Kyu Che is an interdisciplinary environment designer involved with architecture, design, and the visual arts. Following his education in Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, he gained professional expertise working with leading architecture firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. Disillusioned by the disharmony of contemporary building practice, he launched Symbionic Design Studio in 1997 to pursue an independent private practice parallel to exploring alternative artistic and environmental visions of architecture
As we say goodbye to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, let's take a look back at the glories of Olympic architecture from the past, and look forward to even more innovation to come. The competition for the honor of hosting the Olympic Games is an intense, worldwide fight, but with that prize comes the tremendous responsibility of building a complex of structures to support the games.Every Olympic city has risen to the challenge, putting its best design and creative minds into the limelight for all the world to see. Some of the efforts have been more successful than others, and a few of the host countries have spent decades paying off the debt incurred by such architectural ambition. Hit continue to see our picks for the Top 10 best Olympic buildings in history
Designed by Samer Eid Architect, the Toyota Exhibition Pavilion design concept was inspired by the splines of cars and it’s expressed as a combination of Toyota and Lexus, very challenging, right?. Adopting Steel Skeleton + Wire Mesh Membrane as the structure, this hybrid pavilion is very impressive and so futuristic
A new hi-rise in miami’s design district takes green architecture to a new height. The residential/commercialspace integrates the greenest in green: wind turbines, photovoltaic panels and solar hot water generation
Dezeen has launched a new blog in conjunction with the International Design Forum in Dubai, dedicated to architecture and design projects in the Arab world and news about the forum, which takes place in Dubai next month
The Urbantine Project is a competition aimed at emerging designers and architects, with the winner getting £10,000 to create a structure which will be showcased in the outdoor spaces at The Truman Brewery as part of Tent London 2007. For those who don't know, Tent London is a multi-faceted design destination happening during the London Design Festival in September. This project will be one of six main events happening as part of this show.Specifically, the brief is to design a structure that responds to issues of rapid change in the 21st Century workplace. Shown above are examples of 'fast architecture' from the competition web site. It's not often you get someone to pay you 10K to build a wacky clubhouse, so take advantage of their generosity. The deadline is July 16 and info and applications are available at their web site
pieceHomes premiered at Dwell on Design last month with seven modern prefab designs that take full green advantage of factory-built construction. Created by LA-based Davis Studio Architecture + Design, pieceHomes hold the promise of thoughtful integration of materials, technologies, and site considerations with both custom and standardized modular architecture at affordable prices
