#public building design

[santaclaralocalnews]

Creativity and innovation are the trademarks of Silicon Valley, and Sunnyvale’s new city hall unmistakably showcases this. Earlier this month, the city whose motto is “The Heart of Silicon Valley” celebrated the opening of the new building in a ceremony that honored the many people who made a 2014 idea a reality.....Read more news at svvoice.

[arc-hus]

Metropol Parasol, Seville - J. Mayer. H

[psychoticallytrans]

Buildings where you don't have a choice about being there should be held to the highest standards of accessibility. If you are going to forcibly compel people to be in a building, it must be possible for them to move around the building easily.

An incomplete list of said buildings:

-Courthouses -Prisons -All buildings related to acquiring licenses of any kind -Public schools

Ideally, of course, all buildings should be held to the highest accessibility standards. But if you're going to be slapped with criminal charges for not showing up somewhere, then it should be incredibly high priority to make sure that everyone can be in the building and move around it.

[juliaknz]

RINO LEVI ARQUITETOS ASSOCIADOS FIESP BUILDING, 1979 São Paulo, Brazil Image © Edifício Fiesp

[huntthemouse]

Bionic Building Figure Mickey

234/365 #construct the mouse

A relative of mine suggested months ago I should do a mouse in a specific building block style. That being said, I really couldn't figure out how I wanted to approach it so it stayed shelved. I finally felt like I could approach one angle after all this time, so enjoy this stone-type hero figure constructed with ball & socket joints and bricks.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

[a-dream-seeking-light]

_project: Poly Yongchang Castle Cultural Art Center _architecture: Weimar Design Agency _photographer: Chill Shine丘文三映 _location: Longwan District, Wenzhou City, China

[archiveofaffinities]

Andrea Blum, Rotational Shift, Computer Science Building ,University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1987-1988

[codeandcanvas]

Recapitulating the week.

Added more pages to my website and worked on the layout some more: now there is a now page, about what I am doing, like Scott Boms put it on his own now page, now‑ish, a page about which tools I use to stay informed and mostly secured, and I have added a page linking to my friends.

That last part is sort of important, because of how important my connections are to me. Currently, most of the people on that page are from my graphic design study, but this will expand, with time, of that I am equal parts hopeful and certain.

I am also currently excavating the milieu around the book Creative Code by Maeda, with my eye already on Design by Numbers as well.

Autumn is here, with the Spätsommer’s last rays of a kinder sun, and as the outside air wafts in through heavy green curtains, I briefly understand that all things change, before I type on.

I wanted to write something about how it has been a long time since I have worked on my foundations for drawing, painting, and illustration, but I won’t.

I am moving on from judging, instead. I have been judging all kinds of things in all kinds of manners, and I am frankly just plain bored by it.

Have been playing Cyberpunk 2077 a lot, and I plan to play a lot more of it in the upcoming days.

I even bought two books about Cyberpunk: the artbook, and the pen and paper RPG called Cyberpunk RED.

I love Cyberpunk. The games. The genre lit I mostly avoid.

[kodasea]

Cape Falmouth Fire Station / Police Station

[diogopinheiroart]

Downsview Park Station #3, 11" x 14", Oil on Wood, Available

Super excited for this Friday to sunday!! The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair in Toronto is happening this July 7th to 9th and i’ll be at Booth 92. Come and check out the show and all the new paintings and take some of them home ☺️.

Friday, July 7, 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Saturday, July 8, 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Sunday, July 9, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

At Nathan Philips Square in Toronto Canada, dont want to jinx it but looks like the weather is gonna be awesome. 😌🥳

[faithfromanewperspective]

I’ve just realised I get more mad about celebrities owning mansions they don’t live in full time than private jets. and that’s very urban designer of me

[arisingonmorningsinnocent]

idk which school/hospital/library/corporate office needs to hear this but your bathroom facilities need to have doors that lock and toilets and sinks that consistently work and soap and towel dispensers that are consistently stocked and floors with undamaged tile that people can safely walk or roll a wheelchair over and there need to be grab rails and hooks for basic accessibility functions and there needs to be a gender-neutral bathroom that people can access without requesting a key or climbing seven flights of stairs with no elevator and there needs to be a safe place for women who cannot undress in the same room as a man to change and there need to be sanitary bins for disposing of menstrual supplies and there needs to not be broken glass just left on the floor for weeks at a time literally ever and yes, all of this costs money, but it is actually a good use of funds to make sure people can physically be in the building where your organization is located without compromising their health or safety or dignity. institutional recognition of the needs of the human body or i kill you!!

[juliaknz]

WIEL ARETS ARCHITECTS ACADEMY OF ARTS, 1993 Maastricht, Netherlands Image © Wiel Arets Architects

[ered]

if I could resurrect one person, it'd be Alvar Aalto and just so I could kick his ass

[moodboard-in-progress]

School at Ecclesfield, Yorkshire: the main entrance hall staircase

[determinate-negation]

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