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New Harmony in Houston

February 21, 2009 by Metalab Admin

We are contributing the final chapter to a book about New Harmony, Frederick Kiesler and the Grotto for Meditation.  Our essay will be called "New Harmony in Houston" and will discuss the work of our studio at UHCOA with Ben Nicholson that has become a project called the New Harmony Grotto and Garden.  The book will be edited by Ben and Michelangelo Sabatino with contributions from Stephen Fox, Monika Pessler of the Kiesler Foundation among others.


NHG Construction Documents

February 04, 2009 by Metalab Admin

We have completed our set of Construction Documents for the fabrication and installation of the Grotto, Gate and Bridge in the New Harmony Garden proposed for the UH Campus next to the Architecture Building. We have tried to rethink what CD's mean in terms of Digital Fabrication where we are describing a series of instructions to machines and assembly diagrams to the fabricators. No dimension strings in the drawings, no tape measures on the site...

UH Moment: “Green Building Components”

February 04, 2009 by Metalab Admin

link to full article and audio clip from KUHF Green grows from the ground up and needs more than recycled cans and paper.  The University of Houston's Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture's Green Building Components is where industry meets sustainability.