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 The Architecture of Natural LightShelter and natural light are fundamental elements of architecture.The first is concerned with protection from natural elements; the second with the creative and sometimes spiritual interaction between the man-made and the natural worlds. One is solid and static, the other illuminates and animates. Architects through the ages have preoccupied themselves with how to marry these two opposing aspects of architecture, a marriage that at its finest transforms natural light itself into a building material. Seen through the eyes of an architect and photographer, The Architecture of Natural Light is the first publication to consider the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings. This comprehensive and thoughtful survey begins with a brief introduction exploring the advances and experimentation of architects throughout the centuries. Each of the following seven chapters is devoted to a specific quality of natural light, including evanescence, atomization, and luminescence, and examines the particular uses of light through many disciplines-from art history to film and literature. With more than fifty case studies of buildings from around the world, this volume considers works by some of the world's most influential architects, including Tadao Ando, Steven Holl, Herzog & de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Frank Gehry, Alvaro Siza, Alberto Campo Baeza, Rafael Moneo, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel, Fumihiko Maki, and Toyo Ito, among others. more The Architecture of Natural Light design directory The Architecture of Natural Light > Lighting Design Books added by Levent OZLER |
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 SEGD Dynamic Environments 3: The Intersection of Information, Experience, and ArchitectureProducing memorable and appropriate dynamic environments requires a high degree of collaboration among owners, architects, designers, technology integrators, and multimedia experts.Come break out of the box with us as we explore places and communication transformed by dynamic media. On site at a series of dynamic spaces in New York City, SEGD's workshop will explore the creative design component, technical requirements, and process of integration in bringing dynamic ideas to reality. event (ended) current design events more info www.seg... (114) design directory SEGD > Graphic Design Organizations added by Jennette |
 Otto Neurath: Gypsy UrbanismAt a time when contemporary culture is dominated by the mass media and we are all glued to many screens, it is fascinating to contemplate the career of little-known Austrian sociologist, Otto Neurath (1888-1945), a polymath whose intellectual and moral compass - forged in the embers of World War I - led him to predict the dramatic growth of the knowledge economy and to develop tools for a universal pictorial language.Ever in the interest of advancing participatory forms of democratic exchange, Neurath was by turn an academic, economic minister, housing administrator, museum director and philosopher of science. He collaborated with the leading planners, designers and artists of his time, - among them Adolf Loos, Josef Frank, Le Corbusier, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and key New Deal intellectuals - and his work had a profound influence on a range of disciplines, including architecture, philosophy, economics, urbanism and graphic design. With Otto Neurath. Gypsy Urbanism, the MAK Center for Art & Architecture at the Schindler House presents the absorbing work of this passionate intellectual in an exhibition guest curated by architectural critic and theorist, Nader Vossoughian. On view at the Schindler House from November 4, 2009 through January 31, 2010, the exhibition is loosely divided into three sections. The scene is set with artifacts and ephemera from Vienna's Settler Movement of the 1920s, when Neurath initiated his public career. event ends Jan 31, 2010 United States view on map more design events more Otto Neurath: Gypsy Urbanism design directory Urban Design Events added by Levent OZLER |
 2010 Royal Gold Medal Recipient to Be AnnouncedThe Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will be announcing the recipient of the 2010 Royal Gold Medal on Tuesday 6 October 2009.Given in recognition of a lifetime's work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty the Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence "either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture." The Royal Gold Medal was inaugurated by Queen Victoria in 1848 and is conferred annually. Previous winners have included Sir Charles Barry, Sir George Gilbert Scott, Alfred Waterhouse, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, Charles Voysey, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Kenzo Tange, Ove Arup, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, Louis Kahn, James Stirling, Berthold Lubetkin, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Oscar Niemeyer, Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaas, Toyo Ito and Alvaro Siza. design directory RIBA > Architecture Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
 Zaha Hadid Awarded Praemium Imperiale for ArchitectureLondon based Architect, Zaha Hadid known for her unique and futuristic designs was recently awarded Praemium Imperiale for Architecture by the Japan Art Association."It is indeed an honour to receive this recognition from the Japan Art Association," commented Hadid. "Working in Japan has been critical to the development of my work around the world. I will always be grateful for this support early in my career. My Japanese clients shared a passion for architecture - allowing us to investigate many things and design very powerful projects, interesting in their complexity and essential in developing our repertoire of work. Through our architecture, we can enthuse people and make them excited about new ideas." design directory Zaha Hadid > Architecture Companies added by Levent OZLER |
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