Elly Williams' Weblog

• Contradiction in Terms Dept: Sustainable Parking Structure (TreeHugger)
  An 882-space multi-storey carpark complete with photovoltaics and built from recycled materials… better than not, but surely more appropriate to other building types.
  (tags: building sustainability juxtaposition)

• Inhabitat:  DIGITAL HOUSE by Bell Travers Willson

  mmm. Design for production

  (tags: architecture building design flatpackhousing)

• TENbyTEN Still Learning from Las Vegas

  “Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown take on Sin City architecture three decades later”

  (tags: architecture interview)

• blog.myspace.com/belleandherbs

  Best Breakfast in the North East!! Officially!

  (tags: food belleandherbs awards breakfast)

• BLDGBLOG: Science Fiction and the City: Film Fest Update!
  “contemporary architecture could learn quite a lot from the spatial and material imaginations on display in both film and science fiction”
  (tags: architecture design scifi urbanplanning film inspiration movies)
• Ryan Church Gallery1
  Concept Art from the Star Wars Prequels and War of the Worlds.
  (tags: design inspiration movies scifi art)
• James Clyne – Concept Art
  Sci-Fi Concept Art
  (tags: design inspiration movies scifi art)

So, there’s something that I’ve noticed about Twitter:-

To all those people who wonder if the constant stream of other-people’s-consciousness is distracting, the answer is – not really, until it goes away.

I’ve become used to the notifier in the bottom corner of my screen popping up from time to time, but increasingly TwitterIM is down and I find I have to go and manually check if everyone is still around.

Anyone else find this?

• Inhabitat: CH2: Australia’s greenest building

  If Newcastle only had a similar climate to Melbourne…. those louvers are cool!!

  (tags: architecture sustainability)

• Strobist: How To: DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio

  I will have to try this next time I’m taking photos of models…

  (tags: photography DIY howto lightbox tutorial)

• Floating Eco-Homes In The Netherlands (TreeHugger)

  “Dutch construction company, Dura Vermeer, has developed homes that can float with rising waters…. The next time the Meuse river bursts its banks, the house[s] will rise with it”

  (tags: architecture globalwarming ecofriendly sustainability)

• Inhabitat

  “a downright awesome project that turns fancy footwork into kilowatts to power the club’s basic utilities”

  (tags: architecture ecofriendly inspiration sustainability downrightawesome)

• Inhabitat: ZAHA HADID’s Performing Arts Centre in Abu Dhabi

  I’m not usually a huge fan of Zaha Hadid, but these concept images are incredibly sexy.

  (tags: architecture design wherearethewomen zahahadid)

• BarCampNorthEast
  Details to be confirmed….
  (tags: barcampnortheast barcamp)

• City kids ‘think cows lay eggs’ – Education – News – Manchester Evening News

  “2% of city kids in the sample survey thought that eggs come from cows, and that bacon is from cows or sheep.”

  (tags: health nutrition education)

• Inhabitat: PROJECT FROG MODULAR CLASSROOMS by Jennifer Siegel

  “Project Frog goes beyond the temporary classroom trailer to offer two basic options, both simple, open, customizable floorplans that boasts some great sustainable features”

  (tags: architecture design prefabrication education sustainability)

• Inhabitat: ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY BILOXI: Report from the Gulf Coast

  “The re-interpreted shotgun house design is one of seven chosen as part of the Biloxi Model Home Program, working with families and the community to rebuild post Katrina”

  (tags: architecture disasterrelief sustainability)