IA&B 2009

April 2009

 

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CURRENT
Latest in architectural exhibitions, competitions and news.

PRODUCTS
Innovative products from across the world.

Book Review
A review of 'Materiology'

Announcement
Cover Story Jun'09 - Peter Zumthor


Post event - Masterstrokes
The works of the legendary Japanese Architect Fumihiko Maki in the exhibition titled 'Masterstrokes' enthralled the audiences in Mumbai.


Introduction to 361

ICONS


Time and Architecture
At the inaugural session at 361°: The Design Conference, the Pritzker Prize Laureate from Japan, Fumihiko Maki, took the audience back into time and shared his design philosophy.

The Code for Colour
Francisco Cortina represented Legorreta + Legorreta and showcased the works of the firm which establish spatial dynamics by the sensitive balance of scale, colour and context.

Geometry of Life
Joachim Krausse understanding of Buckmister Fuller who explored the multi-dimensional world of engineering, aerodynamics, astronomy, crystallography, architecture and utopia through geometry.

EARTH MATTERS

Planet walk (er)
Dr. John Francis takes us along in his journey where he realized that we make up the environment.

Targets, Tools and the Truth
Dr. John Francis takes us along in his journey where he realized that we make up the environment.

Rethinking Urbanism and Ecology
Herbert Girardet addresses the concerns regarding urbanisation and the environment and throws light on the urgency in taking steps to prevent further depletion of valuable resources.

The Inheritance of Knowledge
Dr Ajanta Sen threw a new light on the issue of sustainability through a conceptual model that is coded in our own cultural histories

Sustainable Solutions
Illustrating through his own experiments in sustainable design, Ashok B Lall advocated that green ideas have to be the call of the day.


IUF

Defying Gravity
Alfredo Brillembourg discusses the ideas for urban interventions and inserts, which need to be collaborated with the city and the community, making the city a palimpsest of patterns over time.

Urbanisation and Innovation
Lawrence Barth investigates into architecture’s contribution, through a material practice, towards the imagination or envisioning of the future.

Xeritown - A Sustainable City
Farid Esmaeil from X-architects gives an insight into the design process that went in the creation of Xeritown – a sustainable township in Dubai.

Our Urban Futures
With a belief that we are at cross roads of planning today, Romi Khosla talks about the future of the cities with examples from cities around the world as well as research by scholars on the issue.


REBELS

Lighting the Public Realm
Dr. Linnaea Tillett talks about several lighting projects that have helped generate urban revival.

Visual Virtual
3D visualiser and animator, Till Nowak presented his virtualisation with architecture

Digital Auras
Hani Rashid investigates the evolution of digital technologies in the design practice of Asymptote Architecture

Spotted Projections
Paul Preissner examines the interior and exterior constituencies of the architectural project.

Pushing the Envelope
Alejandro Zaera-Polo from Foreign Office Architects negotiates the boundaries of four types of architectural envelopes.

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