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Frame and Form (estructura y forma) was born with the modest desire to promote and disseminate structural design culture. The content of this blog is based on small articles where synthesized information is provided about accomplishments , events, history, contests and curiosities of marked structural works like bridges or buildings. These capsules of information intended [...]

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26 July, 2010

1st CALL FOR STRUCTURAL DAILY PHOTOS

7 May, 2010

Theo Jansen Conference in Barcelona

Next Tuesday 11 May we have the luck and pleasure in Barcelona to attend a presentation on innovation by the kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen. The international business school EADA organized a session open to the public to celebrate the opening of its new Innovation Center.

Theo Jansen will enlighten us with his unique vision of creation and innovation. Creator of 'Strandbeest‘ (Beasts of the Beach) Jansen combines art, science, creativity, provocation and passion in their projects.

The appointment will be on Tuesday days 11 May after 9:30am en Hotel Majestic. Paseo de Gracia, 68. Free admission by registering here!

3 May, 2010

II Conference on Bridges in San Sebastian

From 27 th to 29 th April, took place in San Sebastián-Donostia the Second Conference on Bridges, organized by the Spanish Road Association. Form and Frame had the opportunity to attend and now briefly reveals some of the highlights of those days.

30 April, 2010

Milan Structural Furniture: Keiji Ashizawa

Following this small collection of articles , we present another of the designs we thoght most relevant and inspiring of our visit to Milan.
PIPE KNOT FURNITURE by Keiji Ashizawa

22 April, 2010

Milan Structural Furniture: Philippe Malouin

The Milan Furniture week has passed and left us full of inspiration and new ideas. The world of household products design can give us an interesting insight into functional forms and new materials. Here we present a small selection of designs presented in Milan that we found relevant and inspirational.

GRIDLOCK COLLECTION by Philippe Malouin

12 April, 2010

Frame and Form in Milano. Delicatessen

The city of Milan holds from April 14 th to 19 th, one of the most important trade shows in the world. Thousands of designers, architects and manufacturers come together in this capital of design to present their latest creations.

Centro Congressi Stella Polare

25 January, 2010

The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy

Once again David P. Billington focuses its work around Swiss engineers, this time explicitly. The book is part of the exposure homonymous organized by the Princeton University Art Museum In 2003.

21 December, 2009

Ice Bridge, Leonardo Da Vinci and Climate Change

As part of the events , demonstrations and interventions that have surrounded the failed Copenhagen World Summit on Climate Change (COP15), Norwegian artists have contributed to raising awareness among world leaders with a piece attracts attention by its elegance and message.

puente arco en la Antártida

16 November, 2009

Several Bones Exhibition – Miguel Fisac

In this installment of the library we talk about the exhibition Bones Various. This shows part of the architect's work Miguel Fisac Serna (1913-2006),specifically, a group of precast concrete pieces whose shape is similar to bony structures.

son Lindman

Jaroslav Pelikan hit upon the idea of such sites following a creative process whose main premise is summarized in the following quote…

2 November, 2009

Exhibition BanaVäg. Stockholm Arkitekturmuseet

Frame and Form were lucky to be invited to visit the Stockholm Arkitekturmusset (AE) with the exhibition BanaVäg. The AE was opened in 1994 with the aim of highlighting the architecture and urbanism and to promote research in these fields.

son Lindman

The AE offers two major exhibitions to visitors. The first…

24 August, 2009

5th New York City Bridge Conference

Building the world longest footbridge, letting a bridge be a dragon, understanding bridge collapses, designing signature bridges in Spain and taking the cultural responsibility of bridge design were some of the focus at the 5th New York City Bridge Conference. With three-rooms simultaneous sessions, awards ceremony and table top displays the two-days conference was held [...]

13 May, 2009

skylon: Futurist Reconstruction

In 1951, The London skyline was transformed after the construction of one of the most impressive structures you've seen this city. The Skylon was a tower some 100 meters designed to mark a milestone in the Festival of Britain exhibition.

A multidisciplinary team formed by two young architects Jacko Moya [...]

22 February, 2009

TO ERR IS HUMAN: Failure as Part of the Design Process

As part of the COLLAPSE(with) conferences IED is holding a three days introductory event. I have been invited as a lecturer as mentioned  before here. I invite you to read the abstract and come along:
March 12th, 19:00 H
TO ERR IS HUMAN! We must acknowledge that even the most engineered systems can collapse. Failure is a [...]

21 February, 2009

collapse(with):

A cycle of conferences
Here I present you an interesting cycle of conferences (click on the poster to enlarge). Sergio Carratalá (Me) has been invited as lecturer and here the prologue.
…complexity, self-sufficiency, spontaneity, incompleteness and other conceptual notions constitute the backbone of a realm of studies which focuses the evolution of systems of different kinds. Scholars [...]