Archive for May, 2008

Point Zero

29May08

Dr. Ami Ran chats with Tzadik and Elie Eliakim  I’ve excerpted the following from a conversation with the architects in Architecture of Israel Quarterly #60 (The bold and italics are added by me. Enjoy.) Tzadik and Elie Eliakim - If youre hinting that the building stands out for its modesty, we accept that as a compliment. [...]


Concept for the Tomihiro Museum Competition Entry: JJ Rumpeltes did this animation a few years back for the concept that MJ designed for the Tomihiro Museum Competition.


As y’all know and have heard to death, at least from our end, we were awarded a National Institute Honor Design Award this year for the Anthony Nak Jewelry Flagship Store by the American Institute of Architects Ok, so we went to Boston and picked up the thing. We were the only Texans at the design [...]


AUUUU!!!!! from picasaweb.google.com posted with vodpod


John Bowyer contemplates the Wolfe Den’s sheet-rocking process. They are in the final stretch, baby, and a they are doing a great building job. from picasaweb.google.com posted with vodpod


one word

06May08

Authenticity! Something that should be on every architects mind. Think about it!


sunday morsel

04May08

O.K., It’s the weekend and beautiful outside and I’m inside, working, what the f…heck. So I thought I would share a tasty morsel from Mr. Alto that seemed appropriate on a Sunday afternoon… “Though solving the problem of architecture involves a crucial process of humanization, architecture is faced with the old problem of monumentalism and form just as it always was. All attempts to eliminate [...]



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