Archive for May, 2008
Point Zero
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. [...]
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Tags: Adolph Loos, architecture, Dr. Ami Ran, Elie Eliakim, Tzadik Eliakim
Tomihiro Museum Animation
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.
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Tags: animation, architect, art, Cool renderings, design, japan, life, mj neal, museum, poetry, tomihiro
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 [...]
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Tags: Anthony Nak, apple, apple store opening, architecture, austin, Awards, boston, cool buildings, cool hotels, Cool Other People, corbusier, Gommel Roessner, huge building, Institute honor, interior design, lake flato, life, Lundgren and Maurer, mj neal, modern design, modern design in austin, modern gems demolished in Austin, Office da, Travel, VV Speaks
Howling at the MOON UNITS
AUUUU!!!!! from picasaweb.google.com posted with vodpod
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Wolfe Den Sheet-ARocking!!!
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
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Tags: contractors in Austin, cool buildings, Cool Other People, life, living art austin, mj neal, modern architect, modern design in austin, modern residence, TX, Wolfe Den
one word
Authenticity! Something that should be on every architects mind. Think about it!
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Tags: MJ Speaks
sunday morsel
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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Tags: Alvar Alto, James Brown, MJ Speaks






