BusinessWeek Online (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I attended a briefing by the DesignSingapore Council's International Advisory Panel on Friday that discussed making healthcare an economic driver of this city-state in the future. Now think about this. As the politics of the US continues to grind on around providing all Americans with the basics of health care, the government of Singapore has put together a panel of some of the world's top designers...
Looking Around (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
They tell us the Great Recession is in retreat, though it may not feel that way if you're unemployed. Even if it is, on the way out the door it took down a project I was looking forward to. Earlier this week the University of California at Berkeley announced that it was giving [...]
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
"A shortage of funds has prompted UC Berkeley to abandon its plan to construct a new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive downtown. The building, a distinctive and innovative design by Tokyo architect Toyo Ito estimated to cost $143 million, was to replace the museum's present, seismically endangered quarters on Bancroft Way, completed in 1970."...
this is sippey.typepad.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive won't be getting this: Kenneth Baker in the Chronicle: > Museum Director Lawrence Rinder explained the decision to change course - taken by the chancellor, the museum's board president, its chairman and...
Curbed SF (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Berkeley Art Museum's throwing in the towel on the Toyo Ito design for its new building. The not very discreet chatter in the city, even months ago as Ito-san discussed his concept in a rare visit, was that...
Archinect (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A shortage of funds has prompted UC Berkeley to abandon its plan to construct a new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive downtown. SF Gate
SocketSite™ (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
"A shortage of funds has prompted UC Berkeley to abandon its plan to construct a new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive downtown. The building, a distinctive and innovative design by Tokyo architect Toyo Ito estimated to cost...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A shortage of funds has prompted UC Berkeley to abandon its plan to construct a new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive downtown. The building, a distinctive and innovative design by Tokyo architect Toyo Ito estimated to cost $143 million, was to...
varnelis.net - network culture (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Unfortunately I won’t have a chance to see this show, but I had the chance to contribute a brief piece on Archizoom’s “Structure for Leisure in Prato–Permanent Luna Park in a Shopping Centre” to the catalogue for First Works: Emerging Architectural Experimentation of the 1960s and 1970s , now on display the AA. The show explores the first projects that architects of that...
Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Name: Aluminium Cottage Location: Yamanashi, Japan Size: 614 square feet Saw this prefab cottage designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito over at Blue Ant Studio and was struck by both the form
Archinect (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
LINK The Short-list Tenderers(3 Entries) 1. Number: 43, Tenderer: Studio Gang Architects / Jeanne Gang Nationality: U.S.A. 2. Number: 45 Tenderer: Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture PC / Jesse Reiser Nationality: U.S.A 3. Number: 67, Tenderer: Daniel Gallagher ( Office dA ) Nationality: U.S.A ．The Honorable Mentions(4 Entries) : 1. Number: 18, Tenderer: Morphosis Architects / Thom Mayne Nationality:...
designShrine (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Designed by Toyo Ito & Associates, this concrete home in Marbella, Chile makes for a marvelous weekend retreat. Named for its unusual floor plan and crisp, stand-out color, this contemporary home dubbed "White O House" takes the form of a huge O, with a central circular courtyard at its heart. This modern concrete home plan [...]
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
(TrendHunter.com) Renowned designer and architect Toyo Ito, developed Ripples, a set of furniture for the Horm brand. Toyo Ito loves experimenting with different materials in his search for new tactile and visual frontiers.…
DigsDigs (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Well-known Japanese architect Toyo Ito has designed an attractive dining furniture set for Horm. Thanks to its love to experiment with different uses of materials and to look for new tactile and visual opportunities he has managed to make this set very original and adaptable to all interior styles. This furniture is made of wood and available in walnut,... Continue Reading...
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