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| HB and Holga's mini adventures in the Netherlands... Date added 07.10.08 by Lucy Dinnen   PublicationAs part of Hawkins\Brown's continual explorations across Europe's most architecturally inspired cities, the studio recently took a study trip to the Netherlands to visit both Amsterdam and Almere. Using a Holga Lomo camera, here are a few of the snap shots taken on the trip. Inspired? Visit www.lomography.com/ |
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| Best in Show - by a clean sweep Date added 23.09.08 by David Bickle  PublicationA little like Jacques Tati’s ‘Mon Oncle’ this series of short films at this years Venice Biennale presents the Koolhaas designed Maison à Bordeaux as surrealist object. The focus of the movies are not the house but the housekeeper, we follow her as she goes about her duties and chores; mopping floors after a coachload of architectural tourists have visited, overseeing window cleaning, opening metres of voile curtains and dragging a vacuum cleaner up what looks like a medievel torture device. But whilst we empathise with her daily drudgery and are quietly amused by the difficulties she encounters with leaky taps and broken door bollards we are constantly reminded that this house was made for a particular and visionary client with specific needs and requirements. Whilst the focus is on the housekeeper, the leading role is nobley played out by the house. At every turn you are reminded of its jaw dropping sculptural beauty and its astonishing inginuity, but what struck me most was the evidence of everyday life and occupation. this house is no show home, it is loved and used and abused and it is this humanity that is really communciated by this movie. Whilst it is showing in the Italian Pavillion during the duration of the Bienalle, go see it at the Barbican on 24 September 18.30 www.barbican.org.uk/film/ or visit www.koolhaashouselife.com/ to buy the book and DVD |
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| FFFound It Date added 19.09.08 by David Lomax  PublicationI’ve come to the conclusion recently that my life is in serious need of an editor. Possibly a cinematographer, director and score writer too, but definitely an editor. Too much to do, too much to read and too much to see. Somebody needs to organise all of this and hand me my schedule with my breakfast. Fortunately, the nice chaps at Ffffound have taken it upon themselves to filter out all the beautiful images on the web and hand them to me on their web page. It’s a site that allows users to post up favourite images that they stumble across on their travels. You can then start to tag the ones you like and it will recommend similar ones for you. Kind of like a last.fm for images. It becomes more fine tuned the more you use it. www.ffffound.com Hope you like it. I do. |
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| Sustainable Urban Design Date added 19.09.08 by HawkinsBrown  PublicationHawkins\Brown and Max Fordham ran a successful collaborative event comprising of a presentation and debate. This was set in the context of the forthcoming publication of ‘Sustainable Urban Design’ to which they have both contributed. Good, local sustenance was provided. We would like to thank everyone that took part in the event and hope that it was both enjoyable and informative. Part of the Green Sky Thinking Open House Event on Sustainability More info: www.openhouse.org.uk/openhouse/greenskystudios/ |