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Architecture · News · tokyo · tokyo japan · zaha hadid · Nov 16, 2012

Zaha Hadid Japan New National Stadium!

Zaha Hadid to design the New National Stadium in Japan! The design is above. Zaha Hadid is known for crazy lines, interesting shapes, and a space age feel. This will be an exciting project. Is this to set up for a possible Olympics? (Huffington Post – Zaha Hadid) Daniel Wu visited a mobile container designed by Hadid in a previous post. (Giant Robot – Hadid)

Architecture · house · News · small house · Van Bo Le-Mentzel · Jul 24, 2012

1sq Meter House

The 1 sq meter house by architect, Van Bo Le-Mentzel isn’t really a house, but it’s a personal space. Read, maybe eat, rest, and it’s your space. Yes, it’s cute and could be made for perhaps under $100. Is it new? Sort of, but in the end, it’s just a concept more than reality.

Architecture · building · News · sky tree · tokyo · May 22, 2012

Tokyo Sky Tree Opens

That’s the Tokyo Sky Tree. It’s a huge structure that exists just to have it exist. A tourist trap, a monument or a testament, it’s huge and open. It’s 634-meter (2,080-foot) and will get featured in films and more. The Tokyo Tower as much as any huge monument made appearances in films including one of it’s name sake. (Huffington Post – Sky Tree)

Architecture · Art · museum · ningbo museum · pritzker prize · wang shu · Feb 28, 2012

Pritzker Prize to Wang Shu

We don’t claim to know that much about architecture, but the Pritzker Prize is the highest honor awarded to an architect. The names you already know if you’re a simpleton in the world of architecture… yes they’ve won. 2012, the award went to a name you probably don’t know. Wang Shu who runs Amateur Architecture Studio is the first Chinese citizen to win the prize and his buildings (or the few we’ve seen) mixes the old and the new. Take a look below. (Guardian UK – Wang Shu) Below is the Ningbo Museum. Imagine heading towards this building. It’s part Jawa, Tusken Raider, and ancient. The right side definitely has two looks, and is probably amazing inside. More at the link (archdaily – Ningbo Museum)

Architecture · Art · breaking ground · chinese american museum · eugene choy · gilbert leong · Gin Wong · googie · Helen Fong · Julius Shulman · MW · News · steven wong · Feb 13, 2012

Interview with Breaking Ground: Chinese American Architects in Los Angeles (1945-1980) co-curator Steven Wong

You might recall my gushing review after attending preview night at the Chinese American Museum for its current show, Breaking Ground: Chinese American Architects in Los Angeles (1945-1980). I returned to the Downtown L.A. destination when it wasn’t so crowded to talk to co-curator Steven Wong (above) about the show.

MW: Architecture can’t be easy to show in a museum because so much of it is felt when you walk in a building or stand in its shadow.

SW: It’s hard to show architecture in a museum, and to understand architecture as an art form is even harder. But it’s something we interact with on a daily basis. Everyone has a relationship with architecture whether it’s conscious or not. When I was doing research for the show, I realized that Chinese American architects were responsible for many iconic buildings that really molded my experience as an Angeleno growing up.