Ref.Point

DETAIL: "The fantasy of living in the clouds got a little nearer for a lucky family in Melbourne, Australia when McBride Charles Ryan extended their old house. The original building is something over a hundred years old and has had several extensions and alterations but nothing like this before.

Hatert Housing by Studio 24H

The Moses Bridge by RO&AD Architecten.

Simply brilliant.

Wallpaper for my study ;)

Amazing architectural graphic by Paul Rudolph. 

Rudolph's reticence and design talent made him think he would flourish better under Walter Gropius who 'did not want to produce little Gropiuses' but said 'you must talk about principles'.  Rudolph had a high regard for his teaching:

 "He was a truly great teacher, a theorist, an entrepreneur.  He was so articulate always focused, very approachable. He was not a good architect but as an educator he was unsurpassed." (1) 

What is a good educator anyway? Rudolph taught in an entirely different way from Gropius.  Rudolph was a comparatively quiet teacher but his architecture and drawings made such powerful statements that his students, hungry to learn, were captivated. They were well educated by the visual eloquence of these designs, and could therefore understand the supporting philosophy.

Known: Paul Rudolph's architectural renderings in the 1950's put him on the map and he later became known for his intricate pen and ink drawings. Tim Rohan, a scholar who has written extensively about Paul Rudolph's work, has suggested that Paul's use of crosshatching in his renderings for his Art & Architecture building resulted in his experimentation with, and eventual use of, the "corduroy" concrete texture famously used on the building's exterior - a trademark of Rudolph's work that he used on many later projects. Little Known: Paul's drawings were often many feet long - sometimes up to eight feet - and required dozens of hours to plan and draw.

He would have staff members work throughout the night and return in the morning to review the work and sign his name before the drawing was then ready to show the client.

While he was gone, employees left to toil through the night would stipple their names in the surrounding trees or grass as a show of defiance - and hope that it would never be caught be Rudolph when he came to examine the rendering the next day.

Participation into MIAW2 Workshop is paying off. Today I met a creative team of two young Swedish architects.

Simple. Brilliant. Inspiring. 

Here is one of the projects that were presented by Anders Berensson and Ulf Mejergren in Politecnico di Milano.

"Visiondivision was commissioned to design an extension to an old house on the Swedish countryside. The house should include a master bedroom, a room for clothing care, a work space and a space for coffee and breakfast."