The London Festival of Architecture 2008 is a celebration and exploration of the city’s buildings, streets and spaces, aimed at Londoners and visitors alike.
The Festival runs from 20 June – 20 July and includes street installations, exhibitions, guided walks, cycle rides, boat tours of the city’s river and canals, parties, design workshops, debates, breakfast talks, [...]
In the 1980s, postmodernism reigned supreme in the worlds of art and architecture.
Postmodernist architecture, of course, was a reaction to the minimalist modern architecture of the 1950s and ’60s. But, whereas the Michael Graveses and Robert Venturis of the world were busily designing whimsically overwrought buildings as a reaction to the excessively boring buildings that [...]
Architect César Pelli looks a lot like his most famous structures: tall, elegant, refined. He has designed landmark buildings around the world. The Petronas Towers rise like a shimmering, stainless-steel duo over Kuala Lumpur; Canary Wharf commands the skyline of London’s bustling business precinct; a new tower on New York’s Lexington Avenue appears to float [...]
Plans for the third and final building at the 14-acre Pacific Design Center (PDC) in West Hollywood - a spectacular 400,000 square foot red glass clad complex of offices and parking - was unveiled today by owner/developer Charles S. Cohen and world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli. The breathtaking structure, which consists of two state-of-the-art office [...]
Autodesk Inc. , announced Autodesk 3ds Max 9 software, the latest version of its world-renowned 3D modeling, animation and rendering solution. 3ds Max 9 supports 64-bit technologies, providing digital artists with the tools for next-generation games development, design visualizations, and film and television visual effects production. 3ds Max has been used to realize countless breakthrough [...]
Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS - News, www.bitstream.com - News) announced today that it has been selected as a winner in the 2006 American Inhouse Design Awards from Graphic Design USA, a national magazine for design professionals. The annual awards recognize the creative work of in-house designers. The winning direct mail piece was designed by Bitstream [...]
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the Adobe MAX 2006 Conference, to be held Oct. 23-26 in Las Vegas. MAX 2006 will give developers and designers a forum to network, share ideas, gain new skills and learn about new and emerging Adobe products and technologies. Adobe also announced the call for entries for the fourth annual [...]