Entitled..."if you've ever had a brother". Better late than never.
-Brian L.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Pothole Gardens
Not sure if this little endeavor will cause more accidents than smiles but its a pretty cool idea.
-Brian L.
Lego Patchwork
The Dispatchwork Project by artist Jan Vormann. This clever fella uses his 3rd grade lego building skills to bring a bright side to broken buildings all over the world. I can't imagine anyone walking by a building, seeing these colorful legos and not smiling.
-Brian L.
Earth'smart Building???
Studios Architecture has designed a new green office, meeting, and exhibition space that aspires to become a hub of sustainability in the Sacramento area. Dubbed the Earth’smart building, the center would be an ideal place for individuals to converge in order to discuss, plan and work towards increased sustainability in the fields of construction, public policy, industry, investment, design, and education. The Earth’smart building consists of 5 stories built around a central atrium, and it houses a large exhibit hall, reception and event registration areas, and an indoor/outdoor cafe. Numerous offices, a research library, and conference rooms in cantilevered pods would also be available. On top of the building, a green roof and a lounge and cafe offers views of the capital underneath the shade of a photovoltaic array.
Daylight filters into the building through the glass facade, and natural ventilation is aided by the chimney effect in the central atrium. Storm water infiltrates through the exterior garden spaces, and inside a 5-story waterfall provides low-energy evaporative cooling to the spaces surrounding the atrium.
The design is still speculative at this point, but Studios Architecture is dedicated to making this multi-purpose building an example for sustainable construction in California’s capital city. (inhabitat.com)
anyone heard of this?
-Brian L.
No job too far... No mountain too high...
That’s our motto at W+P… at least it was for our meeting on the Truckee Cultural Arts Center project.
We really know how to pick the projects, the mandatory job walk at Truckee was during the worst storm of this year’s winter season. I think yesterday may have been the second worse storm of this year’s winter season.
Glad to know we were in an all-wheel drive X5 and not a ox-drawn wagon (Donner Party!)
Yes that’s Jack pushing snow off the car with his laptop briefcase.
-Brian W.
