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Hi everyone on tumblr who sees what I post!
I run edificecomplex, politiblog and a couple others, I just wanted to take a second to introduce myself and celebrate!
My name is Thomas, I live in Los Angeles, and I’m proud to say I just passed my last Architecture Registration Exam, I’m legit baby! AIA!
It’s a very happy day for me, and a long time coming, so even though I really don’t even know many of you, somehow, through reblogging and seeing what everyone posts and reposts I have a pretty good idea of what a lot of your personalities are like, and maybe you know me a little too.
Anyway, my extended tumblr fam, nice to meet you, and if you need an Architect, let me know!
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justthedesign: Semi Outdoor Room By Neil Architecture
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Just discovered this bridge by Sergio Musmeci (1926-81). I think it’s amazing, there’s a whole lot more words and photo’s here, as well as a pretty impressive street view image (click image below). I also quite like this Model of it.
“Musmeci is one of the most daring and transgress engineers born in the twentieth century; he was master equally of music, astronomy, aeronautics, mathematics, and philosophy, all of which informed his structures, whose shape was determined by the spatial distribution of static actions. Musmeci thought that he could reach the expression of “modernity” through science.”
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Freedom Center by Kim Swoo Geun
Kim Swoo Geun is arguably the best Korean architect.
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Evolution of the New York City Skyline
Spanning 137 years, this image shows how New York City expanded and evolved into what it is today.
Photo: tier1dc
Ed note: In 1950, one magazine depicted what an atomic bomb would do to New York City—in gruesome detail.
h/t Retronaut
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Jean Nouvel + Frank Ghery #architecture #newyork #chelsea (Taken with Instagram at IAC)
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lovelli residence/word of mouth architecture
via: chictip
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Achim Menges in collaboration with Steffen Reichert produced the installation entitledHygroScope – Meteorosensitive Morphology at the Centre Pompidou, Paris in 2012. They have created models out of wood that are purposefully designed to interact with moisture found in the air. After years of research they have developed the system calledHygroScope. This climate-responsive composite material is comprised of maple veneer and synthetic composites. It responds to humidity in a such a way that the material appears to be “breathing”. The models are displayed in glass cases that can be programed to control the amount of humidity in the air, the composite materials then respond to these environments creating completely unique visual experiences. Please view the video below!
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Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, 1962-74
(Louis Kahn)
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I like it.
London-based design studio Levitate created this innovative staircase for the bibliophile who is short on space. The staircase doubles as a bookshelf, which can hold about 2,000 books. The steps also make a perfect place to sit and read, and the skylight provides great natural light to read by.
I see this in my future
