The prolific architect and designer Fabio Novembre imbues every object he touches with his rhapsodic brand of Milan élan.
Video: Fabio Novembre originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 14 Jun 2013.
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Dazzling viewers with its “tron-like landscape of infinite white,” as described by Guardian critic Oliver Wainwright, Sou Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion in Hyde Park is arguably “one of the most radical pavilions to date.” The 350 square-meter latticed structure melts into its surrounding by fusing together the man-made and natural world, creating a lush, semi-transparent terrain in which transforms into a variety of seating, steps and side tables that complement its interior coffee bar (view more images here).
This video was provided by film maker James Aiken, in collaboration with The Serpentine Gallery and COS.
Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Pavilion Through the Lens of James Aiken originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 13 Jun 2013.
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ARQUIVO, a web series of small documentaries about contemporary Portuguese architects that is available for free, shared with us their video featuring architect João Pedro Falcão de Campos. Their project aims to create an archive of a generation of architects and to promote, both at a national and international level, the architecture that is currently being produced by Portuguese architects. For more information on their work, please visit here.
Video: ARQUIVO: Episode #1 João Pedro Falcão de Campos originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 13 Jun 2013.
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In this interview by Hugo Oliveira, Álvaro Siza presents his ideas on the link between obsolescence and quality in architecture, and the role that a design’s flexibility plays in this relationship. He argues that the convent is perhaps the best example of a typology which is both fit for purpose and very flexible, allowing myriad other uses when its lifespan as a convent has ended. He also laments the current tendency to design a building for a very short period of time – intended to last only as long as it is needed for its original function. He links this tendency back to the Futurists of the early 20th century, where the idea was that “each generation makes its own environment which is later destroyed”, an idea he dismisses since “it also allows you to build badly because it only needs to last twenty years”.
You can see how Siza creates this flexibility in his own work by looking at his past projects featured on ArchDaily:
Vidago Palace & Spa
AD Classics: Boa Nova Tea House
Mimesis Museum
AD Classics: Santa Maria Church de Canaveses
Video: The Obsolescence of a Building, an Interview with Álvaro Siza originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 12 Jun 2013.
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Battling against international sanctions, global economic crisis and the challenges behind creating a hotel locally and sustainably in Iran, Ameriha House is a recipe for disaster. Or is it?
Video: Iran, The Embargoed Hotel originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 12 Jun 2013.
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In a crowed auditorium in central Los Angeles on Sunday, Swiss architect Peter Zumthor sat down with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) director Michael Govan to kickstart the opening of The Presence of the Past: Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA. The hour-long discussion, captured in the video above, began with an insightful overview of Zumthor’s most famous works before moving to an in-depth conversation about the underlying ideas that drive Zumthor’s design for the highly anticipated LACMA overhaul.
The project – already six years in the making and yet still in its schematic phase – plans to replace LACMA’s aging cluster of three pavilions with an elevated, 21st century facility. A detailed project summary, alongside images captured from Zumthor’s 6 ton, concrete exhibition model, is available for you to review here on ArchDaily. Enjoy!
In Discussion: Peter Zumthor Speaks with Michael Govan About the LACMA Redesign originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 11 Jun 2013.
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Beneath an elevated railway in the former red-light district of Kogane-cho, the city of Yokohama and NPO Koganecho Area Management Center commissioned five architects to transform a 100 to 150 square meter site into what is now a destination for local artists and residents. Each practice – Contemporaries, Studio 2A, Workstation, Koizumi Atelier, and Nishikura Architectural Design Office – was assigned a single project, providing the community with a gallery, cafe, studio, meeting hall for artists, and stepped outdoor plaza. Tour through each space with this video, provided by JA+U.
Video: Studio Beneath the Railway + Step Plaza originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 07 Jun 2013.
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(Almost) everything you need to know about 20th century design has been synthesized into 6 brightly-colored, easily-digestible videos (all narrated by the sweet Scottish tones of one Ewan MacGregor).
From the Gothic Revival to Post-Modernism, this series of shorts from The Open University’s OpenLearn website just touches the surface of these design movements; however, they act as a great introduction for the un-design-initiated (indeed, The Open University sees them as an intro to their free course on Design Thinking) or, for design-aficionados, a fun refresher.
We’re particular to the video on the Bauhaus (after all, we also tackled the movement in a brilliant infographic) and the Modernist video (after the break) – but you can find all 6 at OpenLearn. Enjoy!
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Story via Fast Company
VIDEO: Design in 6 Lovely, Digestible Nutshells originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 07 Jun 2013.
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