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We have a lot of respect for the work coming out of rAndom International. In their most current project “Audience” that was @ the Royal Opera House, they had taken a series of mirrors that had the ability to track moving objects in close proximity while operating at a smaller scale protocol that would allow for more eccentric behavior. I think it has a lot to do w/ their cleverness and a refined sense of making. read more

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Digital Materiality in Architecture
Nov 20 2008
6.30pm
Book launch at Storefront Gallery
97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY 10012 read more

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Shigeru BAN, Architect, Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo and Paris “Recent Projects” Thursday, November 6 2008

Pratt Institute Higgins Hall Auditorium 6pm read more

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Ventulett Symposium: Textile Tectonics

Generally structure is associated with simplicity and strength, while today digital tools allow us to understand structure as being integral to material complexity and aesthetic delicacy. Based on Gottfried Semper’s understanding of textile as the key component of architecture this symposium discusses tectonics as the expressivity of matter itself, arriving at a point where the classic opposition of structure and ornament, or abstraction and empathy, begins to dissolve. read more

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Implant Matrix - Toronto, ON - 2006

Visiting Pratt Design Professor and noted practicing architect from Ontario, PHILIP BEESLEY, will be presenting his work on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th at 6PM in the Higgins Hall Auditorium @ Pratt Institute School of Architecture. Visit philipbeesleyarchitect.com to see more of Professor Beesley’s work. read more

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Marius Watz has some exceptional work up on his flickr page that he has done for the 2008 annual conference of the Security Traders Association. The idea of warping time into a circle and then projecting it onto a sphere opens up some interesting questions. This and the explosive iconographic nature of the work is rather fitting considering what has transpired over the last several weeks. enjoy!

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