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HAVING A VIRTUAL CRITIC / LECTURER… WORTHWHILE EXPERIENCE?
I would say yes. In my mind it makes more sense to have a virtual critic than it does to fly some one from half way across the globe just [...]
You know plane tickets can be expensive…. when you fly into an airport for the most part only accessible by turbo prop planes (not to mention bumpy)!
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STUDIO DESCRIPTION
LaN will be returning to MSU School of Architecture to teach a a summer design studio (ARCH 458) The studio will investigate parametric design and digital fabrication through the use of Rhino software. The final outcome of the studio will be digitally designed / fabricated product that focuses on parametric production and [...]

LaN Workshop: Digital Fabrication via Rhino
Sponsored by Sweet Onion Creations
Bozeman, Montana
October 14-17 2009
Directed by Shane Salisbury & Monika Wittig
Questions: connect@livearchitecture.net or 406. 212. 4758
$195 register by Oct 2
$245 register Oct 6 – 10
$295 register after Oct 10
*please note: recent site issues noted with our links deactivating. Any trouble? Email us to be [...]

LaN announces its second ON-SITE:Barcelona workshop with modules to be held August 10-30, 2009. In 2008, LaN’s first BCN workshop at IaaC / Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia drew participants from 12 countries to attend lectures and technical seminars furthering their understanding of digital design and fabrication in architecture. This year LaN extends the [...]

Project Credits: TUTORS | LaN Live Architecture Network: Luis Fraguada, Shane Salisbury, Monika Wittig MSU GRAD STUDENTS | Andy Brandt, Seth Burwash, Katherine Carey, Audya Darmawan, Nathan French, Shawn Gould, Michael Somerfeld, Ron Shvartsman, ShandraWeaver, Adam Zetterquist FABRICATION CONSULTANT | Bill Clinton

WORKSHOP April 13th – 19th
REGISTRATION DEADLINE APRIL 1st!!
Live Architecture Network has accepted the design challenge presented by Architecture Gallery SuperFront to synthesize Architecture and Choreography, in a Project deemed Archeography IV. Working in Collaboration with Choreographer Biba Bell, LaN is designing and fabricating a site + performance specific installation as a part of [...]

***San Diego Fee $70. / DEADLINE TO REGISTER Tues March 10 noon

LECTURE 13 FEB Architectural Association, 36 Bedford Square, London >>
GeoLogics
Geography, Information and Architecture
Vicente Guallart
After the lecture a reception will be held at the North Jury Room to present the book published by Actar
Guallart Architects
Guallart Blog
Description:
Vicente Guallart, pioneer of new media, examines the technological, social and cultural changes in our information society for new urban building. [...]

Purchase your new & used BOOKS this semester trough amazon shopping here on LAN and in doing sort the establishment of LAN digi-fab open librariA & BROOKLYN.

PROJECT_ DR(IF)T
Narrative
Snow fences can be found near highways and buildings throughout Montana and the Northwest. Their primary purpose is to deposit blowing snow particles on the downwind side of the fence forcing snow drifts to occur in a predictable place away from high-use areas. The fences are primarily used to prevent drifting along [...]
![[WIND]STUDIO REVIEW / Prof. Bradley remarks](http://www.livearchitecture.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/msu0031-310x150.png)
Prof. Bradley on Digital FABRICation
Material – Fabric:
Given any design project I believe it is essential to not only understand its limits through quantities (MOE, tensile strength, compressive strength) but to also have a tactile connection to the material being used within the design. Fabric, as is generally the impression, is a somewhat two-dimensional object/surface with [...]
![MEET MSU [WIND]STUDIO PARTICIPANTS](http://www.livearchitecture.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/windstudio001-310x150.png)
Adam Zetterquist
Andrew Brandt
Audya Darmawan
Katherine Carey
Michael Somerfeld
Nathan French
Ron Shvartsman
Seth Burwash
Shandra Weaver
Shawn Gould

LaN is now engaged in SESSION 2 of MSU’s Visiting Scholar Studio, [WIND]STUDIO. LaN director Monika WIttig is on-site in Bozeman OCT 5 – OCT 18.
MSU STUDIO RIDES ON WITH THE WIND
Session 01 ran with a focus on ‘TOOLS’ –exploring designs capable of interacting in extreme contexts (driven by GRASSHOPPER, a parametric plug-in for RHINO). [...]