Elegant tap design
The world’s leading female architect, Zaha Hadid, designed kitchen and bathroom taps for leading independent brassware designer, Triflow. If you are familiar with Hadid’s design, you can tell she carried her architectural design lines into the tap design. “…Inspired by the movement of water, the designs are a formal expression of the continuous flow of [...]
Miniature Rooms
Remember the days and nights spend to finish up the model of your model. Model making requires a lot of hard work, sweat, and sleepless nights… If you know what I mean, you will appreciate Henry Kupjack’s Miniature Rooms. I had a chance to see, and appreciate his work in Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul, [...]
Back from a different zone
I’m back with full of energy… There have been quite a few changes in my life, such as moving from one side of the world to the other! As you may imagine, this is not an easy task. Between all the packing, shipping, moving, finding a new place to live, and then unpacking, I didn’t [...]
Events at the Center for Architecture for August 1st – 9th
08/01/2008, 8:30–10:00am New Practices Roundtable Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place The mission statement of the AIA| NY New Practices Committee states that
50 Must Read Resources
I wish I had access to so many informative blogs and other useful online sites when I was studying architecture. I think all architectural and design students are very lucky to have the opportunity to discuss anything, and everything, online with others.
DMShop Directory
Design Milk, one of my favorite sites, recently launched the DMShop Directory: Where Design is Found. ArkitecTrue is already listed in the directory. If you would like to share your services, or even your blog, with others, don’t forget to register. Listing in the directory is completely free. Enjoy the awesome links!
Events at the Center for Architecture for July 14th – 21st
Monday, 07/14/2008, 5:30–8:00pm Designs for Living: Historic Buildings – Back to the Future Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place The theme Architecture: Designs for Living is intended to represent the broad range of building typologies
Buckminster Fuller Fly’s Eye Dome
If anyone is interested in joining a weeklong celebration for Buckminster Fuller, please see below for detailed information. And thank you to organizers for inviting ArkitecTrue to the press preview for the Buckminster Fuller Fly’s Eye Dome and the related programming at the Center for Architecture.
Hotel Alcatraz
Last year I had a chance to visit the famous “Alcatraz”, and shared my view here. Today I was surprised to read an article in the Telegraph about “The Rock”. The United States’ National Park Service is planning to convert part of the prison into a hotel. I wonder if it will be another Indian [...]
Discussion with Pros
Between Euro 2008 and NBA finals, I finally had a chance last night to watch Charlie Rose’s discussion with Pritzker Prize winner architects Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano. It was a good one hour conversation about what architecture mean to these famous architects.
You need one!
This image has been going around the office whole week. I can’t help but post it here for all of you to see as well. I am sure you know a colleague, or an old college friend, or maybe you yourself has one of these glasses. Follow the trend and get one of these everyone! [...]
