tamu aias » Film http://www.tamuaias.org the student voice of texas a&m college of architecture Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:32:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? http://www.tamuaias.org/2008/12/sir-ken-robinson-do-schools-kill-creativity/ http://www.tamuaias.org/2008/12/sir-ken-robinson-do-schools-kill-creativity/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:50:44 +0000 admin http://www.tamuaias.org/?p=689

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Science Commons. Imagine if there were an Architecture Commons … there already are things kind of like that going on at Open Architecture Network. Go check it out. Get involved.

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Can a building become an instrument? according to David Byrne … yes … and he has convinced me.


David Byrne shows off his recent project, “Playing The Building”.

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Wired Science heads to the California Academy of Sciences to check out the living roof, which features 1.2 million native California plant species and a natural ventiltion system.

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About this talk

Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers all the big questions. If nothing else, it’s the most beautiful 8-dimensional model of elementary particles and forces you’ve ever seen.

About Garrett Lisi

Physicist Garrett Lisi has proposed a new “theory of everything” — a grand unified theory that explains all the elementary particles, as well as gravity. Full bio and more links  »

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About this talk

Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he’s created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form.

About Thom Mayne

Founder of the influential studio Morphosis, and co-founder of the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne marries conceptual ideas with form,… Full bio and more links  »

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About this talk

Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus takes the audience on dazzling, dizzying virtual tours of three recent projects: the Central Library in Seattle, the Museum Plaza in Louisville and the Charles Wyly Theater in Dallas.

About Joshua Prince-Ramus

Joshua Prince-Ramus is best known as architect of the Seattle Central Library, already being hailed as a masterpiece of contemporary culture. Prince-Ramus was US Partner of Rem Koolhaas’ Office… Full bio and more links  »

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