Hi suckers,
Welcome to my first blog. I'm new to this so bear with me, I've never done the creepspace/tweeta/facebook thing so this is a first. I've been asked to start a blog by Ruwan (my 4th year architecture tutor http://ruwanlsystems.blogspot.com/) so here it is.
For those who don't know me I'm 25, male, and a father of 1. If you want to know the rest of my stuff its in my details, or you can ask, i probably wont reply, its probably none of your damn business, but what are you gonna do...
Over the last few weeks I've been looking at a few books for ideas for my Arch. design assignment. Here's what I'm reading
UN STUDIO-UN FOLD
A very graphic book with some great ideas and theory. It introduces a number of the firms project by way of a surprisingly descriptive short story complete with fictional characters and events, giving the reader an imagined/implied experience of the building before they lay eyes on it. Very Cool.
S,M,L,XLThis book is thick people, bible thick. another very graphic book with flashes of sexuality and stark nudity (something i think Rem Koolhaas is rather fond of) It looks at architecture from all scales as the title suggests and is definitely worth a look. even if you wont read every page you'll take away something.
ARCHITECTURE IN TRANSITION
A fantastic book made up of lectures of some of the worlds greatest architects looking between deconstruction and new modernism. I've had the privilege to witness a number of architectural works by some of this books contributors including Coop Himmelblau, Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, and Bernard Tschumi, so it was a very interesting read. Although very academic at times (don't read this if your tired, you wont remember a thing) it is full of worthwhile lectures.
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