Posts Tagged ‘architecture’

“There are no twelve-year-old geniuses in architecture,” remarked Le Corbusier. Architecture is a field for irrepressible optimism and demands a tenacious staying power. from Mexican Architecture, the work of Abraham Zabludovsky and Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon  by Paul Heyer


I’m just getting these up with the tile and the railing in the making and MJ already has taken more pics that will be coming up, he’s a MANIAC!!! more about “Y mas y mas , y maaaas Lobo!“, posted with vodpod


The Studio

10Jul08

I just added the Firm’s Book to this site as a page. Check the pdf out! more about “The Office“, posted with vodpod


2008 is rocking for us… I’m posting this way late, but after sending around the newsletter with the big news, I keep forgetting to put it on the blog, finally I get to it! Et voila ici: MJ Neal, AIA wins Another Design Honor Award… and a Silver Medal as it was distributed on our [...]


It’s concrete guys, so smooth that you’d think it was plastic… fabricated by John Newbold. more about “Trellis Finished, Vanity in“, posted with vodpod


That would be “the man” as in the good, iconoclastic, sort of James Brown way not the governmental, controlling, fascist (I won’t mention any names) sort of way. so check it: Zumthor goes to the essence of things  


Sottsass

07Jun08

Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007) The thing I love most about Ettore Sottsass is his beautiful, poignant, often ironic writing. The following was in The Reader (a compilation of architecture writings from news papers around the world) put out by Abitare.  The writing was originally published in Terrazzo, n. 12 HOUSES HAVE AN INTERIOR Those who build a house [...]


Is it just me or is this starting to feel like a final stretch? Check the first pics of the bulthaup kitchen outfit. more about “More Wolfe Den and Kitchen Peek“, posted with vodpod


more about “Latest on Da Den, Da Trellis!“, posted with vodpod


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. [...]


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 [...]


Slow… Home

20Mar08

We’re featured on the slow home. blog/site. A wonderful site dedicated to real architecture. The idea was inspired by the slow food movement. Another worthy and timely cause to check into. Check out their principles. we subscribe to everysingle one of them. Let’s make a difference!


The Picassa slideshow was working on my Safari browser, but not my Firefox. We’ve been shooting pics for the Farley Studio and putting them together for a presentation. Pretty intense week and weekend but I’m VERY happy with the pics. I was running around the building like mad at sunset, I think I CAN be [...]



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