NEWS: Stirling Prize Winner
Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams,
thanks to Archinect
Link
Unit 0’s underlying aim is for students to learn how to carry out intensive research into architectural ideas, urban conditions, cultural relations, practices of everyday life, etc. and then use their findings to devise innovative and challenging proposals for the contemporary city.
Monday 15 October 2012
Royal Academy Evening Lecture
18 Oct 2012 6.30-7.45, followed by drinks reception!
At the Geological Society, Piccadilly
Jarmund/Vigsnæs
Summer House, Vestfold, Norway, 2007-09 by Jarmund/Vigsnæs Photo: Nils Petter DaleOslo-based architectural practice Jarmund/Vigsnæs are renowned for architecture which subtly relates to its surroundings while consistently challenging the imagination. They create architecture which is both sensual and provoking, reflected in such works as the Svalbard Science Centre, Gullesfjord Weight Control Station and stunning housing projects such as the recent Dune House on the Suffolk coast.
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/events/talks/jarmund-vigsnaes,2226,EV.html
Yeoryia and Space and Time...
Many thanks to Yeoryia for her talk last Thursday, find a link through to her website here;
One observation of Yeoryia's was that we should think of the city as a permanently evolving entity, taking this as an starting point for design would be a great idea for temporary interventions.
Take a look at this interview with Vito Acconci on Dezeen.
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