A Compact Yet Fundamental Survey of the Modern Movement: In Conversation with Kenneth FramptonPresented by:If there is one book every architecture student must have on their shelf, it must be an architectural history. There is no more comprehensive yet compact alternative than Kenneth Frampton's Modern Architecture: A Critical History, originally published in 1980 by Thames & Hudson. Its much-expanded latest fifth 734-page, 813-illustration edition came out in 2020. In 2023, I discussed the book at length with the author in a video interview, now available on YouTube.Regarding one compact yet fundamental survey of the evolution of the Modern movement, Modern Architecture: A Critical History is unquestionably the most authoritative, complete, and in-depth chronicle. The most valuable addition to the new book is the introduction of new chapters focusing on regions such as Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Australia, China, India, and Sri Lanka, among others. These chapters shed light on many before-overlooked practices that operated outside of traditional centers of power, namely Western Europe, the United States, and Japan. Save this picture!In the interview, Frampton, who is now 94 and living in London after a long career as a historian, critic, and educator, primarily at Columbia University in New York, talked in detail about the history of the book and the intentions behind it. He discussed other sources that served him as a model for the first edition and the last, the book's cover, the Modern Movement's origins, and the earliest projects that can be called modern. The book clearly illustrates the diminishing role of the individual in the profession, and Frampton offers his take on this trend. Naturally, we spoke about Russian constructivists, why their projects were missing from many earlier histories, and why Modern Architecture does not have a single photo of any of their buildings, as if it were purely a paper movement. Related Article Architecture Needed to Be Liberated from Itself: In Conversation with James Wines One of the key points in the conversation is the year 1980. In a way, it brought modern architecture to a close by starting a new chapter, namely, Post-Modernism, which was, of course, in the air for more than a decade by then. Still, the first Architecture Biennale that year, entitled The Presence of the Past with its central installation La Strada Novissima, pushed the discipline into the next paradigm. Did modern architecture end that year? Was it possible to practice it after 1980? Frampton, who was an outspoken critic of the new movement and even famously refused to get involved in the biennale organizers' invitation to participate as a curatorial advisor, thinks today that the shift was fundamental. He is convinced that even Critical Regionalism, which he championed soon after as a direct response to Post-Modernism, is inevitably a shade of Post-Modernism. All architecture after 1980 is. Whatever was done could not be undone. And how would he characterize architecture's contemporary moment? In the conversation, he lays out his thoughts and concerns.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Other topics discussed include the work of Frampton's favorite architect, Alvaro Siza. The historian is fascinated by his aphorisms, particularly this one: "The idea is in the place, not in your head." Of course, whether the driving design idea is in the architect's head or the site is arguable. However, Frampton is convinced that this position to search for the idea in the project's context opens "a door," so to speak. Other topics include another one of his books, Studies in Tectonic Culture (1995), which he admitted he considers his favorite; David Chipperfield's 2012 Common Ground Biennale, Alejandro Aravena's 2016 Reporting from the Front Biennale, and their effects on the profession. We spoke about the decline in architectural education, the discrepancy between the profession and the public, why the public's favorite American building, the Empire State Building, is not in his book, non-spectacular architecture, why Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao is mentioned but not accompanied by an image, and why Gehry's residence in Santa Monica is viewed by Frampton as his best work. Save this picture!Save this picture!Closer to the conclusion, we discussed new architecture in China, what architects should do now, projects on the margins, the rise of adaptive reuse, Frampton's three most admired architects, and being pathologically addicting to writing.Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorCite: Vladimir Belogolovsky. "A Compact Yet Fundamental Survey of the Modern Movement: In Conversation with Kenneth Frampton" 26 Dec 2024. ArchDaily. 