Five Books
14 May 2009, 19:57
While walking about Little Italy in NY, my son Ivan and I stumbled upon the Storefront for Architecture, “a nonprofit organization committed to the advancement of innovative positions in architecture…
Pics of the Week: Curves
13 May 2009, 14:00
It has been exciting to see where everyone in our office has found a curve for this week’s theme. I think the most interesting part has been the fact that seeing things from a different perspective shows off some spectacular...
Busy Bees
12 May 2009, 15:51
It wasn’t too long ago that our good friend Pablo Gimenez Zapiola, joined us in our office for a few days. During his stay he took more than a few snap shots to show just how busy we are in the office known as BRAVE.
The Southeast Texas Rice Silo
8 May 2009, 17:54
“The Great Plains of America are vast and secret are its villages turned inward…as if time had stood still. These people were not seeking America, but escaping from Europe, and in these first wooden silos there is a memory of and obsession with architecture from different parts of central Europe. Over time the silos rose with ever greater assurance and created the landscape of the New World. In abandoning the problem of form they rediscovered architecture.”
— Aldo Rossi, Italian architect
Whether you travel on the major highways or the less bustling county roads throughout Texas, you see them. They rise out of the earth dwarfing…
Pics of the Week: Black & White
6 May 2009, 18:21
This week’s edition of Pics of the Week is our top to bottom upside down pie in the sky flying high collection! And to make things better the range is incredible. We are all over the place with being in...
AIA Design Awards: Jury Video
1 May 2009, 16:23
As we had mentioned in early March, New Horizon Family Center won an award for Architecture at the 2009 AIA Houston Chapter Design Awards. This is a …
Pics of the Week: Motion
29 April 2009, 14:50
Ah, it’s my favorite part of the week. Not only is it Wednesday and we are half way done with the work week but it is time for Pics of the Week. So this week instead of just having us...
TOGS Competition: Update
27 April 2009, 13:35
Paul Morel, a former employee at BRAVE / ARCHITECTURE now residing in Los Angeles, was recognized for his woven wood slat entry into the TOGS competition. His entry made it to the top 15 of 200 entries...
TOGS Competition
23 April 2009, 15:06
Art Alliance Austin is partnering with AIA Austin and The Austin Foundation of Architecture for their second year presenting the TOGS Competition. TOGS stands for Temporary Outdoor Gallery Space. This will be the first year that members...
Pics of the Week: The First Edition
22 April 2009, 15:24
This is the first edition of our Pics of the Week. At the office we asked everyone to submit a photo that they might want to share with the world and we show it off. Later on we will be...
