Open Form Architecture Blog

Vi­deo, by LA Times

Here is the la­test pre­fab ur­ban pro­ject, the Palm House, in Ve­nice, Ca­li­for­nia, by the archi­tects Mar­mol Rad­zi­ner and as­so­cia­tes. The house will be open to vi­si­tors and Leo Mar­mol will speak on the pre­fab pro­cess and its role in today’s hou­sing mar­ket. This is also a nice op­por­tu­nity to see the Vienna Way re­si­dence which sits right be­side. Please see their web­site for more in­for­ma­tion. The Palms House is lo­ca­ted at 734 Palms Blvd. in Ve­nice, CA.

Will’s Bar pro­ject, Dra­wing (what I re­mem­ber of it)

Bri­tish archi­tect, Will Al­sop, of­fe­red a vi­brant lec­ture at the Ca­na­dian Cen­tre for Archi­tec­ture in Montréal, pre­sen­ting his de­sign pro­cess and a va­riety of crea­tive works (sho­wing every­ting from con­cep­tual mo­dels to pain­tings, dra­wings, pho­to­graphs and di­verse ani­ma­tions). Here is one dra­wing for the Will’s Bar pro­ject that ex­plo­res the idea of crea­ting an unu­sual buil­ding to at­tract peo­ple; to make them cu­rious about the space.

The exhi­bi­tion Will Al­sop: OCAD, An Ur­ban Ma­ni­festo will be, fea­tu­res Will Alsop’s pre­pa­ra­tory work for the Sharp Cen­tre for De­sign at the On­ta­rio Co­llege of Art & De­sign (OCAD) in To­ronto and re­veals spe­ci­fi­cally the role of pain­ting in his de­sign process.