Archive for 2005
Finding Architecture
Ever wanted an easy way to find good architecture and how to get there from where you are? galinsky is really clear and concentrates on the basics with a few well chosen modern buildings from around the globe,where they are, how to visit etc,and clear website design. You can contribute also so is in principal more »
Zaha on TV
Zaha Hadid is a bit of an enigma, undoubtedly someone with a unique architectural vision which alone is very unusual, she is a women in the starchitectural world of men, and she can seem touched by flackiness and genius by turn. I remember seeing her at Architecture Winterschool in Edinburgh in 1990 (she hadn’t built more »
Hiroshi Naito Lecture-Innerscape
The Alvar Aalto Academy and the MFA last night brought us Hiroshi Naito to speak at the Atheneum in Helsinki about some of his projects. For me it was the first time I saw his work and it was a real revelation. He produces wonderful buildings generated principally from a connecting detail usually a beautifully more »
fabric concrete
After my earlier translucent concrete post comes textured concrete from concrete blond. A great idea, who would have thought the Victorian Favourite anagypta could be so well updated for the 21st Century! & the waterglass table below by them is really beautifull! (via inhabitat)
Struve Geodetic Arc
There are Six world heritage sites in Finland at the moment, heres the list, Suomenlinna, Old Rauma, Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki,Petäjävesi Old Church,Verla Groundwood and Board Mill, and Struve Geodetic Arc. I found out by accident that I’d visited two already, Rauma and Suomenlinna, & they don’t differ from most of the others more »
Edinburgh Weekend
I went ‘home’ to Edinburgh on Friday for the weekend coming back on Monday. I had a full programme but it didn’t feel too busy. Bought some food back from the UK I can’t get here (packet bread sauce amongst other things would you believe!), and got from Dad a copy of his new book more »
Surface Pressure
I have a Tommy Perman print on my wall bought at analogue. He is a great artist & one day I will listen to some of his music too. But in the meantime go to his website Surface Pressure and take a look.
The Dissolving Corporation
After the bad attempt at an article on Finnish Architecture I found in my last post The Dissolving Corporation by Peter McKeith is the real thing. A report on current corporate architecture in Finland although its conclusions could be applied to most countries in the global economy currently. I have been meaning to link to more »
Architecture is as Helsinki does
My friend nick posted me the link to this article Architecture is as Helsinki does in the Harvard Independant (note you have to register to read the whole thing just press the print button!). Its a really interesting take on Finnish Architectural Identity, but with some major flaws. Basic premise is that Finnish Architecture has more »
to the bbc
I’ve been listening too the bbc at work recently. I think unlike previous generations of expats you can keep in touch with almost all aspects of life from back ‘home’ and not feel so cut off. I can forinstance go to the news page to keep up to date and even watch programmes like the more »