Archive for April, 2009

Architecture- Making a difference.

Posted on April 30, 2009. Filed under: Ah! My Personal Views, Architectural Design, Architecture and me., Bangalore University, Every Architecture Student Must Know, Green buildings, UVCE, theory of Architecture | Tags: , , , , |

“You employ stone, wood & concrete to build houses and palaces; that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart. I am happy & I say…That is Beautiful! And THAT is Architecture!”-Le Corbusier.
As a process, Architecture is the activity of designing and constructing micro-level to macro-level buildings [...]

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Twitter-lingo!

Posted on April 25, 2009. Filed under: Fun, Public Affairs | Tags: , , |

Click on the picture to read the text.
Today I came across this article in a local newspaper about the new Twitter-lingo, that we “The Twitter Addicted folks” are acquainted by now.I mean, its everywhere.I am glad that its everywhere because I love it! Its quite tricky to convey what we want to say in 140 [...]

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Date:22nd April ; Event:Earth Day!

Posted on April 22, 2009. Filed under: Green buildings, Public Affairs | Tags: , , |

Happy Earth Day!

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Zoho – A must have web app!

Posted on April 21, 2009. Filed under: Every Architecture Student Must Know | Tags: , |

In this electronic internet age, productivity, efficiency and information tracking becomes top priority for anyone who needs to plan and organize effectively to stay [...]

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The Starchitect of 2009 is…….

Posted on April 13, 2009. Filed under: Architectural Design, Architecture and me., Art appreciation, Every Architecture Student Must Know, Starchitects, theory of Architecture | Tags: , , |

*Drumrolls*
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The 2009 Pritzker Prize goes to the famous Swiss Architect Peter Zumthor!
It was quite expected that this time the prize would choose him to transport him to the elite set of Architects who are Pritzker prize awardees for their contribution in Architecture, fondly called as Star-Architects or simply STARCHITECTS!
I was very happy to [...]

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Nickname: The poor man’s Taj.

Posted on April 6, 2009. Filed under: Art appreciation, Every Architecture Student Must Know, theory of Architecture | Tags: , , , |

I came across this this article while I was surfing the web. I thought it would be nice to share this bit of information to all, about an adaptation of the original symbol of love, The Taj Mahal. The credits of the image above by Gaurav and the image below by Holger Fritsch and of [...]

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