the critical debate in architecture must move beyond the blob vs. the box. the exploration of form as an end-in-itself is no longer delivering radical shifts. for the past ten years, architecture has focused on computationally intensive geometry. now, it must engage the territory presented by the network, both as a site for a new kind of architecture, and as a tool for rethinking the nature of design as a cultural construct.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Architecture and Ritual
It is not architecture’s role to fabricate ritual - it can however lend existing ritual a higher degree of coherence, framing it in relation to its often obscured cultural and psychological context.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
clinton smackdown on weeny fox news guy
ok, i'm not in any way trying to make this a political blog, but this is just too damn funny...