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Pritzker Prize 2012

As we all know Pritzker Prize is one of the most prestigious awards that architect can get! They were given to architects such as Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Jorn Utzon etc.

While I was reading Architect magazine on the internet I saw an article on this years winner. The winner is Chinese architect named Wang Shu. 
            He recieved this prize for the building of Ningbo History Museum.
This Prize is something special for Wang Shu as he is the only Chinese man who ever got this prize besides Leoh Ming Pei, who is an American born in China. As the Architect magazin says:

American I.M. Pei, FAIA, who won the award in 1983, is the only other Chinese-born individual to be so honoured. The prize will be formally presented on May 25 in Beijing, a site announced at the presentation of last year's Pritzker Prize to Portugal's Eduardo Souto de Moura in Washington, D.C. Interestingly, the Pritzker Prize website went bilingual earlier this month adding Chinese. It will be interesting to watch in coming years to see if the addition of new languages tips future winners.

To learn more about Wang Shu visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Shu
To read the full article in Architect Magazine visit: http://www.architectmagazine.com/architecture/wang-shu-wins-2012-pritzker-prize.aspx

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First thing to say about the last thing to do

The second semester started and we had to visit our beloved faculty. Along with second part of the year we gained 2 new subjects. One of them is called DMP or in other words Digital methods and presentations. We were all positively surprised, when our first two lectures were filled with a lot, and I mean a LOT, of positive energy. While there were many interesting things about subject itself we were presented with some even more interesting opinions about modern society school system.
            Our lecturers have opened many new interesting views on the subject of school education and although most of us agreed with them we knew that the system cannot be changed.
            The school takes most of our creative thinking from us and it shuts down our need to invent. We are forced to do stuff others want us to do and that suffocates us. For the next 13 to 14 years, all the way from 1st grade until the last years of high school, we become a part of the system in which we are dictated by others!
            The faculty represents the point in individuals life at which everyone is offered a new path. They can chose to remain in the system and continue being passive or there is a hard path full of sweat and WORK. It is your decision to choose which one you take. But be cautious as the decisions that will follow are going to mark you for the majority of your life.

All the programs needed for the work at DMP were installed :)

Although we did not get any assignments this week I know this really nice tutorial site on the YouTube called IceFlowStudios. It contains few really cool tutorials for Photoshop. The channel is targeting beginners as well as more advanced users of this marvelous program.

The tutorial that I linked in the bottom shows us some fine work with Photoshop. At the end viewer can learn how to create really nice wooden plank texture. 

This is the end of my 1st bigger post on this blog. I hope it is good enough and that it was enjoyable to readJ.
If I made any mistakes while writing please give me a notice in the comments of this post