Landform Building: Architecture’s New Terrain Stan Allen and Marc McQuade (Ed.) Lars Müller Publishers, 2011. Princeton University School of Architecture Landscape is irresistible. It is soft, neutral, and continous - unanimously understood as good, reliable, and therefore not open to critique. Architecture, on the other hand, is hard, opinionated, and typically fragmented. More often than not it …
A probable scenario/itinerary for a 2-Day-long business trip in China: 1. Late nights for at least the past fortnight preparing project materials for the trip 2. Commence flight to a destination 6 hours away on Economy Class with blood-shot eyes 3. Arrive exhausted in the early morning for hotel check-in 4. Set off immediately after for morning meeting/presentation 5. Lunch with the …
Images: CPG Consultants/ S P Setia When I first took on the design of 18 Woodsville - a condominium development in Singapore, I was told by many that the process of designing residential projects is considered “straightforward” compared to other building types. A few weeks into the design process, I realized that what was meant by “straightforward” was the practice …
Image Source: Mercedes Benz/ Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, Israel Engineers tend to think with the left side of their brain, that is, the rational part that relies on logic. Artists on the other hand tend to think with the right side of the brain – the creative part (aka day dreaming for the most part). And …