KIT'S CRIT

kitonomics

2009-06-09T21:24:00.001+08:00

composition 0919

2009-05-21T00:30:00.005+08:00

Been looping this piece on my ipod recently,
So aptly describes my current geist.

My mind starts painting a Pollock painting when I listen to it.

icarus

2009-05-02T01:22:00.002+08:00

lift off aborted,
preparing for second attempt

late night wave

2009-03-17T01:26:00.008+08:00

A streak of light
Pierces the silence of the night
Critters ply.

antennahaus

2009-03-10T00:47:00.003+08:00

ism-smism

2009-03-05T23:51:00.000+08:00

WAYWAYA

2009-02-25T23:58:00.009+08:00

What Are You Wearing A Year Ago. Came across this picture taken a year ago by Sid when he was in town. It was one of those random hey-why-dun-we-take-a-pic here kind of moment. I had totally forgotten about it until I came across it on sid's photography site. The effect was beynd what I had imagined, a shaft of light bursting through the gap between the 2 halves of the esplanade bridge and filtered by the horizontal bars of the handrail and the pedestrians tansversing along the bridge above, creating a fragmented and almost kaleidescopic set in which a lone and somewhat out of place figure stands.

sidney lo photography

towards a new architecture

2009-02-12T18:11:00.006+08:00

"
Nevertheless there is ARCHITECTURE. An admirable thing, the most beautiful. The product of happy peoples and what happy peoples produce.
Happy cities have architecture.

tonight

2009-02-11T00:03:00.002+08:00

can't believe i missed this. album out now, Tonight.

siamese twins

2009-02-08T23:31:00.000+08:00

just gave birth to siamese twins

akitekcher8oi

2009-02-04T20:44:00.002+08:00

after much procrastination....
taken far too long...

qatarescher

2009-01-30T23:13:00.002+08:00

qatar university
axonometric

london traffic

2009-01-24T11:02:00.000+08:00

jenny again

2009-01-12T23:18:00.004+08:00

Your heart beats quick and strong
Your mind pores over it all
Your head blurs quickly tonight
Your edges diffuse in the light
Don't worry because no one saw me fall

.

a slip told me

2009-01-05T23:23:00.002+08:00

oh.... where art thou...?

upgrade

2009-01-01T02:30:00.004+08:00

happy2009, time for some upgrading

ba xi

2008-12-27T13:50:00.001+08:00

people i see too much of

2008-12-22T21:16:00.004+08:00

whizkit ss09

2008-12-21T01:00:00.000+08:00

mouth shut

2008-12-08T21:47:00.002+08:00

boleh

2008-11-30T22:50:00.003+08:00

cordovan heaven

2008-09-12T00:31:00.003+08:00

coming soon

2008-07-01T23:26:00.003+08:00

The chills of fall melt into the heat of summer

Coming Soon

half dozen

2008-06-01T10:50:00.004+08:00

oh really..... is that it....?

oh....

.

the state of the art

2008-05-17T22:39:00.007+08:00

Over lunch at Tiger Tiger
A: Seen any nice architecture in Perth, HK?
Me: yeh, my favorite is the Council House down the Terrace.
A: ah...Can you tell how old the building is?
Me: ermm, I dunno , at most 10 years old, I reckon.
A: It was built in 1962

Council House, Perth, Australia.
Jeffrey Howlett and Don Bailey

taxidermia

2008-04-30T10:18:00.000+08:00

One of the few films that I've enjoyed in a long time.

kluberik

2008-04-27T18:16:00.007+08:00

end of 6 years

2008-04-23T20:06:00.002+08:00

corten cloud

2008-03-27T01:12:00.000+08:00

idol惹的祸

2008-03-09T17:09:00.001+08:00

都是当兵惹的祸

sorry jo, i snitched

terrain vague

2008-01-24T22:58:00.000+08:00

decay : source & abstract

2007-11-24T13:15:00.000+08:00

sophiayama

2007-11-03T22:59:00.000+08:00

ground - hybrid - decay

2007-10-24T11:54:00.000+08:00

infiltration - dislocation - death

absence

bangkok supertrip

2007-09-26T14:23:00.000+08:00

photos by rjcc.lam, jodong and me

why do people hate architects?

2007-09-21T00:09:00.000+08:00

because architects cannot speak properly

bus ride

2007-09-08T00:17:00.000+08:00

having some fun with moviemaker

round and round

2007-08-30T13:10:00.000+08:00

midnight rendezvous

2007-08-25T13:16:00.000+08:00

invisible cities: series 1

2007-08-11T23:33:00.001+08:00

Do buildings exist if no one can remember that they were once there? Will we be left with only the landmarks pointing to the official progress of history when buildings and spaces deemed insignificant but bearing collective memory are demolished? Perhaps someone (perhaps I) should start recording lesser known buildings- buildings that may be banal functionally but bears qualities worthy of remembering, immediately as we encounter them, for they may not be there when we want to see them again.