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Speaker Assembly Factory / formalocalSave this picture! Sandrine IratabalFactorySoorts-Hossegor, FranceArchitects: formalocalAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:1215 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Sandrine IratabalManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: alde, carte atlantique, formalocal, irribaren External works: IMSMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Located within the extension of the Pdebert business district in Soorts, the Stereo building houses the production site of the speaker manufacturer La Boite Concept / CCLAB.Save this picture!With an area of 1215 m, the building is spread over two levels. The ground floor accommodates the entire industrial program, with double-height storage and a showroom. The first floor is dedicated to the office section of the program, with offices facing north, offering views of the maritime pines in the Landes forest.Save this picture!Save this picture!The building is organized based on a rational rectangular plan made up of five load-bearing bays. Its asymmetrical double-pitched roof echoes the traditional forms of Landes farmhouses. The treatment of the facades expresses a dichotomy between the gable ends and the long walls, which energizes its perception on the site.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!To the east and west, the raw concrete gable ends affirm the building's stability. They are recessed in the center to frame the two large glazed entrances on the ground floor and to offer terrace and social spaces on the office floor above.Save this picture!Save this picture!The metal facades of the long walls express a composition woven between the vertical rhythm of the building's structural grid and the horizontality of the floor, base, and sill lines. The facades are made with an alternation of infills, glazed, cladded, or polycarbonate.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Soorts-Hossegor, FranceLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeformalocalOfficeMaterialsMaterials and TagsPublished on December 26, 2024Cite: "Speaker Assembly Factory / formalocal" 26 Dec 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1024042/speaker-assembly-factory-formalocal&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Gazorgah House / Torab HomeSave this picture! Mina Abouei, Niloofar MojiRestorationYazd, IranArchitects: Torab HomeAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:200 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2023 PhotographsPhotographs:Mina Abouei, Niloofar Moji Lead Architects: Omid Khowsravi Rad, Arefe Mousavi More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Nestled within one of the prestigious alleys of the Gazorgah neighborhood in Yazd, the historic Gazorgah House stands as a distinguished emblem of Qajar-era architecture and traditional Iranian artistry. Over the years, the house has undergone extensive transformations, evolving into three distinct sections. The central section, mirroring the dimensions of the other two, reflects a meticulous design that harmonizes with the aristocratic identity of the neighborhood, striving to surpass its surrounding structures in elegance and detail.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!One of the house's most captivating features is its mezzanine, adorned with delicate columns and intricate muqarnasa hallmark of Iranian architectural brilliance. This is complemented by vaulted spaces (taq-o-tavizeh), where the interplay of light and shadow on the pointed arches (shakh-bozi) creates a mesmerizing visual effect. Such features not only enhance the building's aesthetic allure but also serve as a testament to the ingenuity of its original design.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The restoration process of the Gazorgah House has been guided by a profound respect for its historical essence. Incongruous modern additions have been thoughtfully removed, revealing traces of the house's rich history. A particularly symbolic gesture in this preservation effort is retaining a section of the courtyard wall, serving as a tangible link to its storied past.Save this picture!The restored ceilings of the house, showcasing a harmonious blend of diverse traditional designs, stand as a testament to the exceptional craftsmanship involved in its revival. This meticulous attention to detail not only safeguards the house's cultural and historical significance but also elevates its visual splendor.Save this picture!Save this picture!Today, the Gazorgah House transcends its historical significance by functioning as an ecological residence. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the culture, lifestyle, and traditions of Iran, experiencing firsthand the timeless charm of this architectural treasure. By embracing its authentic character, the Gazorgah House offers a renewed perspective on the enduring legacy of Iranian heritage.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Yazd, IranLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeTorab HomeOfficePublished on December 26, 2024Cite: "Gazorgah House / Torab Home" 26 Dec 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025014/gazorgah-house-torab-home&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

