Monthly Archives: February 2010

Back to the drawing board

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Simon

Just got done with my midterm review – a lot of good feedback, but it looks like I’ll have to start pretty much from scratch. The project is live-work housing for artists. One thing I think I’ll keep is the … Continue reading →

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Architectural project

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Simon

I’ve been thinking what my long-term architectural project could be. I don’t care much about form, except as the icing on the functional cake, so to speak. Then again bad icing can spoil a perfectly decent cake. Though I’ve often … Continue reading →

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D’Arcy Thompson Strikes Back

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Simon

Having ridiculed the  literal treatment of D’Arcy Thompson’s esoteric ideas about form on several occasions (not to mention attempts to apply them directly in architecture), I was somewhat dumbstruck when I saw this: Our world may be a giant hologram … Continue reading →

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Lebbeus Woods on authenticity

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Simon

Another star performance by Lebbeus Woods: “Architecture has become more popular today than ever before. Its popularity does not come from the ways it improves the everyday lives of most people—as modernists like Gropius once hoped it would—but rather because … Continue reading →

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