Thursday, May 18, 2006

Etoo: "La victoria es para los catalanes y para toda España"
















My last night in Vinaroz.... in the streets with hundreds of football fans celebrating Barcelona´s victory in the UEFA cup finals.... I have never seen people so happy.... so proud.... so crazy!! I was the only black girl in the street. But guess what.... the equalizing goal was scored by a black man.... Samuel Etoo. Poor Ronaldinho was so well marked in this game.... brilliant goal by Bellette that secured the victory. It was about 70 painful minutes being 1 goal down but the rain didn´t stop the new dream team! Go Barça!!!


Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Wippeee!!!

I´m so excited!!!.... My research paper was accepted for the Conference in Florence. It´s the technical paper on Natural Ventilation in Colima Mexico!!!! Now all I need is funding....

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Details from Heaven



Sorry David, I just had to blog this article!









AIA 25 Year Award


Louis I. Kahn's gentle masterpiece
Some 31 years after his death, Louis I. Kahn still holds our fascination. The recent documentary film about him, My Architect, was a great success, and his work continues to net awards. The Yale Center for British Art, Kahn's last major commission, begun in 1973 and finished by the architects Pellecchia and Meyers in 1977, is this year's AIA 25 Year Award winner. It is the fifth Kahn building recognized with the honor. This might appear excessive to some observers, but as one AIA juror remarked, "If only there were more Kahn buildings to award."

- By James Murdock

2005 AIA Gold Medal


Calatrava wins the Gold
"Calatrava’s buildings, engineering projects, and furniture taken together with his drawings, sculpture, and scientific research, manifested that a genuine unity of rational intelligence with poetry is still possible; a very rare synthesis in our time. His built projects succeeded in overcoming the barriers between pragmatism, infrastructure service, and intellectual expression. They restored a general enthusiasm for the art of construction, bringing back an excitement about it long gone since the 1950s. They dispelled the bias against technology as something by definition dull. Most important, they demonstrated that utilitarian artifacts do not have to be oppressive and disruptive but can evoke delight and a sense of identity."
- Alexander Tzonis