The runaway success of the Gundam concept in anime and manga has unsurprisingly bled into the gaming medium over the years. Gundam stories typically focus on the titular machinery; powerful, robotic Mobile Suits piloted by human drivers. Here's our list of the best Gundam games for Mecha fans.

A new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 datamine has revealed the iconic Zombies map, Five, which was initially planned to be released as part of the fifth DLC. That DLC never saw the light of day and has been simply a rumor for years now, but this is by far the most substantial piece of evidence regarding its existence in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

An interesting Genshin Impact poll has revealed the game's overall most popular character, as well as the best DPS and support picks. Genshin Impact's playable characters are the main focus of each update, which is very common for games with a gacha-based system.

Live-service gaming is in a difficult, transitional moment. Even as the sector consumes more and more millions of player hours, successful new launches are few and far between, and the frequency of shutdowns has increased. Franchises like Destiny and Overwatch have pivoted to free-to-play models in an attempt to keep their player numbers buoyant, and premium live-service games that is, games with a full purchase price, as well as some intention to monetize players over the long term are a dying breed.2024 saw two dramatic, high-profile failures in premium live service. Rocksteadys Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League flopped to a $200 million loss for WB Games, while Sonys even more expensive Concord so failed to strike a chord with players that it was unceremoniously turned off after just a few weeks. (Sony did have a live-service hit in the form of Helldivers 2, but judging from the publishers marketing efforts on the two games, Helldivers was seemingly not one that Sony higher-ups expected or maybe even wanted to take off.)Yet Blizzards 2023 release Diablo 4 is a certified hit, with big sales, a strong expansion in 2024, and apparently an avid audience. How did it buck the trend? For Rod Fergusson the famed Gears of War producer turned general manager of the Diablo franchise its because Blizzard didnt set out to make a live-service game. The studio simply set out to make a Diablo game, but Diablos breed of action role-playing game essentially demands that it be a live-service game.An ARPG is inherently a live service. The question is what you do about itRod FergussonI go back to the genre, Fergusson told Polygon in an interview conducted in November. Early on, there were these conversations. [] Is Diablo 4 a live-service game, or should we roll credits and call it? And I was like, look, when you look at Diablo 3 and the millions of people that showed up every season, whether you want it or not, an ARPG is inherently a live service. The question is what you do about it.For Fergusson, live service is an opportunity to constantly refine and rebuild a game, but only if the audience demand to keep playing emerges naturally from the game design. To me, when youre a Diablo-like, [] people are going to look to play through the campaign, but then theyre going to look to play what I call the hundred- or the thousand-hour game. They want to be able to continue this progression, they want to have the power fantasy, they want to go back to it over and over again. This is what creates the space for the developers to keep feeding new ideas in the game to keep it fresh. That was one of the things that was great, Fergusson said. It wasnt this sort of fait accompli where were like, Its in the box and were done. Were going to have the ability to improve Helltide. Were going to have the ability to add the Pit, were going to have the ability to try the Gauntlet.Theres a simple lesson here for game publishers: Dont force it. When Suicide Squad was previewed, players commented immediately that the game seemed an odd fit for a live-service framework; it didnt flow naturally from the games storyline or genre. Concord belonged to a suitable genre it was a hero shooter but it appeared to have been made to satisfy a publishers demand for a live-service game, rather than players demand for an alternative to Overwatch. The game concept hadnt come first.Conversely, Diablo 4 worked because people wanted a new Diablo game, and they wanted to play it for hundreds of hours. Its like a reversal of the classic line from Field of Dreams: not If you build it, they will come, but They will come so youd better build it.

Do you know how knives are made? Do you know how knives are made of milk?Unless youve seen this video or any others on YouTube channel kiwami japan you dont. The channel is dedicated to the art of knifemaking, but most of the videos are detailed step-by-steps of the creators successful attempts to craft real, usable knives out of materials like UV resin, tofu, bismuth, and yes, milk.The craftsmanship itself is mesmerizing and impressive, but its the enigmatic bladesmith that makes the videos so fun to watch. The creator themself who only pours water out of a vase shaped like a cow and who often goes on lengthy, experimental side quests that have little to do with the knife being made in the video has never revealed their name online. But their expertise when it comes to material science is clear, and the breadth and specificity of the equipment they use leaves you wondering why this person owns so much professional lab equipment.Its all intrigue and no answers, but thats not the point. It was sometime around 2018, on the floor of my then-group house with my roommates (because we didnt have enough couch to fit us all at once), that I saw what we lovingly call milk knife for the first time. We were getting bored of watching Vine compilations over and over. In some twist of fate (no, thats not hyperbolic), someone put this video on, and wed end up watching it thrice more together before moving out. Its become my go-to weird YouTube video to throw on at the proverbial end of the night. To adjust for 2024 attention spans, I usually crank kiwami japans videos up to 1.5x speed, since they can be quite long. The channel hasnt posted any new knives in the last couple of years, but there are plenty to make your way through in the backlog.

