ICA – The obligatory Boston photo-op

Everybody loves to hate Diller+Scofidio (and Renfro too I suppose? ). I say give them a break, the building isn’t that bad. Though, there *are* some really ugly detail moments but I’ll spare them for now. Someday somebody’s going to detect my shoddy detailing ( an intern to be fired… ) and I’ll have no where to run. More ICA Boston pics … enjoy!

Amsterdam Cheese

One of the delights of a quick layover in Amsterdam. On the way back from Hashim’s Istanbul trip in Oct 07, we scrambled out of Schiphol for 5 hours to do some obligatory architectural touring ( and additional 2 hours for security checks, bum patting, and crotch grabbing – it’s the Malaysian passport you see….). Nothing will complete a Dutch trip if you don’t taste some Gouda.

la Villette, the board game

L-R: Benny, Me, Ina, Kent

Final project for K. Michael Hay’s “The Architectural Imaginary: Experimental Architecture of the 1970s” in spring 2008. Last to get frustrated and rip hair in derangement wins.

Funky Window Lentil

Non-architects could be pretty interesting designers too. From a hilltop shack full of local stone shards, the constructor must’ve mortared them together and introduced the lentils out of a sense of obligation or an a posteriori knowledge of a typical window. Or maybe this dude has been flipping way too many books on Zumthor:

hotel at la bombonera

At the main gates of La Bombonera, a day prior to big match with CA Independiente.

buttmate and her bf

impossibly sweet

mangosteens. less than a day after it was plucked.

concrete

The most beautiful manhole in Malaysia. Really!… (location: Bangsar )

apom!

Pancake with crisp edges and chewy crust, nuts, sweet corn, sugar infills.

durian pahang special