Miscellaneous
An article in The Economist suggests that electric cars should generate a noise to compensate for the loss of combustion engine noise, as they are so quiet. Despite noting there is little research [...] Read »
What is a camp? In August 2005, television news showed viewers an estimated 20,000 Katrina evacuees camped out in the Superdome, Cindy Sheehan protesting the Iraq War on President Bush's doorstep [...] Read »
At the new Porsche Museum, outside Stuttgart, there are many clever displays, such as the overlapped silhouettes of iconic 911 models through the years, the empty fiberglass shell of a 356 America [...] Read »
University of Houston seeking Dean, College of Architecture in Houston, TX Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Dean of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. As [...] Read »
all images from www.incorporatedny.com INCORPORATED is an architecture firm based in NY, but exudes very down-home design sensibilities. their residences showcase an incredibly restrained vernacular [...] Read »
Did no one else spot the marvellous juxtaposition of items displayed, today, on the home page of the Architects' Journal website at http://www.architectsjo urnal.co.uk/ ? I'd long suspected that [...] Read »
in the world's worst shot video: plus, a one-time look at The Resistance of Grace , one of the Art Institute's newest and least permanent installations: Read »
The Shepherd of the Valley Chapel was featured in PLUS Architecture and Interior Design magazine 2009 05.
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Leave it to Yale's A+A students to have fun with Rudolph. Could it be they are weary of climbing so many steps? "What's that sound? Its the sound of my shoes!" jberg105 has posted the ultimate [...] Read »
ABC News and Forbes Magazine ranked the most overpriced cities in America based on four factors: cost of living, housing opportunity, unemployment rate, and average salary. And...ding ding ding! [...] Read »
I'm not sure what Katarina designed first... the furniture or the interior, but the result is lovely either way. Using a simple palette of forms and materials, Katarina accents the stark white [...] Read »
Some really great designs for kids are debuting at this year’s BKLYN Designs, like this toyChaise by Iglooplay. We think parents will appreciate it even more than the kids though, because of [...] Read »
News
The images show Collegiate Gothic buildings with courtyards and massive towers. Read »
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Spector Gough For a split second during last nights Channel Four News report I thought that Phil Spector, disgraced record producer and legendary creator of the Wall-Of-Sound, had been released [...] Read »
At the opening of the exhibition on his World Trade Center Transportation Hub, on view now at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute though August 31, Santiago Calatrava’s presentation was impeccably [...] Read »
In the market for a new teapot or kettle? This new vessel may be the perfect solution if you’re looking for a functional tea kettle that looks pretty enough to serve from. Vessel Ideation is [...] Read »
Norman Foster and Richard Rogers are the first to suffer as redevelopment of Ground Zero hits hard times. Hardly surprising - they're Limeys - Jonathan Glancey/Guardian Read »
Project Details: Detalles del proyecto: D-Project – Villa in Progress Design Development Phase, 2009 Location: Lebanon, New Naccache Type: Residential Project Total Area: 1.700sqm Type: Residential [...] Read »
In his address at RIBA, Prince Charles warned of 'gulf' between architects and society. Report, reactions, and full transcript for those who missed it due to boycott, etc. (via Building Design) Read »
Trying to sell your model home? Forget aspiring actors. Throw away the plastic food. Why even bother when you can have the real thing? The fragrance of sage-scented candles and sounds of jazz [...] Read »
On Thursday April 16 MovingCities flew from Brussels to Lisbon. While leaving and landing, some additional “aerophotographical” archiving was done. No tacky wildlife-shots from airballoons, [...] Read »
Tyler Green, always provocative, writes , As it turns out there's a reason that the East Building (of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., by I.M.Pei) has come to feel like an expensive [...] Read »
I take the structural systems exam on Thursday and I am scared! I have no idea how to do earthquake or wind loading and just barely grasp the basic concepts, plus I’m still not sure how many [...] Read »
If you don't live in New York, you might not be familiar with interior designer Richard Mishaan but you better learn his name because you are going to be hearing a lot about him soon. Richard [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
This gorgeous swimming pool isn’t a typical chlorine-filled watering hole–it’s actually a natural swimming pond that relies on plants to filter the water. (Don’t worry, you’re not swimming [...] Read »
As the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most-populous state, Lucknow has attracted hundreds of thousands of migrants from rural areas, swelling the city’s population. Yet the city hasn’t [...] Read »
Think you need an open plot of land with plenty of soil in order to cultivate a garden? Think again. CMG Landscape Architecture’s Cracked Concrete Garden proves that many plants have a way [...] Read »
