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When the property market gets tough, the wealthy dig down to create the ultimate den. Can anyone doubt that the world is being manipulated from this international network of underground hideouts, [...] Read »
Now in NYC: Alive Structures Offering New Green Roof Tours for Wildflower Week
Inhabitat shares a great set of stories on Alive Structures: a Brooklyn based green roofing collective. Together, with the most creative native gardeners in the city, Alive Structures will be [...] Read »
Amanda Nisbet's Chic and Colorful Apartment
The best part of Friday evening was peeking into Amanda Nisbet 's chic apartment! It was beautiful and elegant as well as colorful and comfortable. Not an easy combination yet it was perfect! [...] Read »
Francine Houben: Dutch Mountains
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Armchair and Sofa by Jean-Michel Frank from Malik
C3 Cabin and Plans by Vandeventer & Carlander Architects
Unpacking My Library
On Monday Peter Eisenman and Michael Graves are speaking at the Municipal Arts Society (MAS). They will be discussing, with David Childs, their "personal book collections and the books that have [...] Read »
Seattle architects specializing in custom residential, mixed use and commercial projects. Read »
A team of 10 Austrian and Italian archaeologists, architects and computer scientists have started with the largest catacomb, Saint Domitilla, just outside the Italian capital and plan on creating [...] Read »
During church today, I was fortunate to meet Mr. Jerry Reese, the general manager of the NY Giants professional football team. He was a gueat speaker during the Sunday service. During his talk, [...] Read »
Shopping Mall or Corporate Headquarters?
From above this large complex, marked by a T-shaped skylit building, looks like it could be a shopping mall, especially with the numerous parking lots. But could it be a corporate headquarters, [...] Read »
The Parsons Table
Roshults Grill
Silestone Natural Quartz
Dallas Cowboys' white, tent-like practice building has collapsed live! The tornado like winds and inadequate structure caused the disaster. Nobody died. watch! Read »
Architectural Works
D Jewelry / Vaillo + Irigaray
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Villa Panorama / Sponge Architects
Dutch practice, Sponge Architects sent us their latest residencial project: Villa Panorama, where you can “enjoy the country life in a home where your dream landscape reveals itself before [...] Read »
from dezeen
House in Andros by KLab architects
Greek architecture practice KLab architects have completed a summer house on the island of Andros, Greece. Read »
from Pruned
The Catacombs of Rome in 3D
(The Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome. Image by Norbert Zimmerman/Vienna Academy of Sciences.) For the past 3 years, a team of archaeologists, architects and computer scientists have been laserscanning [...] Read »
Trash lies everywhere in the fields, lots and buildings where children play in Gu�diawaye, Senegal. Residents of this neighborhood buy refuse to build up low-lying areas that are prone to flooding [...] Read »
Vintage Military Field Desk
The Cow House by Jeff Shelton
Eugenia Errazuriz: The Mother of Minimalism?
Masked out Interior. Pawel Althamer.
Pawel Althamer and others, Secession, 2009, photo: Wolfgang Thaler For the exhibition at the Secession , " the Polish artist Pawel Althamer creates a tunnel-like corridor, accessible around the [...] Read »
Sozo Studio Sustainable Kitchen Architecture
Today students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the historic South Side Community Arts Center (SSCAC) engaged in a series of happenings geared toward building a stronger network [...] Read »
Video
Hauz29: Morphosis, Caltrans, Los Angeles from Hauz on Vimeo .A well crafted video from Hauz29 who also produces some excellent podcasts on architecture that have been featured in our sidebar [...] Read »
Martin Lang talks about his ideas behind select landscape and scene designs for T4. Or California as a human abattoir. NYT Read »
When an ancient tsunami hit "New York" the huge wave crashed into New York City and the surrounding region. Occurring 2,300 years ago, it dumped sediment and shells across Long Island and New [...] Read »
from + MOOD
Draeger House Corsica | Philippe Stuebi Architekten GMBH
A beautiful house for Draeger Family, designed by Swiss architect Philippe Stuebi Architekten. The house was designed to sit on a square ruin over looking the sea, architect has created a large [...] Read »
The Hostess with the Mostess: Amanda Nisbet
Contrary to popular belief, New York designers not only get along but enjoy each others company! It's wonderful to be able to chat with another designer about work and commiserate about clients [...] Read »
Jean-Michel Frank
House in Andros by KLab architects
from Pruned
Landscape challenge #5
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