http://www.arkitectrue.com ArkitecTrue is dedicated to architectural thinking by Yelda Horozoglu Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.arkitectrue.com/you-need-one/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/you-need-one/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:08:34 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=439 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 [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/you-need-one/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/office-comics/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/office-comics/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:13 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/office-comics/ Without any humor life - and work - will be dreadful. Here are some comics that I have recently received from a co-worker. Some are pretty funny, and sadly, true. You start thinking “This is exactly my office…” No kidding! I wish you a happy Monday, and a productive week. ]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/office-comics/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/scandinavian-design/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/scandinavian-design/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:20:39 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/scandinavian-design/ danskdesign.nu is a privately held furniture & design company based in Gothenburg, Sweden. They started in November 2002 with the opening of a state of the art furniture & gift store that focuses on Scandinavian designed items which includes world known brands such as Georg Jensen, Rosendahl, Eva Solo and Bodum. Now they are expanding and [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/scandinavian-design/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/a-few-good-architects/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/a-few-good-architects/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:30:50 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=271 It might sound ridiculous, but it is funny! One of my friends sent it to me, and I couldn’t help but share it with you. This is for all architecture and movie geeks out there. Get your popcorn and enjoy! CAST: Engineer: Jack Nicholson Architect: Tom Cruise Engineer: You want answers? Architect: I think I’m entitled to them. Engineer: [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/a-few-good-architects/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/architecture-in-caricature/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/architecture-in-caricature/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:10:05 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=251 Every building has an architect, either good or, let’s say, not-so-good… There are some architects you cannot separate them from their designs, and their designs from them. I have seen these caricatures in a Turkish web site which explain exactly this point. If you want to see Mario Botta, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Mies Van [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/architecture-in-caricature/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/famia-cutlery/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/famia-cutlery/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:40:28 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=181 It is not easy to find a modern and elegant looking cutlery if you are designing a table top for a restaurant, or even for your home. A cutlery should look beautiful on the dining table. The outlines of Famia, designed by Mutlu+Milano Design Studio, are so soft, smooth, curvy and feminine. The “famia” name [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/famia-cutlery/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/10-photographs-that-changed-the-world/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/10-photographs-that-changed-the-world/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:56:42 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=71 Photography can take us places, we’ve never been before, perhaps never dreamed of. There are some photographs that will make you stop and think. These 10 photographs stopped the world and people hold their breaths for a few seconds to take it all in. 1. The Photograph That Raised the Photojournalistic Stakes: “Omaha Beach, Normandy, France” [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/10-photographs-that-changed-the-world/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/cardstacker/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/cardstacker/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:19:02 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=70 Can you believe this? Bryan Berg Guinness world record cardstacker creates new record at Disney. If you haven’t heard about him, read below and check out his website as well. “Bryan Berg broke the Guinness World Record for the World’s Tallest House of Cards in 1992 at the age of seventeen, with a tower fourteen feet, [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/cardstacker/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/amazing-new-billboard-concepts/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/amazing-new-billboard-concepts/#comments Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:57:11 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=47 This is an innovative idea from Ian Hart for a Mustang billboard campaign. According to Hart the billboards are “constructed from GE Lexan EXL semi-transparent resin, the billboard accurately blurs the scene behind it regardless of day, weather or season.” ]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/amazing-new-billboard-concepts/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/countdown-clock-unveiled/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/countdown-clock-unveiled/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:21:12 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=59 The clock’s design is influenced by the natural and urban surroundings of Vancouver and Whistler. At left, the design team’s initial concept sketch. At right, Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan with the real thing. The clock is already ticking for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games—a 20-foot-high, ten-foot-wide, 2,600-pound clock, that is. Unveiled February 12 [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/countdown-clock-unveiled/feed/