February 2012
30 posts
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clothespin and architecture
Which is the miniature? Philadelphia, Clothespin by Claes Oldenburg. The photographer has a great flickr channel too. Image by kevin dooley @ flickr.
crazy talent →
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just wow.
Holy cow. Image by alexander_str @ flickr.
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brutalism
Boston City Hall. It’s a lot less cold in pencil. Image by conbon33 flickr.
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square spiral
Herzog and de Meuron rethink everything. A square spiral stair inside the CaixaForum in Madrid. Image by Daquella manera @ flickr.
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Patterns in architecture
What’s so interesting about this Prada store in Tokyo by Herzog and de Meuron is that it’s got a pattern - just like the products Prada sells. That’s what architects do. They get inspired by something relevant, get ideas and turn the intangible real. Image by diametrik @ flickr.
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erosion control architecture
Who would have thought you could make a building out of an stone erosion control modular gabion system? Image by Sarah_Ackerman @ flickr.
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architectural photography
This guy does wonderful architectural photography. I use his pics in my videos. Image by seier+seier @ flickr.
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folly
Vitra Design Museum by Frank Gehry. Located at the Vitra campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Vitra is a furniture company. The campus also has architecture by a few other famous architects. Check it out! Image by Markus Keuter @ flickr.
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Walter Burley Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin worked for Frank Lloyd Wright. This is a detail from his Capitol Theater in Melbourne Australia. Image by colros @ flickr.
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arzitekt asked: Hello, my current design project is set in Belgrade, revolving around themes of war, memorials, monuments, memory, with extensive political and social layers, as we are dealing with a bombed military building in a diplomatic area. Can you please advise some books I could read, architects or buildings I could examine to help me develop a philosophy towards such project? Right now I'm mainly...
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Architecture and meaning
Norman Foster design the Reichstag Dome in Berlin. The Reichstag was originally built to house the parliament of the German Empire. This dome has meaning. It’s reflectivity embodies the unification of Germany. Image by atomicjeep @ flickr.
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Bruce Goff Rocket man
Bachman house, Bruce Goff, Chicago, IL 1948. That’s what I’m talkin about. Hello residential neighborhood! Image by ejojola @ flickr.
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One of the first skyscraper men
Cass Gilbert designed the Woolworth building in NYC, 1913. Tallest building in the world until 1930. Photo by one of my favorites, Berenice Abbott.
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Paris Opera architecture
This is the Palais Garnier by its Beaux Arts architect namesake Charles Garnier, 1875. Beautiful.
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Geodesic head
Buckminster Fuller was an engineer and architect. This is the very creative TIME magazine cover of him. He invented the Geodesic Dome - patent #U.S. 2,682,235 - 1954.
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Bulbous
Architect Norman Foster, London City Hall, 2002. Image by Lauren Manning @ flickr.
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Sverre Fehn
The Norwegian Glacier Museum by architect Sverre Fehn, 1991. Image by Bosc d’Anjou @ flickr.
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Eisenman
The Holocaust memorial in Berlin by Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. I wanted a pic without a person, but you get it when a person is part of it. Image by antifluor @ flickr.
thefifthlegend asked: Whats Doug? Why is the university proximity to my home important?
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Powers of Ten | understanding scale
From the office of Charles and Ray Eames, 1968. Husband and wife. They worked in design, art, film and furniture. They also designed their own modern home. If you haven’t seen Powers of Ten, take 10 minutes and watch. It is remarkably relevant for the Google age.
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Light
The light well at the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp France by Le Corbusier. Image by Ergonomik @ flickr.
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rackitecture
This person does very nice architectural pics. on1stsite. @ flickr.
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How is that even real?
Santiago Calatrava, Queen Sofía Palace of the Arts, Valencia Spain. Image by on1stsite. @ flickr.
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Architecture, New York & Berenice Abbot
One of the great photographers. Berenice Abbot.
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Spiral architecture
Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan. Photo by Berenice Abbot, 1935. I made a video about her work in New York. New York City of the Great Depression.
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The architect's nest
Great shot of Beijing’s birds nest stadium by Herzog and de Meuron. Image by cmaccubbin @ flickr.
