Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Site Visit 2: Coles construction, Shannon Avenue, West Geelong.

Designed by architect Terry Atchison, construction began September 2007 and is expected to completed near the end of 2008. Previously this building was a Safeway, so some elements of the previous structure had been retained in the new construction.

Because of the existing safeway building that was there previously there, the new coles building is incorporating some of the aforementioned structure as is evident with the wooden members in the image above.

The image above highlights the tilt up panels being supported and the wood and steel members comprising the roof structure.

Above is a detail of the connection between the supports temporarily holding the tilt-up panel in place.

Birds Nest

This video is a brief introduction to the documentary on the National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic games in China. The structure comprising of steel is very much related to this unit.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Saturday, May 3, 2008

thefreelibrary.com

thefreelibrary.com not only has books, but also magazines online that can be read free of charge!
The architectural review is just one of magazines that can be read on this site.
Here's the link