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California City

The best thing about California City, California, is the following line, given uncorroborated and without any intended irony, from the city’s Wikipedia page: “Temperatures range from about 33° F (1° C) to about 118° F (48° C).” Balmy Santa Monica, this ain’t. Of course if those figures sound a mite implausible, [...]

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Design for the Dark Side at SXSW 2010

The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences and Festivals, held in Austin, Texas, offer a unique convergence of original music, independent films and emerging technologies. Every year there is opportunity to attend workshops and debates where new ideas are considered and deliberated. This year saw a conference panel discussing, Design for the Dark Side. Chart credit: [...]

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Found Functions by Nikki Graziano

Photography and mathematics are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. If your like me then the ‘m’ word conjures feelings of high school, dread and misunderstanding. Yet, one woman has a great love for both and is on a mission to convey her passion for maths through photography in the hope others learn to appreciate [...]

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Shanghai 2010 World Expo

I recently asked Ian Volner to comment on the purpose and implications of the upcoming Shanghai 2010 World Expo. Ian Volner is a writer, critic, and publicist living in Manhattan. A regular contributor to Architectural Record and Bookforum among other journals, he’s presently at work on a book about planning and public housing in 1960s [...]

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Interview with Super Colossal

Marcus Trimble established Sydney based Architecture firm Super Colossal in June 2007. Trimble is a tutor in design at the University of Sydney. Additional to running a successful architecture firm and blog, he is actively involved with the Australian Institute of Architects, where he is a member of DARCH – a group of committed architecture [...]

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The Most Over-Rated Architects + Architects who deserve more credit

I recently conducted a survey to find out the answer to these questions – Who is the most over-rated Architect? and Which Architect deserves more credit? Here are my results I was interested to find out the opinion from many professionals in the industry as to who they thought was the most over-rated Architect. It was [...]

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Design for the Dark Side at SXSW 2010

May 8, 2010

Found Functions by Nikki Graziano

April 29, 2010

Shanghai 2010 World Expo

April 13, 2010

Interview with Super Colossal

April 9, 2010

The Future of Architectural Criticism

April 7, 2010

Can blogs change the way we understand and produce Architecture?

March 16, 2010

Interview with MVRDV

March 12, 2010

Architecture’s Challenge

March 4, 2010

‘Soundscrapers’ – Designing with Sound

March 2, 2010

NinjaFuel | Readings for the Urban Ninja (25/02/10)

February 25, 2010

Defunct Observation Wheel Envisioned as Flying Tram Depot

February 23, 2010

Interview with studiometrico

February 21, 2010

Architecture and Conflict at the Union Terrace Gardens Aberdeen

January 30, 2010

The Ultimate Trottoir Roulant Guide

January 25, 2010

Trottoir Roulant – Exposition Universelle 1900

January 25, 2010

Burj Khalifa (Dubai) – The Truth Behind the Bling

January 18, 2010

NinjaFuel | Readings for the Urban Ninja (10/01/10)

January 10, 2010

Top 9 Ninja Characteristics of Awesome Architecture Blogs

January 4, 2010

Architecture’s role in future lifestyles

December 23, 2009

Book Competition – Win a copy of YES IS MORE by BIG

December 7, 2009

5 Innovative Green Designs for 2010 and Beyond

November 22, 2009

My University Project: Commercial Design Proposal, Sydney

November 20, 2009

View from the top of the Burj Dubai: the world’s tallest building

November 17, 2009

Interview with Bjarke Ingels

November 10, 2009

7 Excellent Examples of Adaptive Reuse

October 27, 2009

New Urban Economies: Architecture beyond buildings

October 25, 2009

Archi-Ninja on The Architects – “Advertisement for Architecture” radio segment

October 18, 2009

The Most Over-Rated Architects + Architects who deserve more credit

September 28, 2009

An online project founded in ‘08 by Sydney based Architecture student Linda Bennett, Archi-Ninja is the discussion and critique of current Architectural projects and ideas… Ninja style!

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