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Thick as a brick
The Monadnock building in Chicago is the tallest masonry building ever built. The walls are six feet thick at the base. Steel and the elevator eventually came along and changed the paradigm, but this landmark still remains. Built in 1891 and designed by Burnham and Root.
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The largest wood structure in the world
A film made by Arup about the Metropol Parasol project in Seville, Spain. The largest wood structure in the world. Designed by Jürgen Mayer-Hermann and completed in April 2011. Thanks to Marina Miceli for sharing!
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Alvar Aalto | Viipuri Library
Alvar Aalto was Finnish. He designed the Vyborg (Viipuri ) (1927-1935) Library, now in modern day Russia. The lecture room ceiling is quite famous. It is a continuous series of curves that terminate at the back of the hall. Even the wall in the back is curved. He designed the ceiling to amplify the acoustical qualities of the room. He also used regional wood to sheathe the ceiling composition of...
January 2012
16 posts
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Murouji Temple, Japan
Murou, Murou-ku, Uda City, Nara, Japan. Dedicated to Shaka Nyorai Buddha. Image by Scarletgreen @ flickr.
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nasatecture
nasa airstream.
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Light and architecture
Which is the architecture, the light or the walls? Ibaraki-Kasugaoka Church by Tadoa Ando. Image by mith17 @ flickr.
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Frank Furness
National Bank of the Republic, 1883. Frank Furness was one of the greatest architects of all time. Unfortunately many of his buildings have been demolished. Check his work out at wikipedia. If you’re ever in Philadelphia go to his Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts building or the library on Penn’s campus. Amazing.
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Not architecture but architectural
The coachman C. P. Lundström outside a house, Gastrikland, Sweden, 1930. He’s not architecture but his beard is certainly a little architectural - a complex and carefully designed structure.
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Tonbridge House
House in UK, Tonbridge by architect C. B. Arding, 1885. Cornell University Library. It almost doesn’t look real.
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Neoclassical Portico
A beautifully delicate neoclassical portico on a residence in Germantown, PA that caught my eye. Picture by Cornell University Library @ flickr.
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The Bronx
138th Street Station in the Bronx. Image by Cornell University Library 1885 @ flickr. Architect Robert H. Robertson.
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Cathedral
Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) Italy 1386-1965, image by Matthias Rhomberg.
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Beer and Buildings
Empty steel beer and soda cans used for environmentally friendly housing circa 1973.
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A house before it was a house
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Airports and neighborhoods
A stunning photo from the U.S. national archives. Airports and neighborhoods don’t always fit together. The southwestern Side of Neptune Road, Boston 1973.
foteino-asteri asked: Hi Mr. Patt is it important that i can write good ( im talking about the penmanship :D ) before enrolling in architecture school or it will improve as time goes by? thank you!
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Design a dream home, pt.4 | Inspiration
Now that the client has answered who? what? and where? we can draw from their answers for inspiration.
“I LOVE YOU. No homo”
– Inspiration to architecture
December 2011
33 posts
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Architectural patterns
Patrick Hoesly has got some great ‘creative commons’ architectural patterns on flickr. You can use them with an attribution.
The link to this image.
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Architecture admissions portfolio
Questions from Christina graduating with a bachelors in sociology. She started in architecture, moved out of the major and is thinking about applying for a masters degree in architecture.
What should I include in my portfolio? What do people look for in portfolios for architecture school without having any background in architecture?
Content for a portfolio might include hand drawings and...
thefifthlegend asked: Hi Doug, I'm a big fan of yours, I took the "The Architect's Aptitude Test" on your site and and it says 'Architecture is probably not for you.' I recently went back to college to get my diploma and I'm doing maths and english again to get on to the architectural program in university, I can't imagine myself doing anything else buy architecture and the test...
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How much math does an architect do?
Question from YouTuber:
How much math is involve in a typical architectural project?
Answer:
The answer (on the architects end) is very little. A building is defined with drawings, models, words and dimensions. The architectural engineer deals in math with most buildings. He uses numbers, equations, variables and physics to make sure what the architect does stands up. With that said,...