Architectural Works
This rural house in Switzerland by local studio Architetti Pedrozzi e Diaz Saravia is raised off the hillside on a pair of gigantic concrete columns (+ slideshow). (more...) Read »
The proposal for the New Central Library in Berlin by MARS Architekten& is a social and cultural centre for Tempelhof’s new quarter. In collaboration with UBERBAU Architecture & Urbanism and [...] Read »
[ July 22, 2013 to August 4, 2013. ] The Architectural Association announces the 2013 edition of the DLAB, the intensive computation and fabrication oriented workshop. The workshop continues [...] Read »
News: the two temporary wing-like seating stands have been removed from Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Park, meaning the building can be seen for the first time as it [...] Read »
Taking advantage of the competition site’s strengths, this proposal by Mauro Turin Architectes& for the Museum of Bavarian History features, on urban terms, a system that serves as a liaison [...] Read »
Photographer Edmund Sumner has revealed initial images of the filigree-clad Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) by architect Rudy Ricciotti, which is set to open next month [...] Read »
Conceived to aid in the cohesion between people, Salotto Urbano is a public area designed by architects Michela Romano, Emanuela Ortolani, Federica Spinaci, Eleonora Sanfilippo, and David Vecchi& [...] Read »
Conducted by a group of Canadian design students, archiDUTCH is a 19-minute documentary about how the Dutch build and design the cities we live in, including a collection of interviews of Dutch [...] Read »
In an attempt to “create an alternative environment” in the center of Amazon’s recently approved, three-block headquarters planned for downtown Seattle, NBBJ& has submitted a revision that [...] Read »
Recovery efforts are underway in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore after a deadly, 1.3-mile-wide tornado carved a 20-mile-long swath of destruction through neighborhoods and schools on Monday [...] Read »
Architectural sketches and motifs are etched across the concrete walls of the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin by Russian architecture collective SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov. (more...) Read »
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Miscellaneous
Modern integration of different housing styles The new housing project Parklife* was erected in 2010 on the former area of the Mercedes Benz garage in Salzburg Lehen. A new combination of living [...] Read »
Electric Vehicle buyers in the US looking for a good deal now have three models to choose from, as General Motors just announced that pricing for the 2014 Chevy Spark EV starts at $27,495. Buyers [...] Read »
Tesla Motors has announced that it has repaid the entire loan that it received from the Department of Energy a full nine years early. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, Tesla's [...] Read »
Put on a futuristic-looking, geometric white mask and you’ll suddenly have superhuman senses, hearing targeted sounds from long distances or applying effects to images in real-time.
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The Hamptons are always chic but this summer they are definitely getting a little more chic. Today I was out in Wainscott for a preview of the new Serena & Lily store, photos to come tomorrow, [...] Read »
Scanadu, a startup based at the NASA Ames Research Center, has made the science-fiction of Star Trek a reality by creating a non-invasive tricorder that, within 10 seconds, can gather medical [...] Read »
All images courtesy TimNelson3D.com / Union Studio Architecture & Community Design Not unfamiliar with daring urban design endeavors, Providence, RI is gearing up for a $20 million transformation [...] Read »
Tonight, Gowanus by Design (GbD), a community-based urban advocacy group, will launch a new exhibition showing award winners and other selected entries of its Water Works Competition at The [...] Read »
Underscoring the fragility of the economic recovery, the April AIAs Architecture Billings Index dipped into negative territory for the first time in nine months. The slump to 48.6 was significant, [...] Read »
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Photo via Shutterstock Oil giants make an enormous amount of money, but that doesn't stop them from manipulating the law to yield additional profits. Last week the offices of Statoil, BP, and [...] Read »
Indoor farms need lightâand a lot of itâto grow their crop, but that energy adds up big time in terms of cost and environmental impact. Pinkhouses are a new type of indoor farm that [...] Read »
I recently had the sad assignment of writing an obituary for Edward Lam. Along with his wife, Deborah Moss, he ran the art practice Moss and Lam, who played a singular role in the interior-design [...] Read »
Knock Knock is a clever Arduino-controlled calculator toy, designed for small children. The user knocks out a calculation on the surface — addition, multiplication, subtraction, or division [...] Read »
A new generation of gardeners are interested in growing their own food, and The Patch, a new self-watering planter, helps guide newbies through the process. The planter, which is designed for [...] Read »
The finalists of the 2013 Radical Innovation in Hospitality competition recently gathered during Hospitality Design Expo in Las Vegas to present their ideas for the next big hotel concept in [...] Read »
Rendering via No Rules Just Architecture Today in delightfully strange conceptual residences: Latvian firm No Rules Just Architecture's self-supporting sphere made of laminated timber, liquid [...] Read »
