NIGHTMARES ON WAX

My first wax model, thought by adding the yellow food dye it would look alright but it's starting to turn banana yellow. Watch this space 

Le Maroc

 I came across this French book, Le Maroc by Jean-Louis Miege, in the depths of the UoM library. It was published in 1952 as part of a Collection Le Beaux Pays. Although I haven't translated the text, there are some great photographs of Fez and other Moroccan cities at the time - and I'd go as far to say that nothing has changed! If you want to have a look, I'll bring it along to studio!
Images from Le Maroc by J-L. Miege. 1952.

BMCE headquarters by Foster + Partners

Saw this on another blog, think it's a great example of traditional concept's fused with modern style and construction methods. In fact, I'm quite surprised of the sculptural quality as much of fosters + partners work revolves around technological and design driven schemes. Anyhow's it's rather beautiful I think; enjoy.

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A PDF document describing the building techniques of Fez.

A Campaign to Safeguard the Medina of Fez

Here is a link to a PDF highlighting a project to safeguard the Medina of Fez.

Click here for the link.

Philippa's 3 Photos of Fez

Camaraderie in the Medina

Colours of the Medina

Organised Chaos 

Fez Panorama

Chouwara tannery - Fes, Morocco in Morocco

Fez River

Urbaninform is a non-profit association which collects together architectural and urban design projects for cities of the future. One such project was about the highly polluted Fez River - so take a look here!

Enclosed and Narrow.

Fez, Morocco - The Street