VEGETATION STATION: agri[CULTURAL] center
Forgive us. We took a break from Atlanta. CLOUD architecture|design recently entered an ideas/design competition for a site next to the recently complete Railroad Park in Birmingham, AL. The contest is being sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. Below is our entry, VEGETATION STATION agri[CULTURAL] center. CLOUD architecture|design proposes VEGETATION STATION, an Agri[CULTURE] Center for Birmingham that creates a link... Read More
5 Things We Like: Superhero Movies
This is our list of films that rank as the best Superhero movies of all time. We held a long discussion at the Porter Beer Bar in Little 5 points to generate this list and it is definitive (until we change our minds or have a few more pints). Our lone criteria was simple: The character(s) has to be sourced from a comic-book or literature. Here is our list of the 5 Superhero Movies we like the best (Please feel free to discuss at the bottom): 1) Spider-Man... Read More
Revision 4: Melia Hotel
A short while ago, the hotel market in Atlanta- one of the largest in the country- got a little more crowded. The Spanish hotel chain- Sol Melia has come to Atlanta. Their first property just happened to be one of our favorite buildings in the city. It’s not much to look at now, but we see it as a blank canvas- one that could position Melia into competition with other design-oriented hotel chains in Atlanta; most notably, Kimpton Hotels and... Read More
Why don’t Superheroes live in Atlanta? A Call for Density. And MARTA funding.
Spider-man 2, probably the greatest superhero movie of all time, was on TV the other day (we have a list here if you care to comment). As I watched the wall crawler swing around Manhattan, I couldn’t help but think how useless his powers would be in Atlanta. Not all of them, just his chosen mode of transportation – web swinging. Why? Think about it this way: How does Spider-Man get to Buckhead from Downtown if that’s where he’s... Read More
Revision 3: The Medical Arts Building
The Medical Arts Building: The Cure for what Ails Atlanta. What happens to a building when it becomes obsolete? When they are no longer economically viable? In Atlanta, most are torn down and thrown in the garbage. But what if it’s a sacred cow? What do you do then? It’s too expensive to restore it and you would be tarred and feathered if you tried to tear it down. So what’s a developer to do when their between a rock and a hard... Read More
5 Things We Like: Desktop Computers
1. iMac We are not Mac fanboys, but they are the prettiest of Desktops. 2. Mac Mini Small package, beautiful design, and the optional server to boot. 3. Lian Li – X2000F A tall elegant form with an exorbitant amount of space to fill. It’s a weekend project, you will have to build your own. 4. Mac Pro This would be perfect except for the apple on the side. P.S. The inside is actually perfect. To bad it’s not reversible. 5.... Read More
Cumulus Humilis: DRAW! Post 001
We’re going to need audience participation for our next trick. Please send us an image of a an interesting CLOUD (jpeg, less than 3 MB). We’ll get it on the site and draw what we see in the cloud. Extra points for cool Cumulus Humilises. Say that three times fast. We’re kicking things off after the jump. CLOUD|designer #1: CLOUD|designer #2: Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments... Read More
Revision 2: Midtown Art Cinema
Who doesn’t have a love affair with the movies? Would you be surprised if I said we have a love affair with movie theaters? Well, we do…with one theater in particular. Midtown Art Cinemas was built in 1987 and has been operated by Landmark Theaters since 2003. It exists as the “home for independent, foreign language and documentary films in the heart of in-town Atlanta.” In a shopping plaza boasting restaurants... Read More
Atlanta: CLOUD|laboratory, part 1
Atlanta: the CLOUD|laboratory From its inception, Atlanta has always been a frontier town. It’s a place where people come to start out on their own, and a place to make something out of an idea. That’s how Atlanta came into being- or better yet, willed into being- by a few men looking to create their fortune at the end of a rail line. Today, that same drive for success is what fuels Atlanta’s growth, and it will be what guides... Read More
The Stewards of the Profession
“I am the leader” – the Steward “I can do what you can do, but you can’t do what I can do. I will be the leader now” – the Producer Architecture is a hard enough profession to master; to wit, few have done it. However there are many who could be described not as masters, but as stewards of the profession. Stewards, by definition, are not leaders. They are merely managers that are brought in during the... Read More
