when one man says no! unfortunately after a 3 year battle Yang Wu has lost the fight in april this year to save his house, sadly it only took the developers 3 hours to demolish the house. the story became famouse in china with house adopting the nickname “the nail house”… thanks aliza…….. read on here times and guardianÂ
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calling all plumbers! scientists have proposed a novel solution to halt global warming. a system where gigantic pipes up to 200m long are plumbed into the depths of the ocean, where they would pump nutrient rich water to the surface, in turn encouraging plankton blooms. which would in turn take carbon dioxide out of the air and encourage cloud formation. Hence saving the world from the evil threat of global warming! Go superplumber! (see the whole article here)
michael leunig offers his insights…….
for all you budding young architects looking for a shortcut from architect to starchitect check out the flyer below…. its starting in tasmania (of all places) on the 23rd of october…..but no doubt will soon infect the architectural communities closet idol fans and become a worldwide phenomenon…… email aaron@room11.com.au for more info.
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Thomas Heatherwick with Adams Kara Taylor, Atelier Ten and Casson Mannhas won the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s competition to design the British Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo. The design is a big cube that has LED lights fixed to the end of steel rods completely covering the cubes surface. The LED’s will form images based upon events relating to UK culture. The project bares a striking resemblance to Heathwick’s Sitooterie II. Well we all like to re-use and re-cycle in this current day and age! Good one Thomas!
The Oslo Architecture Triennale takes place in Oslo next week beginning the 27th of September. It has a great line up of speakers for the conference on the 28th including; Cecile Balmond (arup), Michael Rock (2X4), Alejandro Zaero Polo (FOA), Kjetil Trædal Thorsen (Snøhetta AS), and  Ellen van Loon (OMA). Curated by Gary Bates (Spacegroup) the conference follows the theme of Risk… ” It is time once again for Norway to take an enormous risk, to declare independence from another union not of its own construction. The risk of not doing so is greater – evolution will stagnate, new ideas will remain below the surface, and we will be defined by the status quo.” Accompanying the one day conference are a series of exhibitions, seminars and even a pecha kucha.
Zaha Hadid last night recieved this years London Design Medal in a ceremony at Royal festival Hall, later on a guest got stabbed in the face with a bottle……. hopefully the two incidents weren’t related…..but with the current media blitz enveloping (wrapping?!) zaha it seems quite feasible some peoples patience with the Iraqi born starchitect and her 250 strong army of rhino modellers might be beginning to fray……. Her current exhibition at the Design Museum is worth a look though.
well if you haven’t heard… you can now travel to and from london to sydney in a bus! Oz Bus takes about 12 weeks to traverse 20 countries…. if only it was a red double decker!
the canals in london sometimes take on a magical quality.. just ask peter ackroyd