On the opening day of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at the Javits Center, AN sat down with Christian Rasmussen, the head of design for Fritz Hansen, to discuss the companys [...] Read »
CNN's Tom Foreman explains the strength of the tornado in Oklahoma and why some buildings couldn't withstand the force. Read »
Architecture for Humanity is working with local and regional construction professionals to begin assessments and support rebuilding work after an F-4 tornado ripped through the heart of Moore, [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
For the final installment of ANs New York Design Week Q+A series, we talked with Todd Bracher about his Nest and forthcoming Asa collections, his design philosophy, and inspirations. And Kevin [...] Read »
It's been exciting to see the progress of Serena & Lily from when I was first introduced to them in 2010. It was even more inspiring to hear founders Lily Kanter and Serena Dugan talk about [...] Read »
Recently featured on Tiny House Talk, tiny home builder, Hobbitat, was started just over a year ago by Maryland custom home builder and historic restoration specialist, Bill Thomas. Since 1995, [...] Read »
Skyscrapers are the traditional small-footprint solution for growing square footage in big cities, but what are developers to do in growing places like Mexico City where new building construction [...] Read »
Were already building the metropolis of the futuregreen, wired, even helpful. Now critics are starting to ask whether well really want to live there. Read »
Unconscious perception represents the automated processes the body goes through to take in the surrounding environment and its metaphysical status. While our five senses help us perceive the [...] Read »
The recently opened Dubai Energy and Water Authority’s (DEWA) Sustainable Building in Dubai has been awarded LEED Platinum status, becoming the largest public sector building in the world to [...] Read »
Designer Annie Evelyn from New Colony Furniture creates weird and wonderful seats using a technique she developed herself. Her "upholstered" chairs are made from hard materials but can be [...] Read »
TMZ is reporting that all-star real estate collectors Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi have added yet another eight-figure purchase to their portfolio, purportedly dropping $26.5M on a farmhouse-cum-villa [...] Read »
Indian officials have proposed that high-rises be built on the site of Edwin Lutyens-designed bungalows dating from the 1920s and 1930s, threatening Delhis colonial era architecture, according [...] Read »
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False Solution, the final play in Oren Safdies trilogy (Private Jokes, Public Spaces and The Bilbao Effect) on contemporary architecture is finally set to take the stage on June 13th in New [...] Read »
On Monday, the world once again witnessed that when it comes to destruction on a massive scale, nothing can rival Mother Nature. Since the giant Oklahoma tornado struck, the National Weather [...] Read »
Doctors did not expect newborn Kaiba Gionfridoo to live long when he was found to have a serious tracheal condition that inhibited his ability to breathe. The infant had a collapsed bronchus [...] Read »
When you think 3D printers, chances are you think of a cube-like desktop device. Something that can create anything you can design — as long as your creation is small enough to fit within the [...] Read »
One JCB machine goes through the form of an infinite symbol transporting dirt from one side to the other and then repeats the movement from that side back to the other, like a kind of enlarged [...] Read »
Breuer's Whitney Museum (1966) Photo: Syracuse University/ArchDaily Born 111 years ago yesterday, the late architect and furniture designer Marcel Breuer is a controversial figure in the history [...] Read »
Hong Kong is laying the foundations for a zero-emissions city with a brand new fleet of 45 bright red electric taxis. Manufactured by China's BYD, which is partially backed by Warren Buffet, [...] Read »
For nearly a decade now, New Yorkers have been turning their focus on revitalizing the citys waterfront, a trend that has only grown in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. WXY Architecture’s East [...] Read »
After creating their 2011 and 2012 graduation pavilions for SCI-Arc, Oyler Wu has once again produced a striking structure LA-based school, this time on the occasion of their 4oth anniversary. Dubbed [...] Read »
click images for larger view Destroy them. Destroy them all. Do you think glass box skyscrapers are the devil's spawn? Do you just want to drive a stake through their Miesian heart? Well, [...] Read »
Technology
Hinterlandâs eclectic Scatter/Gather chandelier combines rustic-chic with glamor. The low-energy chandelier is made from artfully arranged, salvaged driftwood and branches collected from [...] Read »
The home is entered from the dark facade while the lighter side opens up to Lake Päijänne, ensuring plenty of natural light and sufficient solar gain to get the couple through Finland's [...] Read »
The 2010 coastal architecture project for seaside facilities competition for the Sardinian coast asked for new structures and facilities for tourism and recreation in the area. Filippo Taidelli [...] Read »
Station Center Affordable Housing is part of the larger Union City Master Plan and revamping of the transit centers. The site for the project is sandwiched between a freight line and a commuter [...] Read »
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