UME Architecture Magazine (Free online resource)

What is UME?  UME is an independent international architecture magazine edited, produced, published and wholly owned by Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper. Between 1996 and 2007, 21 issues of UME were published: UME 1-7 are out of print but UME 8-21 are in stock. In 2007 UME went online, with all 21 issues available – free – as PDF downloads. From 2008 UME will be a digital magazine available only online as high-res downloads, again free.

A key intention of UME is to present the drawings architects make to build their designs – usually the working drawings – and through them to elicit cultural and critical commentary.

Here's the link: http://www.umemagazine.com/issues.aspx

Photos

Skyscraper Museum Digital Archive

Check out the Skyscraper's Museum online digital archive for the development of tall buildings in Manhattan.

Manhattan Time Formations |  McGrath & Watkins

Bowery Artist Tribute

Check out the Bowery Artist Tribute with Bowery development timeline from New Museum digital archive.

U7 at Cooper Union

U7 met up with ex Bartlett student Charles Dorrance-King who gave us a tour of the Cooper Union multi disciplinary workshop.

U7 meets Charles at Cooper Union

Cooper Union Workshop

U7 Situ Studio NY

The vist last week to Brooklyn based design studio SITU STUDIO was one of the highlights of the trip. Founding director Wes Rozen explained how the practice intertwines fabrication and design during a tour of the studio and Navy Yard based workshop.

Fabrication Workshop Navy Yard | Situ Studio

Prototype Workshop DUMBO | Situ Studio

U7 Project 1 Photography Session

Some U7 image tests using black velour background and simple studio lighting...

Homeless Capsule | Moulded Recycled Paper | D Little 

Temporary Capsule | Laser -cut Plywood | M Chen

Body Capsule | Filled Textile Kernels |  K Feltwell

Reading Capsule | Laminated Folded Nylon | G Lui