In case you missed the CITY.GAME at Hammer Museum, here is a quick snapshot of the event. More at here.
MARTA NOWAK PRESENTS AT AUTOMOBILITY 2016 /
If you missed the live broadcast on PBS, here is a video of Marta Nowak's presentation at Automobility 2016: Reimagining Transportation conference on October 13, 2016. Marta talks about her work in the Hyperloop Suprastudio at UCLA Architecture & Urban Design as well as some of our work at AN.ONYMOUS for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. The conference provided a road map to the future – assessing the challenges and opportunities as autonomous cars, connected vehicle technologies and advanced mobility services revolutionize the auto industry as well as their impact on our urban environment.
AN.ONYMOUS TO LEAD A WORKSHOP AT HAMMER MUSEUM /
AN.ONYMOUS will be leading a workshop at the Hammer Museu during this year's Family Day: Reimagining Your World on Sept. 24 from 11AM-3PM in the main courtyard where we will be launching the CITY GAME. If you are in Los Angeles area stop by for some visual arts, live music, and more workshops by other artists! More information on the Hammer Museum’s website here.
WHAT CAN ARCHITECTS LEARN FROM NO MAN’S SKY? /
Can Architects learn from video-game design process? Read Youssef Maguid's interesting piece on No Man's Sky and a brief discussion with Iman Ansari on the implications of procedural design on architecture here.
AN.ONYMOUS OPENS AN OFFICE IN LA /
AN.ONYMOUS opens an office in Los Angeles, California. Our LA office is located at 5029A West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016.
AR JOURNAL FEATURES "TWO PROJECTS BY AN.ONYMOUS" /
This month's issue of AR Journal of Architecture and Urbanism features "Two Projects by AN.ONYMOUS." Focusing on a number of successful international competitions, the journal includes AN.ONYMOUS EX.TERRA and DE.MARCATION projects in the urban design section of the issue. The bi-annual journal is published in both English and Persian.
DAILY BRUIN GOES BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE PROSTHETIC SEMINAR /
Daily Bruin goes behind the scenes of the think tank-style final for 'the Prosthetic Seminar: Architectural Probes, Cyborgs and Cybernetic Environments.' Taught by AN.ONYMOUS principals, Marta Nowak and Iman Ansari, during the fall 2015 at UCLA, the Prosthetic Seminar took the human body as a 'site' for a series of architectural objects that would enhance or transcend basic biological functions.
THE PROSTHETIC SEMINAR: ARCHITECTURAL PROBES, CYBORGS, AND CYBERNETIC ENVIRONMENTS /
Sneak peak of students' work in "Prosthetic Seminar: Architectural Probes, Cyborgs, and Cybernetic Environments" at UCLA, taught by Marta Nowak and Iman Ansari.
MARTA NOWAK SPEAKS TO CNN ABOUT THE HYPERLOOP /
AN.ONYMOUS Principal Marta Nowak speaks to CNN producer Rachel Crane about the Hyperloop project at UCLA. Watch the video here.
MARTA NOWAK'S WORK ON THE HYPERLOOP FEATURED IN THE POPULAR SCIENCE /
Popular Science magazine publishes an article about the Hyperloop project, featured on the magazine's cover, with an extensive commentary by AN.ONYMOUS Principal Marta Nowak. Read it online here.
AN.ONYMOUS OPENS A NEW OFFICE IN TEHRAN /
AN.ONYMOUS Opens a new office in Tehran. More information here.
WHO KILLED THE NARRATOR? /
AN.ONYMOUS Principal Iman Ansari's essay "Who Killed the Narrator?" is published in April issue of AR Journal. The short essay analyzes the work of Bernard Tschumi work in relation to ideas of narrative and narrator in cinema and specifically Film Noir of the 1940's and 1950's.
DAILY BRUIN FEATURES THE HYPERLOOP STUDIO /
The Hyperloop studio, taught by AN.ONYMOUS principal Marta Nowak, along with Craig Hodgetts and David Ross is featured in UCLA Daily Bruins. The article showcases the work of students throughout the one-year Suprastudio program.
MARTA NOWAK'S WORK ON THE HYPERLOOP FEATURED IN DESIGN TREND /
AN.ONYMOUS Principal Marta Nowak is featured in article written about Hyperloop project in Design Trend. Marta is currently teaching a graduate architectural design studio on development of Hyperloop project--a high-speed transportation system--at UCLA. Marta is also consulting with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies on the realization of the project.
IMAN ANSARI TO SPEAK AT SHIRAZ CONFERENCE ON CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE /
AN.ONYMOUS Principal Iman Ansari will be speaking at Contemporary Architecture Conference in Shiraz on Wednesday December 17th, 2014. For more information about the conference please visit here.
DE.MARCATION RECEIVES HONORABLE MENTION IN RETHINKING THE FUTURE AWARDS /
DE.MARCATION project receives Honorable Mention in Urban Design category of Rethinking The Future Sustainability Award. The award is designed "to develop an architectural language that would ‘sustain’ and ‘survive’ the impacts of new age challenges, and evolve into an architectural language of the future – taking sustainability one step ahead." More info on AN.ONYMOUS entry can be found on RTF website, or on DE.MARCATION.
THANK YOU! /
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IS IMITATION A CRIME? /
Material selection for LES.JUMELLES project on site in Paris, France. The project is a 300 sqm addition to a historic brick building at the heart of Paris, France. More news to follow!
IMAN ANSARI'S DISCUSSION WITH EDWIN CHAN TRANSLATED TO ARABIC /
Iman Ansari's conversation with Edwin Chan is translated to Arabic in arch-news.net. The discussion was originally published in Metropolis Magazine's Point of View. The conversation reviews Gehry's work in the context of Los Angeles, and and traces the larger ambitions of the projects in his interest in art. Read it in English on Metropolis.
LES.JUMELLES SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF PARIS FOR APPROVAL /
AN.ONYMOUS project LES.JUMELLES is submitted to the City of Paris for building permit, and has moved to the next phase of development. The project is a 300 sqm addition to a historic brick building at the heart of Paris, France. More news to follow!