Yworkshop
Blog URL www.yworkshop.com
Located Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Tags architect, architecture, design, industrial design, case study, graphic design, exhibition, reading notes, interviews
Yworkshop is a Vancouver based architectural blog. It is dedicated to local and international thinkings on architecture. It also aims to bridge the architectural ideas of EAST and WEST.
Latest Blog Posts
- Delirious No More_Rem Koolhass on Nov 5, 2009 in
In June 2003, many years after his famous book “Delirious New York”, Rem Koolhass published another article “Delirious No More, waning space I_NY”. Here is the article Via Wired magazine. 1850-1933 New York is built, from 185...
- Two Identical Houses In Tokyo_Cheungvogl on Nov 5, 2009 in
A canadian and a german together founded the firm Cheungvogl in Hong Kong. Both worked in Foster + Partners before, they had designed lots of projects worldwide. Here is one of their projects: Two identical houses in Tokyo. By the choice...
- Juhani Pallasmaa Vancouver Lecture 2009 on Nov 3, 2009 in
Juhani Pallasmaa has presented a lecture at the playhouse vancouver on Nov 02,2009. The topic is “Twelve themes in my work-interplay of thought and form”. It is really hard for me to concentrate on his way of presenting his work but what...
- Grid without straight lines on Nov 3, 2009 in
The rule is simple: to set up the umbrella in a certain distance so that nobody feels uncomfortable while watching the ocean. It seems that there is an invisible form that follows individual intention; or in other words,there is a grid without str...
- The Opposite Hotel_Kengo Kuma on Nov 2, 2009 in
The opposite hotel in beijing was designed by Kengo Kuma in 2006 and complete construction in 2008. The atrium space is lighted through glass roof. Large stainless steel fabric is hanged from the roof to form the curve line, which is a natural res...
- The architecture-incubator_OMA on Nov 2, 2009 in
Who are the offices spawned from the architecture-incubator of OMA (Rem Koolhass)? Believe it or not. Here are a few (not all) of the names that have emerged from OMA since it opened in 1975: MVRDV RotterdamZaha Hadid LondonNL architects RotterdamFO...
- Upto35 design competition_Urban Encounters on Nov 1, 2009 in
A group of designers from Netherlands, who offered the theme “Urban Encounters” for the Upto35 design competition, was chosen as one of the finalists. Their goal is to remodel the urban patterns in the city. The buildings are “fo...
