Day trip with mom- an afternoon at Nanyuan, former vacation home of the late owner of Taiwan’s United Daily News. Built in the 1980s in the Jiangnan style, with beautiful red brick walls, flagstone walkways, surrounded by heavenly greens.
Currently. How can you not fall in love with this space?
Design for Asia student award 2011 ~ http://bit.ly/nJmmxE
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The Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarai), built in the 6th century, is the largest of several hundred cisterns that lie beneath Istanbul, Turkey.
Photo by Magdalena Biskup, ‘Sense of Place’ Photo contest of National Geographic Traveler
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The Creative Process Behind New York’s Iconic High Line
James Corner is one of the premiere theorists and practitioners of landscape architecture, a field that emphasizes the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve specific environmental, socio-behavioral, and aesthetic outcomes. The principal designer at James Corner Field Operations, a New York-based architecture firm, Corner focuses on landscape urbanism, an amalgamation of a wide range of disciplines including landscape architecture, ecology, and urban design. In a conversation with associate editor Jared Keller, Corner discusses the creative process behind New York’s now-iconic elevated park, The High Line, whose second section opened in June.
With the High Line, we had this extraordinary artifact that in some ways was an ugly duckling, something with potential. At the turn of the century, it was derelict; the concrete and steel and tracks were obviously in disrepair, the rails rusted, the wood cracked. Most people at the time thought it should be torn down. But where some people saw dereliction, others saw inspiration. It was in the landscape running along those broken tracks. The photographs of Joel Sternfeld (fine-art color photography and publisher of Walking the High Line (2002), an anthology focusing on the railway) had a remarkable influence in allowing people to view this thing as something with potential rather than something to be skeptical of. Running for a mile and a half through the west side of Manhattan, there’s a remarkable dialogue between nature and industry—or rather, post-industry—suspended 30 feet in the air.
Photographs, schematics, landscape ecology, and more at The Atlantic
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (Oct. 6, 1887 – 1965), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and also painter, who is famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture or the International Style. He was born in Switzerland, but became a French citizen in his 30s.
Photo: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) by Ida Kar, 1954 - 2 1/4 inch square film negative (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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You Are Beautiful.
DAC (Danish Architecture Centre)
This is a small architectural exhibition centre on the island of Christianhavn. The historical building blends in with the residential housing nearby. It kind of contradicts in an unique way with what one normally expects from an architectural centre.
The bookstore near the entrance holds a sweet collection, including topics like architectural studies, design magazines, contemporary interior designs, and etc. The wooden interior brings a lot of warmth and coziness to the space. :)
The current exhibition “Mind Your Behaviour” features works from Danish architectural firm, 3XN. The theme uses 3XN’s past and current international projects to discuss how architectural designs influence human behaviours in various aspects.
On the top floor of Danish Architecture Centre is dedicated for children’s workshops, where kids are encouraged to work with others to build their “architectural ideas” using lego pieces. :) Pretty sweet!
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