JANUARY: Delcy Morelos Conjures a Sacred Experience With SoilIn a dimly-lit room, the subtle scent of cinnamon and clove infused the air from two unbelievable dirt installations. On view at Dia Chelsea through July 2024, artist Delcy Morelos presented El abrazo, an exhibition of two site-specific sculptures that invite a sacred connection to soil that may have been the most surprising and satisfying experience with art in New York earlier this year.FEBRUARY: Thousands of Brushstrokes: Antonio Santns New Rug PaintingsArtist Antonio Santn presented shockingly hyperreal oil paintings that depict life-size undulating ornate rugs. On view at Marc Straus Gallery in February, each painting is a surprising illusion of a carpet in 3D space, but up close, theyre even more impressive. Painstakingly applied with a modified syringe, thousands of tiny brushstrokes demand sustained inspection and a new fascination for both textile and paint.MARCH: Frank Stellas Psychedelic Sculptures Land in New YorkLegendary artist Frank Stella continues to prove his unparalleled curiosity and capacity for reinvention. His exhibition Frank Stella: Recent Sculpture at Jeffrey Deitch in New Yorks SoHo neighborhood presented five massive sculptures with color-shifting elements that feel as if they could lift into the air at any second. The exhibition was a visual rollercoaster of surprising form, color, gravity, and scale in a space that invites multi-level vantage points.APRIL: Artist Vik Muniz Reconfigures Shredded CashVik Muniz, the master of creating unbelievable images out of unexpected things, debuted his latest series, Legal Tender, at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. on the west side of Manhattan. Included in a double-feature exhibition, Munizs work once again celebrates everyday material, ignites the imagination, confuses reality, and questions current systems of symbols and representation.MAY: Tara Donovans CD Stacks Are Ethereal Material BlissFor over 2 decades, artist Tara Donovan has transformed everyday objects in her work from plastic straws, Styrofoam cups, and toothpicks creating ethereal visual magic through highly-precise unexpected accumulations. Her May exhibition Stratagems on view at Pace Gallery in New York, debuted 11 new towering sculptures that are created from thousands of used CDs.JUNE: Splitting Daylight: Hiroshi Sugimotos Photographs of ColorIn June, Hiroshi Sugimotos series of photographs were on view at Lisson Gallery in New York City in an exhibition titled Optical Allusion. The famed photographer captures blurry abstract images of refracted daylight that, displayed alongside the real prism that was used in their creation, invites tangible experience with light and time.JULY: 2 Must-See Group Exhibitions in New York City GalleriesEvery July, most New York contemporary galleries present group exhibitions a dizzying variety of intelligent curation, unexpected juxtapositions, and exciting introductions to new artists. The galleries also switch to summer hours (closed on weekends), so available viewing time can be limited. Two exhibitions, which together presented over 60 artists, smart themes, and plenty of surprises: Mother Lode: Material and Memory on view at James Cohan Gallery at two locations in Tribeca, and Patternson view at Luhring Augustine Gallery across both their Tribeca and Chelsea locations.AUGUST: Bass and Light: 2 Must-See Installations at Dia BeaconThe always-incredible contemporary art space Dia Beacon, located just outside New York City, hosted two additional awe-inspiring installations by Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Steve McQueen. Paired with the many additional world famous installations on long term view, a trip to Beacon is always worth the trip.SEPTEMBER: Liza Lous New Paintings Surprise With Thousands of BeadsArtist Liza Lous exhibition Painting at Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York debuted 12 new works made from tens of thousands of colorful glass beads that resemble brushstrokes. Its a color and texture surprise that offers more intrigue the closer you view a hybrid between paint and pixels, light and extreme physicality. Inspired by her experience viewing paint through a microscope, Liza Lou again pushes her signature material into fresh and unexpected possibilities.OCTOBER: Joel Shapiros New Sculptures Radiate Joy and Defy GravityJoel Shapiros sculptures are radiantly joyful, they defy gravity, and seem to move as you walk around them. His exhibition at Pace in New York, Joel Shapiro: Out of the Blue, was everything you want from a Shapiro with with new surprises. Presenting his largest wood sculpture to date, along with a dozen small studies and bronzes, it was a playfully intelligent experience with color, space, material, and movement that keeps you circling.NOVEMBER: Artist Olafur Eliassons New PsychoacousticExhibitionThe work of Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson has always felt like a surreal supercharge for the senses, as if somehow experiencing the strange magic of sight for the first time. His exhibition Your psychoacoustic light ensemble was on view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York with a range of perception-tripping new works, including watercolors that emulate spectral light, new color-shifting glass sculptures, and a surprising room where sound becomes visible and light feels audible. The whole thing adds up to an ethereal and wondrous dive into the rabbit hole for both the senses and the psyche.Check out the rest of Design Milks end of the year coveragehere!

Some consider gift cards not the most personal of gifts, but I say that's not the case. They allow you to get exactly what you want with no confusion, and (typically) both gifter and giftee walk away happy. But maybe you received a few gift cards for the holidays and are stumped on what to buy with them Engadget can help. Here, we've gathered some of our favorite gadgets and services of the year that are all worthy ways to spend your gift card money, from wireless mice to coffee gear to gaming controllers. Check out the rest of our gift ideas here. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/how-to-spend-your-100-gift-card-after-christmas-130036223.html?src=rss