signature for years have supported projects Building and Urban seeking normally be the flagship for urban regeneration, large processes and strategies for urban development Marketing city.

In the post “crisis and the skyscrapers” we saw the historic moments of exceeding the height of the… Continue

Added by Manu on December 30, 2008 at 9:56am — 2 Comments

Hello, Everyone ! Welcome to have a look at our Architecture animation work !

Hello, Everyone !

Welcome to have a look at our Architecture animation work !
You can find them at the website listed !
http://sweetsmile.qupan.com/679469.html
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Added by Smiling on December 29, 2008 at 10:06pm — 1 Comment

BIM Asia 2009

Asia’s Building Information Modeling challenge

The BCA has indicated that that the CORENET e-Submission System will incorporate Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the future. So, the issue is not of whether BIM will be used, but rather;

Q. Are you BIM ready?

Q. How is your firm placed to leverage the opportunities and handle the challenges?

Introducing Asia’s only Building Information Modeling event

For the first and… Continue

Added by Gio Carino on December 29, 2008 at 1:34am — No Comments

Generation - Us !!!

Here are some of the latest excuses and statements made by the architecture students:

1. "I know i'm good. I need not prove it to anybody"

2. "We have a submission TOMORROW!!!...I didnt know...."

3. "I can, but i wont. I dont have the time.

4. "Sir, My works is on CD. But there is a problem viewing it. May be because I have worked on a higher version."

5. "My computer crashed last night...I lost all my… Continue

Added by Vinay Jain on December 28, 2008 at 12:54am — No Comments

How can one guess that you are a student of Architecture?!

here are some comments i've come across in a magazine, stating the typical nature of an architecture student. Here it goes...

# When the alarm clock tells you when to sleep.

# When your siblings starts thginking that he is the only child of your parents.

# When the drafting table act as your pillow.

# When eating food seems a waste of precious time.

# When exams seem more relaxing then regular college days.

# When your colour pencil cost mor than your hair… Continue

Added by Vinay Jain on December 28, 2008 at 12:28am — 1 Comment

Architecture Presentation Critics

Image Source : Archinet

Here are some of the best comments by lecturers and professors I’ve come across, most of these quotes are from online blogs reading (archinet), some are from words of mouth while others are first hand experience, here it goes:

# “Why are you here? Don’t come back next semester.”

# “Here’s a quarter. go call your mom and tell her you’re not going to be an architect.”

# Your design is like… Continue

Added by Vinay Jain on December 28, 2008 at 12:08am — 5 Comments

AIT Group offers Supply Chain & Lean Six Sigma Training, Coaching, and Certification

Hi, my name is Steven Bonacorsi and a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. I would like to add you to my professional network

Let me know if I can be of any assistance to you and your business.

A good group to join is the Lean Six Sigma Group

http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/37987/6E3D9761A834

Another good groups is Advanced Innovation… Continue

Added by Steven Bonacorsi on December 25, 2008 at 3:44am — No Comments

one day to go

I'm sitting here in my office wondering if I should go out when my wife goes to her work then work very hard all afternoon on my Thursday File or should I say in and work the full day.
As I lookout the window from my home office or studio I think I might just stay in. The snow is coming down but there is no wind. I have my mug of coffee and I don't know what to do.

I'm still a bit worried about the weather. It's a crazy time to travel but it's our best time to do it.

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 24, 2008 at 7:50am — 1 Comment

We are building Ireland... in 3D

See the progress here: http://blog.vayersoft.com/search/label/Ireland

Added by Olga on December 23, 2008 at 11:00am — 6 Comments

ARCHITECT'S DRESS CODE

Architect’s Dress Code‏

I received an email with the subject ‘architect’s dress code‏’ from Tengyuen Ngan. He found photos on google and he compiled them on list so now it is easy to see that the most favorite color for architects to wear is Black.

Apart from their dress code, the other similarities among the male architects are either bald or… Continue

Added by Vinay Jain on December 22, 2008 at 11:10am — 43 Comments

INSPIRATION AND MATERIALS

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Added by joakimpaz on December 22, 2008 at 12:04am — 2 Comments

NATURAL/INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURE

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Added by joakimpaz on December 21, 2008 at 11:52pm — 2 Comments

Pyramids: A discussion between an Architect and a Pharaoh.

The following story is what might of happened some 4700 years ago between a Pharaoh Djoser and an Architect Imhotep. Imhotep is considered by many throughout time to be the great Egyptian Architect, and created the 'Step Pyramid, the first of it's kind, for Djoser's tomb. It is well known that Imhotep was part of the inner court and probably just walked over to meet with the Pharaoh Djoser... but hey, my story of meeting on the…

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Added by Nicholas Buccalo, Architect on December 21, 2008 at 3:30pm — 7 Comments

public programs for sustainable building

one of the best is the austrian program to build today the "Building of tomorrow"

http://www.hausderzukunft.at/english.htm

Added by Marco on December 21, 2008 at 5:39am — No Comments

The Man Who Threw His Shoes at a Bush

Because my previous blog (poem) on the subject resulted in some questions;

I responded this way with great respect for the courage and passion of this man...and imagined how different the world might be today if the many great leaders assassinated over the years had met this 'shoe in the face' fate instead. And what a better world it would be if the most damaging thing you could do to express your indignation, hatred, intolerance, bigotry and impassioned difference of… Continue

Added by Michael McKenzie on December 19, 2008 at 8:34pm — 2 Comments

My list so far for my Toronto Trip (any more coffee houses or esprsso bars?)

from Von Flores
1 - Bisogno - 61 Sherbourne Street at Adelaide Street East in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 - Dark Horse Espresso Bar - 682 Queen St. E., Toronto (queen and broadview)
3 - Broadview Espresso - 817 Broadview Ave. (broadview and danforth)
4 - The Common - 1071 College Street (college and dufferin).

If you can please add to my list. Thanks!

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 18, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Forthcoming book: Did Someone Say Participate?

dpr_editorial is happy to announce that our next forthcoming book is the Spanish edition of the book:

DID SOMEONE SAY PARTICIPATE? An Atlas Of Spatial Practice

Edited by Markus Miessen & Shumon Basar, Designed by Åbäke

Did we mean participate or Did we mean something else?

Markus Miessen & Shumon Basar, Editors

The book Did Someone Say Participate? has been published by the… Continue

Added by Ethel Baraona Pohl on December 18, 2008 at 11:49am — 2 Comments