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Architecture That Defies Death
(20 February 2007) - The architect-couple Arakawa and Madelaine Gins who are responsible for the Reversible Destiny Lofts have a lot more in their ouevre of conceptual fountain-of-life-inspired structures. After we covered the whimsical apartment building they designed last week, Tropolism alerted us to an overview of the pair's "bigger and more outrageous projects" that appeared on Tropolism last year. The piece includes the life-enhancing apartment buildings, the...
(20 February 2007) - The architect-couple Arakawa and Madelaine Gins who are responsible for the Reversible Destiny Lofts have a lot more in their ouevre of conceptual fountain-of-life-inspired structures. After we covered the whimsical apartment building they designed last week, Tropolism alerted us to an overview of the pair's "bigger and more outrageous projects" that appeared on Tropolism last year. The piece includes the life-enhancing apartment buildings, the...
Tropolism: PIN-UP
(08 December 2006) - Tropolism has been highlighting their favorite architectural magazines this week. Among the best (and a great gift to surprise the favorite architect on your list) is PIN-UP, a brand-new magazine that plays with the idea of architecture as eye candy and aims to go "behind the clothes" of architects to figure out what makes them tick. PIN-UP features articles on Jurgen Mayer H., Zaha...
(08 December 2006) - Tropolism has been highlighting their favorite architectural magazines this week. Among the best (and a great gift to surprise the favorite architect on your list) is PIN-UP, a brand-new magazine that plays with the idea of architecture as eye candy and aims to go "behind the clothes" of architects to figure out what makes them tick. PIN-UP features articles on Jurgen Mayer H., Zaha...
Tropolism: PIN-UP
(08 December 2006) - Tropolism has been highlighting their favorite architectural magazines this week. Among the best (and a great gift to surprise the favorite architect on your list) is PIN-UP, a brand-new magazine that plays with the idea of architecture as eye candy and aims to go "behind the clothes" of architects to figure out what makes them tick. PIN-UP features articles on Jurgen Mayer H., Zaha...
(08 December 2006) - Tropolism has been highlighting their favorite architectural magazines this week. Among the best (and a great gift to surprise the favorite architect on your list) is PIN-UP, a brand-new magazine that plays with the idea of architecture as eye candy and aims to go "behind the clothes" of architects to figure out what makes them tick. PIN-UP features articles on Jurgen Mayer H., Zaha...
Tropolism: John Powers
(10 July 2006) - Rekindling dormant grade and grad school fantasies at Tropolism today, Brooklyn-based artist John Powers' geometric sculptures, installations, drawings, and paintings reference fine art, pop culture, and his own obsessively imagined, completely fantastical worlds. Triggering deep childhood fantasies of "landscapes like the surface of the Death Star in Episode IV: A New Hope," as well as memories of architecture models, Tropolism picks the Sci-Fi Wahabi...
(10 July 2006) - Rekindling dormant grade and grad school fantasies at Tropolism today, Brooklyn-based artist John Powers' geometric sculptures, installations, drawings, and paintings reference fine art, pop culture, and his own obsessively imagined, completely fantastical worlds. Triggering deep childhood fantasies of "landscapes like the surface of the Death Star in Episode IV: A New Hope," as well as memories of architecture models, Tropolism picks the Sci-Fi Wahabi...
Tropolism: Implant Matrix Installation
(23 June 2006) - Today Tropolism directs our attention to the futuristic work of architects-cum-sculptors Philip Beesley and Will Elsworthy who recently debuted their Implant Matrix installation at the electronic media arts center Interaccess' show "Scale" in Toronto. Made from a complex structure of pentagonal "geotextile" nodes that sense and react to the audience and over two years in the making, the organic form is lit from within....
(23 June 2006) - Today Tropolism directs our attention to the futuristic work of architects-cum-sculptors Philip Beesley and Will Elsworthy who recently debuted their Implant Matrix installation at the electronic media arts center Interaccess' show "Scale" in Toronto. Made from a complex structure of pentagonal "geotextile" nodes that sense and react to the audience and over two years in the making, the organic form is lit from within....
Tropolism: Hidden City Contest Ends
(10 March 2006) - Submissions for the Your Hidden City project end today at 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Click here to see all the entries. The contest was expected to be a little stream: it turned into a deluge. With close to 1,000 entries, we have our work cut out for us....
(10 March 2006) - Submissions for the Your Hidden City project end today at 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Click here to see all the entries. The contest was expected to be a little stream: it turned into a deluge. With close to 1,000 entries, we have our work cut out for us....
Tropolism: Your Hidden City Grows
(03 March 2006) - The biggest recent news on Tropolism: Your Hidden City, the first open-source architectural contest, has produced about 560 entries! Over 160 entrants have submitted, rumors of a gallery show are circulating, and you still have until 5pm on 10 March 2006 to jump in by going to Tropolism's Flickr pool. For full details, check Tropolism....
