we first became aware of tomas saraceno’s work at the venice biennale last year. his interest in architectural projects is part of the artist’s ongoing fascination with utopian theories and astronomical constellations. (more…)

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the slide house construcion has now completed the slab and first floor masonry stage. we have just been sent the fabrication drawings including which illustrates the large webbing beam that supports the eastern length of the house. click the image to view the design of the project…

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and so begins our top five series.  this series show some of our current favourite flash/ processing interactive animations.  some are just fun where as others are visually complex and highly seductive.

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ok go’s latest video clip ‘this too shall pass’ (which premiered last monday night on youtube) presented a perverse fascination of the complexity in systems.

the clip was based around a rube goldberg machine (more…)

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The days of architects struggling in public transport or windy streets with fragile models teetering on the brink of destruction may soon be over! Zebra Imaging 3D prints recently developed a method to show virtual 3D models using holographic technology. Zebra’s holographic images enables architects and designers to show their 3D model without physically building or rapid prototyping it. According to its makers, this method is much more rapid, much more accurate and less expensive than a real model. The panel is a flat piece of plastic which is easy to transport, and is quite frankly awesome. (more…)

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