09/10 - End of Year Show

Thank you to all those who came along to see the work and all those who contributed to the build. It was a good night and the space - table tennis meets situation room will be open for a couple of weeks.

Dont forget to check out the 3rd floor for UG Units...

09/10 - OB1 LIVE 06 - Info_Bench Tumblr

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09/10 - 01 Final Crit pt2

With thanks to our visiting critics: Ana Aruajo, Suzi Winstanley, Sarah Stevens and Georgios Makridis. Images: Oliver Craddock: Love Houses, Grace Wong: Confusion Festival, Jack Hardy:

09/10 - 01 Final Crit pt1

With thanks to our visiting critics: Carsten Jungfer, Toby Smith and Heena Mystry. Images: Bryony Preston:, Natalie Dossor: Faulkes, Charlie Palmer: Wild Festival,

Occupy spaces...

Here's a link for dover bookshop - copyright free images which can be photocopied, scaled and used in drawings for a 'period' feel - be wise with their application...
THE DOVER BOOKSHOP

They have a bookshop in Covent Garden - 18 Earlham Street, London WC2H 9LG

Archigram Archival Project

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link for ARCHIGRAM ARCHIVAL PROJECT

09/10 - Berlin - The Typologies Tour

Many buildings and tours - highlights include - Neue Museum, Dutch Embassy, Berlin Library, IBA Housing, Jewish Museum, Stadtmodelle, Kino, Akademie de Kunst Landscape exhibition...

09/10 - 01 Interim Crit

A good day was had (too good to remember to take photos) - onwards to the Final Crits at the end of April...
Many thanks to our visiting critics: Mike Halliwell (Foster + Partners), Bruno Silvestre (Bushow Henley Architects), Nick Gazanis (astudioarchitecture), Ashifah Dhalla (Shepheard Epstein Hunter), Gesa Schenk (Sparch) and Anna Mansfield.

Faber Podcasts

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Notebooks and Narrative - Belfast Exhibition

What ideas do we carry with us in our pocket? How do we use the ‘device’ of the personal sketchbook/ notebook? Featuring:
Grafton Architects Tom de Paor Shane O ‘Toole Peter Cody Ciaran Mackel Tarla MacGabhann Paul Clarke Nigel Murray Seamus Lennon Nigel Peake Niall O’Hare Michael Doherty Susie Carson Gerry Cahill Sheila O’Donnell & John Tuomey

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Model Visions...

Some links for images of architects models...
Mixtacity -everyday objects and bespoke artifacts... NIGEL COATES Supercity - Will Alsop for Manchester - ALSOPARCHITECTS
Venice Biennale 2004 - Arsenale - DESIGNBOOM
Venice Biennale 2006 - British Pavilion - DESIGNBOOM
Venice Biennale 2008 - Chilean Pavilion - DESIGNBOOM

architectural disorder - OVADA Gallery, Oxford

"The pending redevelopment and architectural alterations of OVADA art gallery in Oxford city centre yielded the conception of a group exhibition of works by artists who take their inspiration from architectural concepts, and notions of changing space in order to provide multiple ways for viewers to relate to, use, enjoy, and occupy space through varying levels of consciousness. "

LINK HERE

09/10 - Plaster casting workshop

Relief, texture, pattern.....

OBU - Sonic Arts Festival

25th-27th February 2010
"An eclectic mix of contemporary and experimental music, including performances from ensembles Okeanos & [rout], pianist Catherine Laws, Dutch composer and flute virtuoso Jos Zwaanenburg, Diego Garro and improvising duo exquisite corpse. The event also features installation work from Stephen Cornford, alongside a sonic tuck shop and disfunctional disco.

There's a call for short electroacoustic, computer music, and sound art works too."

OBU LINK HERE

09/10 - the ORDOS project

100 Architects were invited to propose 100 villas by Herzog De Meuron architects in the inner Mongolian landscapes of China... here is one example by Sou Fujimoto. Check the website for models, drawings and project descriptions.

ARCHIDAILY
ORDOS PROJECT WEBSITE