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We’ve been following the proposed hospital cum condos plan for St. Vincent’s rather closely as its percolated through the LPC the past year-and-a-half, but due to conflicting plans and just [...] Read »
Software company Urbs has announced the initial release of Modelur , an application that aims to make the design of urban space rapid and simple. The application is based on the insanely popular [...] Read »
Urban Omnibus presents the back story of the competition, video documented in the organizers' own words . Winners announced tonight at Studio X . Read »
Summer Lab for students, architects, scientists, artists, and individuals of all backgrounds to explore the larger framework of urban agriculture and its effects on the architecture and urban design of NYC. Read »
If you’re looking for some tongue-in-cheek, slightly ironic wall decoration, look no farther than Cardboard Safari. The Charlottesvilleâbased e-tailer draws inspiration from nature and [...] Read »
Maya Lin's "Storm King Wavefield," reviewed. [slideshow, video] (via NY Times) Read »
Los Angeles practice architect Morphosis (led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne) has designed the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology, [...] Read »
"The building is the result of a series of forces that collide to produce unique spaces of discovery . Force lines track the movement of form and light through the building’s faceted façade [...] Read »
In their efforts to track the TARP bailout, the Sunlight Foundation and Pew have created a map of what counties depend most heavily on TARP-recipient banks, breaking down separately the percents [...] Read »
To follow up with the ThyssenKrupp competition news posted earlier today, Bustler has published a number of the entries that went unrecognized by the jury.
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Technology
These wonderful patterned paper lamps from Brooklynâbased Levent & Romme really caught our eye at this year’s BKLYN Designs show. Realized first as pen and ink illustrations, the [...] Read »
Doomsday devices they are not - these seed-sowing plant bombs are one design team’s weapon of choice in the fight against global desertification. Consisting of a biodegradable shell loaded [...] Read »
Artemide showed off in Milan with a wide range of new products. The impression we got was that the Italian company's strategy for facing the economic crisis is simply to keep producing . Read »
This past February, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce authorized the development of a “free zone” dubbed Food City. GCLA, a green landscape architect firm, proposed a master plan for the city [...] Read »
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Sono ancora aperte le iscrizioni al workshop di Maya, per le iscrizioni scrivete una mail a : info@casartarc.org tutors del workshop: Ludovico Lombardi ( Zaha Hadid Architects London) link : [...] Read »
We can always count on Metropolis senior editor, Kristi Cameron, to be on the New Canaan Historical Society's Modern Day House tour. Here is a link to what she wrote about it this year which [...] Read »
After spending a while at the AIA convention in San Francisco, we’re excited about new architecture there. One of the highlights of the trip was the AIA SF’s announcement of the winners of [...] Read »
hMa has teamed with artists on several projects. Composer Michael Schumacher and sculptor David Teeple have been in-house consultants on a number of hMa projects. For hMa’s new Community Center [...] Read »
...Successful Storefront DesignsWith all of the controversy about whether Miss Carrie Prejean should keep her Miss California crown after racy photos have surfaced, we are seeing first hand real [...] Read »
Here at AN there is no shortage of talk about how buildings are designed, but it is rare indeed that we actually get to show architecture in the course of one of its most important processes: [...] Read »
Using the 2014 Commonwealth Games as a launch pad for further analysis, Neil Gray unmasks the dehumanising and exploitative realities behind the logic of urban regeneration strategies in Glasgow. Mute Magazine Read »
Architectural Works
We're in Millennium Park. There's Studio Gang's Aqua Tower, seen through the trellis in front of Frank Gehry's bandshell. And there's the Ben van Berkel temporary pavilion going up in Millennium [...] Read »
The April issue of Dwell magazine has an article about the Stump House in Portland's Alberta Street area, designed by local firm Architecture W. I wrote the article (photos here, and in the article, [...] Read »
Logan Square Kitchen is more than a commercial kitchen and 75-seat restaurant that happens to be designed sustainable; it is a community incubator that will provide social and public health benefits... [...] Read »
As part of an effort to stimulate sustainable and equitable economic development in one of the more socioeconomically distressed areas of the region, the City of Chicago is sponsoring one of [...] Read »
The prize winners of the re-Growth House competition were recently announced. The competition, organised on behalf of the people of Victoria that lost their homes in the Black Saturday bushfires, [...] Read »
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