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Entries from March 2008

Koolhaas – Houselife

March 29th, 2008 No Comments

New York’s Storefront for Art & Architecture has this great video (70min.) on show beginning April 22nd. The camera follows Guadalupe Acedo, caretaker and housekeeper, through the Koolhaas’ building and her day.

A film by Ila Bêka…

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Muxtape

March 26th, 2008 No Comments

muxtape

this wonderful and minimal mixtape site is as clear as it is simple to use. i recommend passing by, also because of the feeling that the beauty won’t last too long. it would not…

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Canonscan Lide 30 on a Mac

March 26th, 2008 No Comments

canon lide 30

i know this is not converting into a computer-blog but i hope to save some others some research time by posting this.

tried to connect my (old) canonscan lide 30 to a friend’s new mac powerbook today. – it…

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Kentucky Museum Plaza by Koolhaas

March 23rd, 2008 No Comments

Came over this again today, still nice to see how the collage-situation in the shop merge with the animated collage. Reminds me of the first pages of the SMLXL book…

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Brooklyn Patches – 002

March 16th, 2008 No Comments

brooklyn patches - 002 window cladding 01

Another fine example for DIY architecture. The side wall of the later added shed seems to have gotten a little higher than expected but an easy solution could be found ‘on-site’.

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Belgium – Brooklyn

March 9th, 2008 No Comments

filip dujardin

Filip Dujardin did an excellent job in his current show at the bozar in Brussels with his interpretation of Belgian built environment. To me, Belgium is a place where engineering has been celebrated as the form-giving force…

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