Archinect In Focus

Earlier this week Archinect interviewed me for their new series on architecture photographers.

Read it here:
http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=96395_0_23_0_C

March 7, 2010 | Filed Under: Announcements , Architecture & Design , Photos | Comments (0)
Tags: architecture, interview, me

Gorgeous CG Short Film Featuring Architecture

Stunning computer rendered short film that "tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view." Buildings by Kahn, Mies, Gehry, Calatrava and others are breathtakingly rendered. I particularly loved the depiction of the Barcelona Pavilion in the film.

If you love architecture, set aside 12 minutes and watch this in HD in full screen (you have to click on the link to go to Vimeo in order to watch this in HD).

January 19, 2010 | Filed Under: Architecture & Design | Comments (0)
Tags: architecture, calatrava, cg, frankgehry, louiskahn, mies, shortfilm, video

Image courtesy Mike Mitchell.

January 13, 2010 | Filed Under: Entertainment | Comments (0)
Tags: conan

Curtain Door, Surat, India

The door is comprised of 40 sections of 254mm-thick Burma teak and integrates 160 pulleys, 80 ball bearings, a wire-rope and a counter weight. I need to see a video of this incredible door in action.

Photo credit: Dinesh Mehta [via Architecture Review]

December 1, 2009 | Filed Under: Architecture & Design | Comments (0)
Tags: architecture, door, India

Lego Sushi

Photo credit: "Big Daddy" Nelson on Flickr [via Frank Street]

October 25, 2009 | Filed Under: Food & Drink | Comments (1)
Tags: food, lego, photos, sushi

Bag Check

From xkcd.

October 20, 2009 | Filed Under: Travel | Comments (0)
Tags: humor

Prosciutto di Parma

Bigger view. The smell of ham must be intoxicating in there. Umm........ prosciutto.

Photo credit: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

October 15, 2009 | Filed Under: Food & Drink | Comments (0)
Tags: food, italy, prosciutto

Texas Living Pods

Found this photo attached to a NYTimes article about how the U.S. can't track whether foreign visitors have left the country.

It appears to be a spherical tent attached to a one-car shed. It's identified as a "bungalow" in the article. I find it fascinating, but a cursory Google search has not turned up any info. Eyeballing the photo, the unit can't be bigger than 150 sq-ft (probably closer to 125). There's a certain dystopian futuristic look to these pods. I wonder how much the rent is for one of these things. Also, is it unbearably hot in the Texas sun? A/C? Shower and toilet? Who can tell me about these things?

Photo credit: Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram

October 12, 2009 | Filed Under: Architecture & Design | Comments (1)
Tags: architecture, bungalow, housing, texas, us

My Favorite Google Doodle Yet

Beautiful.

57 years ago today US Patent 2,612,994 was granted for the barcode.

October 7, 2009 | Filed Under: Internet | Comments (0)
Tags: barcode, design, google, web

La Table @ Château Restaurant Joël Robuchon

There's fine french dining, and then there's Robuchon's extravagant replica Loire chateau in the heart of Tokyo. It is undeniably luxurious, elegant and beautiful, yes, but yet at the same time, flamboyantly over-the-top because it is in the middle of Tokyo! Maybe it's the Japanese and their meticulous building prowess or more likely it is because it is housing someone of Monsieur Robuchon's stature, the chateau didn't seem at all ridiculous or cheesy, which these types of replicas tend to be in Asia.

Inside, there's a bakery in the basement level, a less expensive restaurant on the first floor and two stories of his finest cooking on the second and third levels of the chateau. Dinner for two can cost as much as ¥10,000/US$1100 after drinks and service in the upstairs restaurant.

Amazingly, in the first floor restaurant, there is a ¥2950 per person set meal option during lunch. US$30 (give or take, depending on prevailing exchange rate) for a meal at this high temple of fine French dining? I'm there.

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September 14, 2009 | Filed Under: Food & Drink | Comments (0)
Tags: frenchfood, japan, joelrobuchon, review, tokyo, travel