(03 March 2006) - The biggest recent news on Tropolism: Your Hidden City, the first open-source architectural contest, has produced about 560 entries! Over 160 entrants have submitted, rumors of a gallery show are circulating, and you still have until 5pm on 10 March 2006 to jump in by going to Tropolism's Flickr pool. For full details, check Tropolism....
This Week in Tropolism
(24 February 2006) - Tropolism explores the outer fringes this week. First, it reviews the designs for the first two commercial spaceports for humankind and finds them, well, awful. Next it reviewed a winning (finally) competition entry by Zaha Hadid for a library in the remote city of Sevilla and finds it, well, underdone. The remote inner city regions of Detroit are being rediscovered by an activist group...
(24 February 2006) - Tropolism explores the outer fringes this week. First, it reviews the designs for the first two commercial spaceports for humankind and finds them, well, awful. Next it reviewed a winning (finally) competition entry by Zaha Hadid for a library in the remote city of Sevilla and finds it, well, underdone. The remote inner city regions of Detroit are being rediscovered by an activist group...
This Week in Tropolism
(17 February 2006) - Tropolism's Your Hidden City contest is off with a bang, with over 250 entries so far. The Tropolism Flickr pool is bubbling with wonderful pictures and captions. We invite you to enter into the first open-source architectural competition! This week is all about density. OMA's new hyper-dense skyscraper in Kentucky, the breaking news on Madison Square Garden's possible relocation to the Farley Building across...
(17 February 2006) - Tropolism's Your Hidden City contest is off with a bang, with over 250 entries so far. The Tropolism Flickr pool is bubbling with wonderful pictures and captions. We invite you to enter into the first open-source architectural competition! This week is all about density. OMA's new hyper-dense skyscraper in Kentucky, the breaking news on Madison Square Garden's possible relocation to the Farley Building across...
Tropolism Hidden City Contest
(10 February 2006) - After a week of very subtle buildup, Tropolism is pleased to announce the first open-sourced architectural contest, Your Hidden City. The contest is simple: post your photos (with a caption) to our public Flickr pool (or email them to us for posting), and our jury will select their favorites in five categories. The winners will be posted to Tropolism. The theme of the contest...
(10 February 2006) - After a week of very subtle buildup, Tropolism is pleased to announce the first open-sourced architectural contest, Your Hidden City. The contest is simple: post your photos (with a caption) to our public Flickr pool (or email them to us for posting), and our jury will select their favorites in five categories. The winners will be posted to Tropolism. The theme of the contest...
This Week in Tropolism
(03 February 2006) - We started with another Shiny-Gold building, Then two artist-itect posts A progress update on the High Line And ended with some wicked Fashion-tecture.Stay tuned next Friday for a Special Announcement!...
(03 February 2006) - We started with another Shiny-Gold building, Then two artist-itect posts A progress update on the High Line And ended with some wicked Fashion-tecture.Stay tuned next Friday for a Special Announcement!...
This Week in Tropolism
(27 January 2006) - This week was the week of Masters. Architecture Masters that defy death (we're so totally not kidding). Masters of the Park. Masters of photography, tilt-shift lens department. And, of course, Masters of Architectural structure. ...
(27 January 2006) - This week was the week of Masters. Architecture Masters that defy death (we're so totally not kidding). Masters of the Park. Masters of photography, tilt-shift lens department. And, of course, Masters of Architectural structure. ...
This Week in Tropolism
(20 January 2006) - This week Tropolism, we set our Technology Vision to stun, first by looking at SketchUp's new Google Earth Plugin, looking at the thesis projects at Sci-Arc, and looking at a cute little drawing program we just like. We looked as some fashion/architecture remixes at two parallel shows in New York, and gave you more wood-clad building love, this time from San Francisco....
(20 January 2006) - This week Tropolism, we set our Technology Vision to stun, first by looking at SketchUp's new Google Earth Plugin, looking at the thesis projects at Sci-Arc, and looking at a cute little drawing program we just like. We looked as some fashion/architecture remixes at two parallel shows in New York, and gave you more wood-clad building love, this time from San Francisco....
This Week in Tropolism
(13 January 2006) - Tropolism continues to follow the story of the rebuilding master plan debate in New Orleans, along with some crazy article on 2 Columbus Circle published by the New York Times. The preservation debate is in full swing! The new National Swimming Center in China caught our eye, as well as an artist-itect collective in Dessau. But what really caught our eye shows up today:...
(13 January 2006) - Tropolism continues to follow the story of the rebuilding master plan debate in New Orleans, along with some crazy article on 2 Columbus Circle published by the New York Times. The preservation debate is in full swing! The new National Swimming Center in China caught our eye, as well as an artist-itect collective in Dessau. But what really caught our eye shows up today:...
This Week in Tropolism
(06 January 2006) - This week, Tropolism points the way to two news items about rebuilding New Orleans, reviews the new blog Do You Want Some Coffee? now that it's hit critical mass (three months), and sends along an interview of Artist-itect Jon Kher Kaw....
