Petar Mattioni

January 26, 2007

vote for Chicago

see CHICAGO
see NEW YORK
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October 22, 2006

Bevk Perovic Arhitekti

Great work from a young firm in Slovenia! Projects are very clear and direct. I was especially impressed with their ability to envision, develop, and construct very precise details that support the project at a macro scale. Regardless of project type, their work carries a strong vision established in initial diagrams and followed throughout the documentation and construction process.

to see more, move to Slovenia or go to: Bevk Perovic Arhitekti

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August 15, 2006

Liquid Stone, NBM

"Concrete, produced at an estimated rate of five billion cubic yards per year, is the second most widely consumed substance on Earth, after water"

LIQUID STONE: NEW ARCHITECTURE IN CONCRETE is an online exhibition provided by the National Building Museum.

Be sure to check out the 'Translucent Concrete' section!

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June 4, 2006

RANDIC-TURATO

for more info, goto RANDIC-TURATO

read essay by Kenneth Frampton: "LATE MODERN LARES: RANDIC AND TURATO"

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May 23, 2006

Northern Liberties, Philadelphia

excerpt from PW, The Second Coming of Bart Blatstein:

McDonald suggested he meet with two young, aggressive architects -- Scott Erdy and David McHenry -- but Blatstein was still stubborn. "Well," he said, "I'm supposed to be on vacation tomorrow, and I'm not changing my plans. If they want to meet me, they can drive to the shore. I'll be in Margate."

And so they did. Blatstein wore a T-shirt and shorts and ordered subs from Dino's. Erdy and McHenry dressed in suits and ties. The temperature must have been 85, but Blatstein didn't invite them inside. Instead, they sat on the deck while the Thunderbird air show team performed stunts and maneuvers over their heads. Blatstein was distracted and enjoying it, staring up at the airplanes as the architects talked.

By the time that meeting ended, he was pretty much sold on retooling his plans for Northern Liberties yet again. "I liked what they showed me," he says. "I got religion."

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April 30, 2006

Sensitile

Composed of a propriety micro-concrete mix within which a light-conducting fiber-optic like matrix is embedded; SensiTile Terrazzo blends the durability of concrete with the latest in optical technology.

goto SENSITILE.COM

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March 24, 2006

MEDIAMESH

page 45, LIFE STYLE - Bruce Mau

Surfaces of Inscription
"Image technology, global markets, and digital infrastructure all demand a predatory colonization of open space - whatever the physical or virtual, extensive or temporal form that may take. The imperative of inscribed and inscribable surfaces is now an endless need."

goto GKDMETALFABRICS

page 45, LIFE STYLE - Bruce Mau

Surfaces of Inscription
"The internet is a surface of limitless dimension in a high-stakes race to capture eyeballs, or page views, as they say. It is the quintessential chorus of soloists, with every site desperate to express "personality," and every innovation set to trigger collective adoption. The chorus takes another step forward. In this context, nature(what remains of it) is perhaps all we have left that is free from the hostile takeover of space by the logo, by the predatory regime of inscription."

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