The creators of this online journal and forum controversially argue that computation will engender the final stage of development in the relationship between architecture and computers by ...
Writing software is at the core of Casey Reas’s artistic practice. The digital is his medium of choice rather than a means of manipulation. He reflects on ...
With the dissolution of the last utopian project of Man in the name of Communism, the great spectre that once haunted Europe and the rest of the ...
While computers have dramatically changed the way architects design, construction in the US and around the world is still dependent on ...
One of the great lessons of the 20th Century that our particular generation of architects has inherited is our appreciation of the infra-thin scale: the primal ...
Contemporary telecommunication and computer technologies have fundamentally changed the relationship between sign and space, iconography and matter. While Venturi’s model for the decorated shed grew out ...
The current programming culture in architecture could all too easily be written off as a youthful, geeky obsession with the algorithmic and the parametric among nascent practitioners, who ...
After seeing Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion World Map, a map projected on a flattened isohedron, we began working on the idea of using computer ...
G. Holmes Perkins, 1904-2004 In September of 2004 I attended two events that reflect on each other. One was the Non-Standard Praxis conference held at MIT. The ...
With the dissolution of the last utopian project of Man in the name of Communism, thegreat specter that once haunted Europe and the rest of the world has all but ...
Contemporary architects are judged as much by their buildings as they are by the sophistication of the techniques used in design and construction. A certain fascination with technology is natural ...
Genomic architecture is based on the manipulation of the architectural genome. Like its biological counterpart, this genome is universal and encompasses all architecture — past, present and future. ...RepeatWhileTrue
Thursday, June 30th, 2005
RepeatWhileTrue is Philipp Seifried collection of computational art. Check out Breathpad, a beautiful interactive piece that reminds me of walking through fallen leaves.
PixelRoller Update
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
The new PixelRoller prototype 2 rolls out text and images like prototype 1, but bigger and with paint. I could definitely use one of these. [video] [gallery]
Newseum : Today’s Front Pages
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
“Today’s Front Pages” is Newseum’s interactive presentation of front pages from more than 300 newspapers from around the world. [launch] (map view)
via WorldChanging
Sick / Fascinating Rag-Doll Pinball
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
Brain Cells on Demand
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
Regenerative medicine scientists at the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute have discovered a cell culture method that may be able to produce a limitless supply of a person’s own brain cells. [article]
via Science Blog
Worm Simulator
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
Symantec’s free Worm Simulator visualizes infamous worm and virus attacks across local networks and the globe. You can also create your own simulations with custom configurations of networks and protection policies.
via Z+
High-Resolution Brain Atlas
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
Singlecell : Doublecell
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
Doublecell is the 2nd volume of small experimental computational design projects collected by Singlecell from a few of the best artist/programmers around.
Google Earth (beta) Free Download
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
Google Maps are nice. Google Earth will blow you away. Check out the sightseeing locations under ‘places’ and try jumping from one address to another. [free download]
Small Icon Taxonomy
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
Ro London’s collection of 300 small icons from 1800 websites
