Archive for the 'Improvising Schema' Category
“The proposed high-rise is nothing new in its design or use of materials. The building is clearly a developer-driven project that proposes open floor plates with leasable space and does not strive for innovation. The design is based on the Miesian skyscrapers that was further articulated with the Mies/Johnson Seagram’s Building - pancake floor slabs [...]
“Cameron Sinclair Lecture. Blog On the City provided a review of the Sinclair (Architecture for Humanity) lecture that was spot on. Frankly every damn architect and designer in the city should have been there, but we only saw the usual suspects. For those who did attend and heard Mr. Sinclair’s speech, please visit the AFH [...]
“Le Corbusier dreamt up Ville Contemporaine.
Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned Broadacre City. Now, add into the mix Rem Koolhaas‘ design for the Waterfront City in Dubai - some 1.5 billion (yes, with a ‘b’ people) square feet of development.
Yet again, one of the notorious Starchitects proposes an urban development plan that is suspended in hypotheticals in [...]
Read more from the newest addition to the Cleveland Design City community! Cleveland architecture and design blog Improvising Schema has been added to the Cleveland Design City feeds at right: “Likewise, the CUDC (Cleveland Urban Design Center) did a great job of kick-starting this year’s Pop-Up temporary installation with a workshop earlier today. Berlin-based landscape architect and [...]
