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whether you like Rhi Rhi or not watch it for the visuals if nothing else...

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design project ex...

school, school, school...here's an example of a quick charette for a bank. Here's some inspiration flix and a little run through of the design process:

this is Interior of Crea International Bank

TCI-Lobby

Lighting Ideas:

from Design Within Reach:

Koura Pendant

David Trubridge's Koura Pendant (2004) was inspired by the curled shape of a Maori freshwater crayfish (called koura). The basket-like form also echoes the woven eel trap known as the hinaki. Such influences are the norm for T rubridge, who spent years studying marine life around the South Pacific islands before creating his New Zealand Pendants: Kina, Coral and Koura. In addition to how they echo patterns found in nature, these pendants are created using the minimum amount of materials for maximum effect. UL listed. Bulb (not included): incandescent globe 100W/120V/E26/G25 frosted.
(this project had no budget but just so you know this light costs:Now: $1,777.50)

Artichoke Lamp

Artichoke Lamp - Large, Copper

The consummate modernist chandelier, Poul Henningsen's Artichoke Lamp (1958) is composed of layers of overlapping "leaves," which produce crisp, glare-free light from 360 degrees. Each leaf is laser-cut for precision and is configured by han d. The Artichoke is aptly suited to a dining room, entryway or reception desk. Manufacture d in Denmark by Louis Poulsen. UL- listed. Bulb (not included): Incandescent 200W/120V/E26/A21.


Initially we sat down and chose the design for the space, we then refined it. We take the ideas for the theme, or inspiration, and chose specific fixtures, based on lighting effects that we want. Once we decided on what fixtures we want for the space the n we get spec sheets and refine the design more. Th en we create a presentation of our work with drawn views of the space...

here's a little cartoon i thought was funny:

gotta be twice as good...

(Love and Basketball is my favorite movie of all time...)

In a mans world a women has to be twice as good to get the same respect. oh and lemme add Being a lady is anything from whooping your boyfriend on the basketball court, to holding a nine to five and paying bills, to cooking and cleaning and being a mama, to making art and beats. In other words I don't limit what a women is to stereo types put on us.
When I was about 7 I fell in love with basketball (my first love was music) I could not get enough and it was never about impressing a boy. I would bounce the ball and that was my beat and I would recite my dreams in my head and they would only come true, when I took the shot if I heard a swoooosh. In the 4th grade I transferred to Malcolm X and had to re-affirm to everyone that I could play. I realized then that as a girl to be treated the same, or even be considered to play, I had to be twice as good. So I had to up my game I played at my god mama's house with all the neighborhood boys who were a lot older. Ever since then I have used that same mindset that as a woman in a man's world you gotta be twice as good.

As I am considering what career path to take, and how to prepare myself for not just internships and work experience, but for my career, including any business ventures, and non-profit work that I plan to do, I am faced with this same need to prove myself as twice as good. So even though I don't have a desire to see my name written on any sky scrapers, I have decided to go for getting a Masters in Architecture, just so that any man that wants to question my skills and call me a "decorator", can't say shit. To me that would set the playing field even to allow me no limitations in my design career.

When I was up in Brooklyn last spring I went to a conference that Saul Williams was speaking at, along with some other talented writers, and a lot of the students there were saying that they were going for there law degree not because the necessarily wanted to be lawyers but so they had that behind them when they did what they wanted to do. So besides the fact that I am obsessed with architecture, I'm going to get my masters in it in order to be twice as good as the next man, because in a competitive world that's what you gotta do to survive.

Saul Williams is a Genius!

oh yeah and this is my last post with out illustration or sketches...anybody got a scanner?

When I was little i wanted to live in a tree house...

...When I was little I wanted a tree house but I never lived in a place that had a tree. That couldn't stop me from building one though I found a friend that had a tree and we built one together. one summer my god mother sent me to a camp in Oakland called Touch the Earth, where we would build forts in trees, i loved it i guess that was the first sign that I would some day want to pursue architecture. I would always come home everyday hella dirty, so my god mom started calling it touch the dirt camp...
Some of us think that our far off ancestors lived in the trees – and during our childhood, when our thoughts and memories are most pure, we yearn to climb trees growing in our gardens, in our parks, in our cities. As we get older, the urge to climb trees subsides as we ride elevators up to our offices in the sky and look out across the cities where we live. Yet occasionally, as we’re sealed up tight in our artificially climatic spaces, we long for a breath of fresh air.
At a German company called baumraum an architect, a landscape architect, an arbologist, and a craftsman design modern, natural and solidly constructed treehouses. Each treehouse project is assessed individually. The team takes into consideration the condition of the environment and of the tree, with the size and features the clients desire. baumraum offers a range of wood-types as well as options for insulated walls. Treespaces can be outfitted with sitting and sleeping benches, storage spaces, a mini-kitchen, heating, glass windows, lighting, as well as a sound system for multimedia. Every piece is prefabricated in a workshop, and then brought together on site. Sound like something you’ve been wanting? The baumraum team offers free consultation where they can talk you through every option available as you put together your dream treehouse. The treehouses can span multiple levels and sit among several trees. Treehouses are mostly secured with ropes, thereby minimizing the impact of stress to the tree or trees on which the house is placed. And if a tree is particularly weak, or even if a treehouse is wanted where there is no suitable tree, stilts are used to guarantee people everywhere can once again climb trees. (from thecoolhunter.net/architecture)