For Sale/TVs From Craigslist

For Sale/TVs From Craigslist - by Penelope Umbrico

from the artist (Penelope Umbrico):

"For Sale / TVs From Craigslist, are images of the screens of TVs for sale I found on Craigslist. With hints of the seller’s interior space reflected in them, they offer inadvertent glimpses of intimacy and function as self-portraits of the sellers (the camera’s flash announcing the seller’s presence in the image)."

What a subversive image of space.

New Tools. Rhonda Forever.

Design tools are evolving. The next generation will laugh at us for using CAD. How will it be in the near future?

The hands on the screen belong to James Paterson. He is using "Rhonda", a 3D drawing tool developed by Amit Pitaru circa 2003. They have just started the beta testing.

Plattenbau in Wien.

Seen on my trip to work - a Plattenbau from 1967 (by Georg Linser and Emil Kapeller). With some adjustments, the front facade would fit in an architecture magazine, the backside however, looks nasty!

Bump into the MuseumsQuartier.

Don't bump into the logo! (it's maybe the logo of the tenth largest cultural complex in the world)

Höhenrausch–High-Altitude Euphoria II.

Recently, I have been on the marvelous "Höhenrausch", an art exhibition that guides visitors up to and over the roofs of Linz. It shows art between the sky and the city, offering an opportunity for a unique experience of Linz. See "Höhenrausch–High-Altitude Euphoria" for the participating artists. The timber construction has been done by Atelier Bow-Wow (in collaboration with Riepl Riepl).

Competitions and Reliability.

Thanks to a comment on Bustler (from Friday, July 31, 2009) I got a little worried about the architecture competition "Up To 35"*. A reader commented, "go to the website...see the Q&A section...read question number 26 and see the answer".

Question 26: I´m not an architect yet and I´m making an internship in one of the jury´s offices. Could I participate as a member of one team, or is there any rule that forbid this situation?

Answer: Yes you could participate given that you qualify and that you are not an intern at the specific office the day of the submission.

(source: http://www.upto35.com/qna.php, from August 1, 2009)

It's surely a mistake and not expressed clearly enough, however, it raises some doubts about competitions.

*"Oliaros, a young property development company, is calling architects up to 35 years old to submit proposals for the construction of an affordable student housing complex in Kerameikos and Metaxourgeio (KM), an area in the historic centre of Athens, Greece."