13 Assassins

Trailer for 13 Assassins: - A samurai movie in the tradition of Akira Kurosawa, starring Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada and Yûsuke Iseya In Theatres April 29th. Directed by Takashi Mikke

-Photo from the official movie web site.

Cloud computing and Internet use suck energy, emit CO2, says Greenpeace

It never occurred to me that every time when I Google, I actually produce carbon emissions...as this LA Times technology blog shows:

http://lat.ms/eblLjp

The original Greenpeace report on Cloud Computing's energy impact is here:

http://bit.ly/fr1F6f

-Republished from LA Times and Greenpeace

Tribeca 2011: Earthquake hovers over restaurant life in Japan

LA Times' blog for a new documentary on Jiro, an owner-chef of a Michelin three-star Japanese restaurant in Tokyo:

http://lat.ms/hX3ZSW

You can find a trailer for the film here:

http://jiromovie.com/

-Republished from LA Times

100% Renewable Energy by 2050-The Energy Report

A comprehensive study by the WWF, AMO and Ecofys proposing the case in which the world to be on 100% renewable energy by the year 2050!

http://bit.ly/dKtam1

The full report can be downloaded here:

http://bit.ly/feWaGb

-Via eVolo

iPad 2 TV Ad - We Believe

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

-Arthur C. Clarke

The Key to Design Insights: See the World Differently

An insightful article on design thinking...

http://bit.ly/fVK2KD

"Insights are the sudden realizations in which you interpret the observations and discover patterns. Patterns reveal gaps between where people are and where they'd ideally like to be. And, especially in the case of design, rifts between the way something is now and the way it should be. "

-Retweet from Frog Design

the networked practice

An interesting look at the hypothesis that small architecture practices could be "networked" together across the globe to take on large commissions and break into markets that are previously unavailable to small practices.

http://bit.ly/h4c6OI

-Republished from arch daily

Marathon mission: Why those final steps are a killer

Why is 26.2 miles the official marathon's distance...

http://bit.ly/h8YHVm

-Republished from CNN

Is There Bauhaus in IKEA?

Is There Bauhaus in IKEA?

-RT from Design Observer

How Singapore is making sure it doesn't run out of water

On Singapore's water supply strategy:

http://bit.ly/h2S8DS

-Republished from CNN

Casa Curutchet

A video by Pablo Casals Aguirre on Le Corbusier's only project in Latin America, Casa Curutchet in La Plata, Buenos Aires c. 1955.

http://bit.ly/flEr09

-Republished via Plataforma Arquitectura

艾未未/Ai Weiwei

New York Time's article on the status of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's arrest:

http://nyti.ms/gttiJr

Architect Lebbeus Woods' blog entry refusing to accept future projects in China until the release of Ai Weiwei, including a reprint of New York Time's article on Ai Weiwei:

http://bit.ly/hB2CNf

Villa La Lac by Le Corbusier

A house designed and built by Le Corbusier for his mother.

http://bit.ly/hnlKOu

-Republished from WikiArquitectura

Ryue Nishizawa : Dialogues

Currently reading "Ryue Nishizawa : Dialogues."

http://bit.ly/eNeipk

-Republished from Garden City Publishers' Blog

Taiwan Abandons Good Architecture

Aaron Betsky's somber and relevant observation and comments on the often tortuous fate of winning international architecture competitions in Taiwan.

http://bit.ly/h6yBtp

-Republished from Aaron Betsky's blog/Architect Magazine

Brazil Gets a $1 Billion Boost | News | Architectural Record

Brazil Gets a $1 Billion Boost | News | Architectural Record

Competition for Brail's infrastructure construction work has begun, in preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics.

-Republished from AR

方大同 - 公園 (Live at tHE WALL, Taipei) MV

Sebastián Ariel Jiménez & María Inés Bogado

Maria Ines Bogado y Sebastian Jimenez

台南巴克禮公園

I was in Tainan last weekend and saw this "Barclay Park" on the tourism map at a parking structure. At first I was skeptical about a British-named park in Taiwan's oldest city, then my subsequent research brought me a big surprise!

Red Tibetan Mastiff "Big Splash" Is World's Most Expensive Dog

Apparently the Mainland Chinese nouvel riche is running out of status symbols to buy...

...and here's another article on Mainland China's Tibetan Mastiff craze...

http://huff.to/e3OLVW

-Republished from the Huffington Post

記者手記：北美館風暴之外

Art, politics and cronyism in Taipei...

http://bit.ly/gtz7KD

-Republished from Pots/Taiwan

JJ Lin 林俊傑 - 心牆

Japan's Emperor Akihito visits tsunami victims

The unprecedented calamity called for extraordinary actions. Not a fan of modern monarchy, nevertheless, a ceremonial Head of State does represent the integrity of the nation which modern democracies often lacked.

遼闊沙塵的頌歌──一瞥《沙漠》中的殖民史

Chinese introduction for "Désert" by J.M.G. Le Clezio.

http://bit.ly/gpDP9W

-Republished from Pots/Taiwan

毒污地下水 恐危台中30萬人

http://bit.ly/hqgBwU

-Republished from Yahoo! News, shared with Weilung Chang.

An Interview with 王志弘和聶永真

An interview with two of the leading young graphic designers in Taiwan, 聶永真 and 王志弘.

http://bit.ly/hQ3gcy

"...蕭青陽、王志弘與聶永真，是出版界公認書本設計的「三大天王」。文化評論者詹偉雄曾經用三位日本建築師風格來形容他們：蕭青陽是風格多變的伊東豐雄；王志弘是內斂沉靜、沉澱禪意和詩意的安藤忠雄；聶永真則是魔幻中帶甜美的妹島和世。"

-Republished from Leading News Blog

五月天-突然好想妳

After watching this MV for numerous times, I finally figured it out...

五月天 你不是真正的快樂 MV

田馥甄-我對不起我

李千娜 [我不允許我再愛上你]

Listened to this song on radio for the very first time while driving in Taichung late at night. I really love her voice and the subtle trace of melanchony... she really has developed a distinct personal style since the days of competing in Taiwan Superstar/超級星光大道...

Andrés Laza Moreno e Isabel Acuña 3

This video shows the signature fast tempo and fluid and delicate movement of Bichi and Isa...

Isabel Acuña y Andrés Laza Moreno

Among the Argentine Tango master teachers whom I have taken classes from, I know Bichi and Isa personally more than any other teachers. I also learned from them the culture aspect of Tango, which they treasure it and promote with all their hearts. I also learned the proper feeling of embrace by being lead by Bichi...