Cover!!!

Facet Studio is on the cover (oh my goodness!) of the August/ September issue of Monument Magazine!!
We just received our complimentary copy in mail today, this issue will be available in newsagencies next week I think....I need to find a way to calm my excitement!

I just noticed that we are even on the spine of the magazine..!

Railway Parade finally seeing the light!

We are finally granted approval by Council for our Development Application for Railway Parade project!
As we have lodged a combined DA and CC application, hopefully the next phase will be less time-consuming...

Ohh that little stamp on the drawing....and the letter in the mail....how we have been waiting

Voting Time!!!

Time is running out!

Facet Studio is entering Intergrain Timber Vision Awards 2011 this year with our project Sneakerology, and it is now open for People's Choice category.
The voting is closing on 31 July.... have you voted for Sneakerology?

Click HERE and HERE, and rate the photos 5 star (what can it be other than the best?)!!

 

 

Qingdao 15th Street

Is this a cake?

 

...If it is, after flying across half of the world I think it may not taste that good...

We are recently engaged to work on Qingdao 15th Street, in the town famous for Tsingtao Beer in China (Qingdao is an alternative spelling for Tsingtao).

A *very rough* idea about the project, is to create a "Japan Town" in Qingdao, which boasts a Japanese population of some 30,000.  

It is funny in a way; the other day we have just made an observation that in Sydney, there are "hubs" for people with different cultural backgrounds (eg, Chinese, Thai, Korean, Greek, Lebanese.. the list goes on) owing to the multicultural character of Sydney, but Japanese tend to be a lot more dispersed.  I wonder why.

Anyhow, this is what is in the box...

1:50 partial model

 

Aerial view of the 1:50 model

 

1:200 overall model

 

This is JJ who recently joined the Facet Studio team, these beautiful models were crafted by him

carefully packed for transport, to take to initial concept presentation at Qingdao... cotton balls all over the place....

 

Viola! Wish us luck!!

Japan 10,000 World Architects

Facet Studio is participating in Japan 10,000 World Architects Exhibition online at the moment.
Our work will also be exhibited at the Tokyo International Forum from September 26 to Oct 2 so if you're in the area come have a look!

Link to Japan 10,000 World Architects Exhibition

Sneakerology is also on FRAME!

Following Streetology's appearance (read HERE), Sneakerology also made appearance on the famous FRAME magazine!

Read the article HERE.

Frame is the world's barometer of interior design. The magazine shows you what's happening and where to find it. The latest interiors and products, spiced up with some art, shop windows and sets: that's the essence of Frame magazine. 

Sneakerology and Streetology both on Archdaily!

Our projects Sneakerology adn Streetology have both been published on Archdaily!

(Read the original articles HERE and HERE.)

ArchDaily was founded in March 2008 with the one mission of delivering the most complete information to architects around the world; every week, every day, every hour, every moment: as soon as it is happening. It is the online source of continuous information for a growing community of thousands of architects searching for the latestarchitectural news: projects, products, events, interviews and competitions among others.

Manpower! #2

Following the last post, here is the process of hanging the extra extra long steel beams.
...did I mention that the steel beams weighed roughly 200kg each?......

one is up on one end..

..then the other end...

second one is up on one end...

temporary props. the beams can not be fixed to the wall directly at this moment as the junction between beam and wall is not right-angled - the beams need to be levelled as designed prior to permanent fixture

getting the other end up

firstly on the ladder (I remain amazed that the ladder did not collapse under the weight!)

1...2...3...!

slowly.......carefully......... (notice the temporary prop at this end)

builder Charles can even spare a hand to wave at the camera!

once both beams are propped up, our curious client Ohuchi had to come in to experience how the space would potentially feel like...

permanent fixture to one end 

fixing to the other end

longgg....... builder Ken checking our drawings to make sure things are done correctly before all fixed (before all is too late!) - good to cautious than sorry!

well.. from the outside you can't really tell what is going on inside hey!

Streetology is on FRAME!

While Sneakerology is enjoying some attention, its sister store, Streetology is making appearance on the famous Netherlands based FRAME magazine!

Read the article HERE.

Maybe learn Russian too?

Sneakerology has been published on Russian online lifestyle magazine: ETODAY.
The article can be viewed HERE.

Russia......land of mystery.......

Etoday.ru is an illustrated online magazine, dedicated to presenting the top news stories and current events around the globe. The informative content of the web ezine is presented to its readers in combination with high quality, eye catching photos and illustrations.
Etoday aims to offer news highlights from the world of celebrities, fashion, cinema, music and art as well as sports, technology, automobiles, architecture, art, design and other hot areas of interest.