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The term building science is used quite often now in sustainable building circles, but much of what we understand of it can be traced back to the work of Dr. Joe Lstiburek, founder of Building Science Corp oration. [...] Read »

Read the rest of Heliocosm is a Refreshing Minimalist Cosmetic Store in Paris Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, F R E A K S freearchitects, green design, green renovation, [...] Read »

Read the rest of Gorgeous Historic Church Transformed into Modern Residence near Adelaide, Australia Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, adelaide, australia, converted [...] Read »

While we werent thrilled to hear that the 2012 London Olympics would be using PVC to build many of their temporary structures, the good news is that the materials will be recycled for another [...] Read »

Read the rest of Aerodynamic Tierra Patagonia Hotel in Chile Blends with the Hills Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aerodynamic shape, andes mountains, Architecture, Chile, chilean [...] Read »

Tommaso Guerra is an Italian designer, illustrator and street artist all rolled into one. And just like his multi-faceted self, his Lampada Ragno incorporates a network of six lamps connected [...] Read »

Read the rest of Pb Elementals Beachaus I is a Smart LEED Platinum Prefab in British Columbia Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", b.c., bc, beach house, [...] Read »

Food waste has long been a problem, but it seems a particular foodstuff is more harmful than others. According to a team from Edinburgh University, wasted milk that is poured down the drain can [...] Read »

Izmo used their inventive 80*120 self-build workshop to create 11 pieces of street furniture pieces from discarded shipping pallets. The program, which was targeted at students and professionals [...] Read »

MovingCities interviews Dutch architect John van de Water  NEXT ARCHITECTS China  about his book  You cant change China, China changes you  [010 publisher, 2012]. The book is a a formidable [...] Read »

Read the rest of Sou Fujimotos Glassy House NA Blurs the Distinction Between Indoor and Outdoor Space Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: green design, House NA, Japan, Sou Fujimoto, [...] Read »

The deadline for NYIT's sLAB Costa Rica Kickster campaign , a project I featured previously , is six days away (May 21). As I type this they are ~$7,500 short of their new goal of $24,000. Below [...] Read »

Star Trek might be just a TV show for many of us, but some believe that such high-tech space exploration might soon become a reality. An engineer known simply as BTE Dan believes that with [...] Read »

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Honda has announced the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device, an electric, self-balancing, weight-shift controlled vehicle which is set to compete with devices like the Segway. The major difference [...] Read »

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Memorial Coliseum (photo by Brian Libby) BY FRED LEESON Here’s question that might be novel in the history of architecture. Can a single building have two exteriors? The issue arose when the [...] Read »

Could whats in this little container keep our planet healthy? The simple reality is we need to find a way to put carbon back into the soil, and making something called biochar is perhaps the [...] Read »

The French energy giant Total announced today that it has finally stopped the natural gas leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea, 150 miles off the coast of Scotland. The Elgin leak, which [...] Read »

I'm off to Washington, D.C. for the AIA Convention , so posts will resume early next week, and my weekly page will be on hiatus until the Tuesday after Memorial Day. Read »

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images via gotarch Designed by CASE Studio (Community Architects for Shelter & Environment) the group takes a humanitarian and anthropological approach to creating appropriate housing in informal [...] Read »

Over the month of October 2010, 28 participants in the "80*120" workshop produced11 street furniture items were made from pallets. The self-build workshop organized by Izmo was targeted to students [...] Read »

Construction will start this year on a museum dedicated to the work of artist Zhang Da Qian. Read »

Beijing-based dEEP Architects has transformed a pair of old factories into an office building for Material ConneXion. Read »

SWA has designed the public open spaces for Suzhou Center. Read »

On Tuesday morning, the 11-member Eisenhower Memorial Commission (EMC) met in a Senate office building to review changes made by Gehry Partners for its design of a President Dwight Eisenhower [...] Read »

Overhead electric lines that power buses and streetcars are a common sight in California cities and towns, and they could soon be expanding to highways. At the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium [...] Read »

Read the rest of Berlins Jungfernheide Park Lets You Climb Along Centenarian Treetops Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: berlin, Botanical, climbing circuits, Edelrid SmartBelay [...] Read »

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Yesterday's gray sky and drizzle couldn't keep anxious press away from the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art where Argentine artist and architect Tomas Saraceno was officially debuting [...] Read »

Copenhagen-based firm COBE, represented by architect Dan Stubbergaard, is the 2012 winner of Scandinavia's prestigious architecture prize, Nykredit's Architecture Prize of DKK 500,000 (USD 86,000). Read »

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