graphic design, art, typography and architecture

Creative Fix will be a regular round-up feature. I'll be listing and commenting on my favourite blog posts, stumbles and bookmarks. Here's my Creative Fix for June 2007: Website that caught my eye: This is a beautifully designed Flash web site; this kind of thing has been done a lot before, but this one is particularly worthy of mention: Architecture: LandMark Houses, an Architectural Housing Project set in the Cotswolds (UK). A complete showpiece village of landmark new homes by some of the best architects in Britain, and the world, is about to be built in the Cotswolds.--The Sunday Times Typography: 15 Years of Type for ... [more]

In a recent post, Green Architecture, I asked why more buildings (specifically skyscrapers) were not incorporating more wind turbines into their designs. It seems to make sense that taller structures that are naturally more "wind-resistant", should do something to harness at least some of that energy. Well, I've managed to find some more. I particularly like the Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China (SOM), due for completion in 2009. (71 storey, 303 meters). The huge vents are designed to accelerate the wind on its way to the turbines, providing power for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. The structure also makes use ... [more]

I like this Green Skyscraper concept by Australian architect Andrew Maynard for the Sony Tower in China. What caught my eye was the overall profile and the inclusion of wind turbines. I especially like the wind turbine within the main structure. I wonder why this isn't seen more often? We decided to design a tower and then hit it with a wall of sound. Through computer modeling we manipulated a simple tower buy hitting it with the sound "SONY" to create the kinetic form that is Sony Tower. Not completely sure how they did that, but none the less and interesting idea. ... [more]

I love this concept from the architect Michael Jantzen: The Wind Shaped Pavilion is a design proposal for a large fabric structure that can be used as a public or private pavilion. As a lightweight fabric structure, the wind slowly and randomly rotates each of the six segments around a central open support frame. This continually alters the shape of the pavilion, while at the same time generating electrical power for its nighttime illumination. Though I wouldn't wish to be an inhabitant of this structure during a hurricane ;) You can see his portfolio of work here. [more]