As a start, I'm going to try a little game. Anyone who names all 4 buildings above gets a prize.

And go watch invisible cities.

recent gluttony

2007-07-30T23:01:00.000+08:00

rain+forest

2007-07-26T23:18:00.000+08:00

rain rain go away, come again another day...

alternate pic

surreal queen

2007-06-24T19:14:00.000+08:00

Sounds of activity echo eerily through the corridors, the source indiscernible. A twilight zone smack in the middle of the city, seemingly forgotten; the jarring absence of people repudiates the utopian vision on which the space was built on.

dancing queens

2007-06-02T01:12:00.001+08:00

dance showdown at arab street

can't stop whistling to the tune

2007-05-12T22:18:00.001+08:00

SMT

2007-05-08T00:42:00.000+08:00

la salle sia

2007-04-15T20:52:00.001+08:00

The La Salle SIA campus

historical entry

2007-04-15T01:29:00.000+08:00

Entrance to the National Museum from the middle of Fort Canning Hill,

one that no one would use but probably looks nice in section.

recently observed

2007-04-13T22:49:00.000+08:00

in good we trust

2007-04-07T14:25:00.000+08:00

good friday at the park.

greens

2007-04-02T21:21:00.001+08:00

lunch at Front Row

me- masako salad
v- masako salad without crispy rice noodles
j- mozilla open face sandwich

Healthy eating from now on. (I miss frankfurt green sauce)

Next life changing decision, cheap healthy-eating.

pre-show brunch

2007-04-02T00:08:00.001+08:00

Brunch at Wild Rocket

me-wild rocket burger(mmmmm...), pandan panna cotta
v- wild rocket burger, strawberry cheesecake
j- bangers and mash, kueh buloh tiramisu

woods & woods a/w07

2007-04-01T23:11:00.000+08:00

I realized today that a runway show is such a poor medium to showcase clothing. With the models darting through the runway on their inhumanly long legs, there is hardly anytime to observe the intricate details and textures on the garments and even less time to contemplate the points of interest (non in the worst case and shock, intrigue, and pleasant surprise in the best case). The whole set up also privileges the important people (with named seats) seated in the front row, as only these positions allow for a good (though not equally) view of the clothing being paraded down the runway. And people sitting more than 3 rows away are there for no reason other than for pure spectacle. But it is not that I don't enjoy the spectacle (as I have concluded to be the only reason I have to be at the show), just that clothing is not best enjoyed viewed from afar, but when worn and felt.

woods & woods autumn/winter 2007

still alive

2007-03-28T19:04:00.000+08:00

If you are wondering, I am still alive, the blog is still alive. Just that my life has been rather uneventful in the last 3 weeks (well, nothing that I deemed worthy of posting). But if you are interested in knowing about my exploits with autocad and photoshop (or trying to cure your insomnia), give me a ring and I'll be happy to share it with you.

Good luck to those submitting in April.

black monday/42

2007-03-06T23:09:00.000+08:00

black monday

2007-03-05T22:18:00.000+08:00

last 3 pics by adam newman

long night

2007-02-28T04:03:00.000+08:00

春

2007-02-18T13:58:00.000+08:00

春到。

trip to the bank

2007-02-11T02:03:00.001+08:00

Is Singapore destined to be devoid of architectural heritage, save for dolled- up shophouses and caricatures of our colonial past? Can we do anything to prevent this monument from en bloc sale to souless real estate developers who only value the building in terms of unmaximized GFA and it prime city site?

I don't know, I can only hope for the best.

Save Pearlbank!

bishan LOOK

2007-02-05T00:27:00.001+08:00

Bishan Community Library,
look architects.

japanesque

2007-02-03T22:05:00.000+08:00

me; gyokuro fried rice, home-made sesame ice-cream
yw; fukamushi tea, marinated mushroom, matcha cheese cake

wacha
14 ann siang road.

orchard dome

2007-01-24T00:29:00.000+08:00

How many of you have lifted your heads when arriving at Orchard MRT station to take a look at the dome from the underside? I bet there are people who are not even aware that they are actually underneath it. You can blame it on mediocre design but it's your last chance to see the orchard dome before it disappears forever. Barely having been around for 20years, it is in the process of being boarded up and torn down to make way for another shopping centre.

achtung!!

