Archive for January, 2011
Jürgen Mayer H at 0047
Jürgen Mayer H will be giving a lecture in Oslo at 0047 on 1st February at 6pm. This would be something I would love to go to if only I could. The lecture is free just register here.
Falu Red
RGB (128, 24, 24) is also known as Falu Red, a traditional pigment out of silicates iron oxides from Falu Copper Mines. A recycling strategy that used to tinge every single timber construction across Sweden with the same tone. – via deconcrete a really nice architetcure weblog which I’ve also added to my links list. [...]
Guggenheim May Come to Helsinki
Yesterday Helsinki announced it has commissioned a study from the Guggenheim Foundation into the feasibility of opening a Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki. Of course it would raise the city profile and bring in money and tourism but it also strikes me as not something that will easily sit in the current art and design culture [...]
lewism page added
I just added a page to the website called Meta. It will be updated and expanded upon and links to pages or posts which contain information and resources which I cover here.
Finland in Stereo
Here are two links to I think very differing reports into the state of Finland now and its’ prospects for the future. They are both book size and I haven’t read them yet, but for now I’ll post about them with a quote from each preface and come back with a review of both a [...]
Tailwind
Firstly Happy New Year and lets start out with a video which anticipates the best for Helsinki over the next 15 years or so. Tailwind is the Architectural view of Helsinkis’ next step. It shows what Helsinki will do with its coastline now the old dock area has been moved, giving back the city in [...]