2009.0603 Next to the defunct blast furnaces of the former Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania — a poignant symbol of changing times — stands a growing arts complex with industrial heritage at center stage. Those massive furnaces (and their smaller predecessors) once helped produce steel for such iconic structures as the Golden Gate Bridge, Empire State Building, and Hoover Dam, along with armaments for World Wars I and II. Located on the Lehigh River, in the middle of Bethlehem, the plant employed generations of workers and forged the town's industrial identity. "We all grew up here and it was within eyeshot of our homes," says Joseph Biondo, a principal at ArtQuest Center designers Spillman Farmer Architects. Founded as an iron works in the mid-1800s, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation grew to become one of the largest steel producers in the United States. For about a decade, the gigantic site of around 1,800 acres (730 hectares) stood empty, its structures deteriorating.
Architecture news, Design, Blogging and Social Networking » LSBU: Open Series Two – Peter Cook 25.09.08 Peter Cook – An energetic inspiration to us all. Sir Peter Cook is best known for his “Plug in City” of 1964. This was part of the Archigram group which came from the Architectural Association; it was a revolutionary movement in architecture. The Archigram group consisted of: Peter Cook – “Spokesman” Dennis Crompton – “Technician” David Greene – “Thoughtful poet” Warren Chalk – “Political thinker” Ron Heron – “Artist” Michael Webb – “Conceptual genius” They started out producing a pamphlet or magazine that caught the eye of the public; no one had seen anything like it before, it was a radical time for architects. It “incapacitated” architecture in a way that nothing else ever had, some loved it, some hated it, and it proved to affect everyone that experienced it. Some of Cook’s ideas may seem like a waste of time, for example his proposal to flood most of Southwark, or his “buildings of vegetation”.
ARCHISEARCH.GR - Αρχική Σελίδα World Architecture News, Official Home Page, architecture news, architettura radicale Architecture-Page | International resource for architecture and design Photovoltaics: Technology Architecture Installation We just received one of Detail´s latest: Photovoltaics: Technology, Architecture, Installation Bernhard Weller Claudia Hemmerle Sven Jakubetz Stefan Unnewehr Edition Detail ISBN: 978-3-0346-0369-0 See full index after the break: Introduction Life without energy is impossible. Index Introduction Generating and using solar electricity The sun as a source of energy Solar cells – turning light into electricity Modules Performance Photovoltaic systems System technology Yields and economics Ecology Designing with photovoltaics Features of crystalline photovoltaics Differences between traditional and PV materials and products Photovoltaics and its relationship with the building Design strategies Design options Transparency and design potential Construction and integration Designing with photovoltaics Fixing Roof installations Facade installations Sunshade installations
Archphoto rivista digitale di architettura arti visive e culture Death by Architecture Photovoltaics - DETAIL Practice - Books Build on the sun The guide for designing building-integrated photovoltaics Photovoltaics, as an important part of the renewable energies mix, is helping to slow down already occurring climate change while providing the earth with affordable energy over the long term. Photovoltaics captivates with its principle, silent operation, emissions and nearly maintenance free production of power from “nothing”. It is high time to break open the difficult and complex relationship between high quality architecture on the one side and the requirements of energy-conscious structural engineering the other so that a new language of design can arise. The sun as source of energy Engineering and systems Yields and feasibility Form design with photovoltaics Building legislation Realised project examples Prof.
Brusselssprout Magazine: “Renovating Dreamlands” Brusselssprout is a free curatorial magazine on contemporary thinking and emergent art. It aims to become an open, independent and alternative platform offering content related to the artistic and cultural world. It strives, with the help of the curatorial endeavours of artists and projects that can contribute a different layer to the ever more monopolized artistic scene. Brusselssprout no. 2 presents a Film and a Book, the sequels to Andy Warhol’s Empire (1964) and Rem Koolhaas’s Delirious New York (1978) respectively. Works that are essential to understanding the complexity of the twentieth century and its impact on the formation of the Cloud in which we’ve been immersed since the beginning of the XXI century (2001-2008). Brusselssprout can be downloaded quarterly in ePub and PDF format from the magazine’s official website.