2007-01-22T00:08:00.001+08:00

Your attention please, for your own safety,
please stand behind the yellow line!
大家请注意，为了您自己的安全，请站在黄线后面!
Sila ambil perhatian. Demi keselamatan anda,
harap berdiri di belakang garisan kuning!
அன்பு கூர்ந்து பயணிகள் கவனிக்கவும்
உங்கலின் பாதுகாபை முன்னிட்டு மஞல்
கோட்டுக்கு பின்னால் நிலுஙள்!

crème de la crème

2007-01-20T02:29:00.000+08:00

Yummy yummy Crème Brûlée at Joanna's place but the real highlight of the evening.... torching the sugar.

mini me

2007-01-10T23:45:00.000+08:00

lorgans

2007-01-07T21:36:00.001+08:00

An afternoon at Lorgans. Been wanting to visit since I've heard about it long ago but never managed to drag my butt down to its location at Pasir Panjang, not a place I would ever pass by. The showroom has a good mix of designer and authentic reconditioned retro furniture. I've set my sight on an Eames rocking chair, better start working soon.

so chinese

2007-01-06T23:54:00.000+08:00

Another take on the shophouse facade. SO "Chinese"!

more from 'schland

2007-01-02T19:29:00.001+08:00

totally LondON

2006-12-30T18:16:00.001+08:00

when you are bored of london you are bored of life.

evening at V&A

2006-12-30T05:07:00.001+08:00

Another London post before the new year.

not bored of life

2006-12-29T10:42:00.000+08:00

back from London, more pics after the New Year.

julfest

2006-12-21T11:14:00.001+08:00

bauwagen party

2006-12-18T01:12:00.001+08:00

ryugyong hotel

2006-12-15T20:01:00.000+08:00

A monument to the high utopian vision of communism and the spectcular failure of vain urbanism in a city of hollow landmarks and ideology.

crit's over!

2006-12-14T01:15:00.000+08:00

bye bye gehry, hello graves

2006-12-08T17:59:00.000+08:00

no time to write, read more here

v & m

2006-12-01T02:48:00.000+08:00

v & m house, ørestad, copenhagen, by the partnership PLOT (now BIG and JDS). A really intriguing design, not just because of the weird shape and balconies so sharp that they could already have killed countless unsuccessful burglars.

Too lazy to write about it but you can find out more about it and see nicer pictures here .

cph rendezvous

2006-11-30T14:42:00.000+08:00

after-breakfast walk

2006-11-27T07:03:00.000+08:00

A beautiful day in Oslo, unusually warm and dry for the time of the year. Had a late breakfast and finished just in time to go out and catch the sun set.

me and my misha(ir)p

amsterdam h&m mayhem

2006-11-10T03:53:00.000+08:00

Viktor & Rolf + H&M collection 9 nov 2006. Fortunately, the situation was more civilized in Oslo.

misha(ir)p

2006-11-10T03:43:00.000+08:00

I had a major mishairp today. Made me realized the importance of being precise in the words I use (yes... I have not learnt from the uncountabLe number of crits I've had) and how adjectives, when not used carefully, become totally relative terms open to broad intepretations. The only thing I can say now is that, I feel like I'm reliving my cool-headed BMT days.

I warn everyone, watch your words!

welcome to oslo

2006-11-01T01:16:00.000+08:00

I was told the snow was late this year.

4.07pm towards tåsen

2006-11-01T01:13:00.000+08:00

3.50pm at majorstuen

2006-11-01T00:01:00.000+08:00

hostfesten at AHO

2006-10-29T23:51:00.001+08:00

Annual autumn party at AHO on the night when Summer Time switches to Winter Time.

秋

2006-10-25T02:22:00.000+08:00

crit 2: strip 5

2006-10-10T01:18:00.000+08:00

before

during

after

milano

2006-10-08T04:41:00.000+08:00

venezia due

2006-10-06T05:51:00.000+08:00

la Biennale di Venezia 2

2006-10-05T04:21:00.000+08:00

la Biennale di Venezia 1

2006-10-04T02:16:00.000+08:00

venezia uno

2006-10-03T01:42:00.000+08:00

2006-09-25T04:02:00.000+08:00

Off to Venice till next Monday

risky childhood

2006-09-23T23:52:00.000+08:00

Outside the Art Hall at Tullinløkka, Oslo. Something you will never find at a playground in Singapore.

holmen kollen

2006-09-17T21:21:00.000+08:00

more urbia/suburbia

2006-09-15T22:19:00.000+08:00

crit 1 : doubling drabantbys

2006-09-12T05:09:00.000+08:00

crit 1 : Pantone Warm Red C

2006-09-11T23:24:00.000+08:00

*picture not photoshopped, all the seminar rooms have orange windows with red curtains on the south side, so everything gets bathed in this reddish hue during daylight. Best used as an educational tool, a lesson in specifications.

plush

2006-09-10T17:35:00.000+08:00

architecture for the masses

2006-09-09T04:52:00.000+08:00

Outside the Art Hall,
part of the The National Museum for Art, Architecture and Design