Friday, September 28, 2012

future practice: conversations from the edge of architecture (book #27)

Designers around the world are carving out opportunities for new kinds of engagement, new kinds of collaboration, new kinds of design outcomes, and new kinds of practice; overturning the inherited assumptions of the design professions. Seventeen conversations with practitioners from the fields of architecture, policy, activism, design, education, research, history, community engagement and more, each representing an emergent role for designers to occupy. Whether the "civic entrepreneur," the "double agent," or the "strategic designer," this book offers a diverse spectrum of approaches to design, each offering a potential future for architectural practice.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

street art in colombo







Is this the first time serious street art is happening in Colombo? This looks like the 'Diyawanna' water front. Anybody who has actually seen this?

Saturday, September 8, 2012

house at thalawatugoda, sri lanka (#61)

Photos: Waruna Gomis
Architect: Manjula Wijeyeratna, Dharmadasa & Wijeyeratne Associates.