(06 January 2006) - This week, Tropolism points the way to two news items about rebuilding New Orleans, reviews the new blog Do You Want Some Coffee? now that it's hit critical mass (three months), and sends along an interview of Artist-itect Jon Kher Kaw....
This Week in Tropolism
(16 December 2005) - 1. We had some words about an exhibition at MoMA, and why the New York Times will call France but not Spain for interviews. 2. We played with blocks, or, as they are known these days, psycho-social building experiences. 3. We listen in on an interview with SANAA, the architects who designed the new New Museum. ...
(16 December 2005) - 1. We had some words about an exhibition at MoMA, and why the New York Times will call France but not Spain for interviews. 2. We played with blocks, or, as they are known these days, psycho-social building experiences. 3. We listen in on an interview with SANAA, the architects who designed the new New Museum. ...
This Week in Tropolism
(09 December 2005) - Tropolism this week: Projections, Paper, and Wood! We reviewed the new, projection-heavy show by The Builder's Association, in collaboration with the renderers dbox, called Super Vision. We uncovered some paper architecture. And some wood in Chelsea. Oh, and we were nominated for another award!...
(09 December 2005) - Tropolism this week: Projections, Paper, and Wood! We reviewed the new, projection-heavy show by The Builder's Association, in collaboration with the renderers dbox, called Super Vision. We uncovered some paper architecture. And some wood in Chelsea. Oh, and we were nominated for another award!...
This Week in Tropolism
(18 November 2005) - In Tropolism this week, it was all about Favorites: - Our second favorite concert hall gets the knife - Janette Kim's lecture and show is announced - Our favorite cat-scratch post, The Sculpture for Living, still has no drapes! - Pretty pictures everywhere! - And, a book review of our favorite architect...
(18 November 2005) - In Tropolism this week, it was all about Favorites: - Our second favorite concert hall gets the knife - Janette Kim's lecture and show is announced - Our favorite cat-scratch post, The Sculpture for Living, still has no drapes! - Pretty pictures everywhere! - And, a book review of our favorite architect...
This Week in Tropolism
(11 November 2005) - It was a week of beginnings, with one ending. AMO (OMA, when they're not picking up redlines) begins a study for the Hermitage, an Olafur Eliasson show begins in Japan, a couple of show openings, and Tokyo retail rebirths abound! And, of course, we say farewell to Emigre, at issue 69....
(11 November 2005) - It was a week of beginnings, with one ending. AMO (OMA, when they're not picking up redlines) begins a study for the Hermitage, an Olafur Eliasson show begins in Japan, a couple of show openings, and Tokyo retail rebirths abound! And, of course, we say farewell to Emigre, at issue 69....
This Week in Tropolism
(04 November 2005) - This week in Tropolism, we got virtual. As in virtual concert hall, virtual skyscraper, and virtual museum for Ground Zero. We also started a map of our community. We grow....
(04 November 2005) - This week in Tropolism, we got virtual. As in virtual concert hall, virtual skyscraper, and virtual museum for Ground Zero. We also started a map of our community. We grow....
This Week in Tropolism
(28 October 2005) - This week Tropolism went deeper into the complex lighting design for the beacon at 55 Water Street, including Tropolism's first architectural movie. The conversation with lighting designer Jim Conti has two parts. Our little post last week about diagonal inspiration seems to have taken a life of its own at other websites. Our Kahn knowledge was challenged. We didn't care. But we did ask...
(28 October 2005) - This week Tropolism went deeper into the complex lighting design for the beacon at 55 Water Street, including Tropolism's first architectural movie. The conversation with lighting designer Jim Conti has two parts. Our little post last week about diagonal inspiration seems to have taken a life of its own at other websites. Our Kahn knowledge was challenged. We didn't care. But we did ask...
This Week in Tropolism
(21 October 2005) - It was all about elevated public parks. Visiting the High Line (getting oh so close to stepping on it), while seeing some great art. Visiting the press junket for 55 Water Street, a park we designed in 2002. And, visiting the lovely new park at 55 Water Street to see what actually got built. We also visited upon a fellow blog an earnest question...
(21 October 2005) - It was all about elevated public parks. Visiting the High Line (getting oh so close to stepping on it), while seeing some great art. Visiting the press junket for 55 Water Street, a park we designed in 2002. And, visiting the lovely new park at 55 Water Street to see what actually got built. We also visited upon a fellow blog an earnest question...
Tropolism
(26 September 2005) - The world of Cool Hunting expands again: please welcome Tropolism to our little family. Tropolism explores the city through the eyes of architects. It calls attention to the art of architects, finds urban beauty wherever it may be, and otherwise revels in the pleasures of the dense city. It also is very skeptical about what architects have to say about their buildings. Its task...
(26 September 2005) - The world of Cool Hunting expands again: please welcome Tropolism to our little family. Tropolism explores the city through the eyes of architects. It calls attention to the art of architects, finds urban beauty wherever it may be, and otherwise revels in the pleasures of the dense city. It also is very skeptical about what architects have to say about their buildings. Its task...
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