Morning at the Late Night Pawn

A field watercolor from this past weekend.  

Sustainable Work Software

The link below shows our offices recently completed Cliffs Cottage at Furman. The software used to display our work is Building Dashboard and it is just the coolest interactive tool I've seen in a long time.
Enjoy!
http://buildingdashboard.com/clients/furman/cliffscottage/

ACHUO Competition, Finalist

The ACHUO design competition challenged entrants to propose what a campus living center (a dorm/student union) of 25 years from now could be. 

I participated in this last year with a Ted Givens, Gang Wang and Brian Watson, a group of from Little's Durham office. While there are many interesting aspects of this project, I am limiting this post to the highlights of the landscape design.  

Our entry consists of two bent bar buildings separated by an exterior courtyard and bordered on the edges with water cisterns, filtration ponds and an apple orchard.  Water is collected throughout the project, taken through a filtration process and reused on site.

 The buildings units all open on to an inner courtyard where a series of bio-swales and event cubes- wooden crate-like objects used for various functions- set the stage for the many activities that occur within the college campus. 

During the fall, new students arrive in the middle of a hub of activity around the annual apple harvest and sale.  Student residents share in the cultivation, harvesting, and selling of the crop. The  intent is to promote social and educational interaction among the students through this combined effort .  The surrounding community  is also invited to participate, broadening the reach of the design to more than just the college.

-Ryan

  

Fixie

new Chemical Records player

Whether you play records or not this is incredible

http://www.chemical-records.co.uk

Eduardo Arroyo of NO.MAD Arquitectos

http://www.nomad.as/

BMW 1 Series!

3oohp, six-cylinder, twin turbo

BMW really did a good job with their 1 series. On the road the shape is eye catching and fitting for being part of the BMW family.  There is something about the strong lines at the door and the concave bellow the door that gives this car a sleek and trim look.  

While the six cylinder is the way to go, the diesel engine does look prety amazing.

Also, the web site is very cool. The energy save mode it goes into after a minute or two is prety awesome.

http://www.bmw.com/com/en/newvehicles/1series/overview.html