August 30, 2007 – 12:14 pm
Fuji Kindergarten by Takaharu + Yui Tezuka is a lovely design. An eliptical roof covers the open rooms and encloses a courtyard where the roof also becomes an outside play area. The children come first and the playground is integral to every aspect of the programme and the childs learning.
View the slideshow about it and [...]
August 27, 2007 – 2:19 pm
I am going to Copenhagen on an office trip in a few weeks time. Lots of Architectural sightseeing to do and maybe just walking round the city enjoying the atmosphere.
So I’ve been doing a bit of research and have to say that CopenhagenX is easily the best Architectural website for any city I have yet [...]
August 22, 2007 – 12:48 pm
I pretty much am immune to shopping with two exceptions, books and music. Now I think I might need to clarify a bit more, it’s not the love of purchasing a new book or record per say, its the actual physical pleasure of being in a good record or bookshop I’m thinking of. Now I [...]
August 20, 2007 – 12:17 pm
In Finland few places make a worse case for Architecture or Urbanism as practised then Espoo City Centre. It was supposed to be a modern centre for the post war burgeoning metropolis of Espoo now the second biggest city on Finland. But lets be honest its an embarrassment really, an indictment of all that is [...]
August 3, 2007 – 11:51 am
The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa
Rarely is a book about Architecture able to transcend its subject and become a poetic trip that re-evaluates human experience. Rarely as you read, particularly an architecture book, can the ideas as well as prose peel away a fog from your mind. Only a precious few books [...]
