Interview with Andrew Maynard

Andrew Maynard, is an architect based in Melbourne Australia, raised and educated in Tasmania. His firm, Andrew Maynard Architects (AMA), was established in 2002 and is quickly being recognised for his unique work and experimental conceptual designs. The grounded ethics and morals which surround Andrews work are a refreshing inspiration to both students and the profession.

Big Dog Robot

Boston Dynamics are a firm who specialise in advanced robotics. Their robots are built and designed to have remarkable behaviour and are extremely mobile, fast, and agile.
Boston Dynamics released new footage of it’s robot “Big Dog“. Big Dog is a rough-terrain robot that can walk, run, climb and carry heavy loads. The robots control systems [...]

NinjaFuel | Readings for the Urban Ninja (12/08/09)

“In the olden days, ninjas would develop their strength by wrestling with dogs, playing video games, and just plain hanging out. Fortunately, not much has changed.“
(excerpt from: Real Ultimate Power : The Official Ninja Book)
NinjaFuel is a theme for posts that will keep you and your Ninja senses alert. NinjaFuel combines recent spottings in [...]

Interview with Marco Casagrande

Finnish Architect Marco Casagrande breathes a unique sense of life in to his Architecture. His works are provocative and dramatic and certainly draw lots of attention. Marco responded positively to my offer to interview him for Archi-Ninja, and I’m glad he accepted as his views on architecture, life and the world are truly unique and made this interview higly interesting for me. I am sure you will enjoy, Archi-Ninja, interviewing Marco Casagrande.

Anarchy and the Use of Disorder: A Sydney Perspective

The music which resonates to my core is primarily based around ideals of anarchy. When i envisage the perfect city I imagine strong provisions for individuality, self discovery and social diversity. However in contrast, I typify the modern environment as one which provides comfortable, functional, unambiguous and un-challenging perceptions of self and society. It is upon [...]

Survey: Who is the most over-rated Architect? Who deserves recognition?

I thought it would be interesting to find out from my twitter followers, and professionals in the industry, thoughts on:

Who is the most over-rated Architect?
Which Architect deserves more credit/recognition?

I have created a survey below to collect responses. I’ve also included a 3rd question asking for your twitter id – I’m always looking for new interesting [...]

List of Top 10 Architecture Books for Student Architects

The following Architecture books are a must-have on every student architect’s bookshelf!

101 Things I Learned in Architecture by Mathew Frederick

This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for [...]

Australian Design Review Interview with Brian McGrath

Adam Russell discusses Brian McGrath’s work with digital modelling, cinemetrics and urban design. Video features works from UTS students including my own!

NinjaFuel | Readings for the Urban Ninja (4/04/09)

“Ninjas totally respect life and enjoy plants and animals, but remember,
they are completely willing to kill you if you start acting like a retard”
(excerpt from:  Real Ultimate Power : The Official Ninja Book “Dealing with Ninjas on a Personal Level”)
Hey Readers! welcome to my new (almost) weekly post! NinjaFuel is a new theme for posts [...]

24 Hours of World Air Traffic..Or Just Ninja’s flying high?

Our Skies…24 hours of air traffic condensed into 1 minute of video footage…way cool! From space we look like a crazy beehive of activity.