Architectural Works
The idea “forest and fortress” comes from the literal meaning of the Chinese term for Luxembourg. The pavilion, built from steel, wood and glass, will be an open fortress around with greenery. [...] Read »
Wannabe Eskimos looking for an updated version of the familiar ice dome will feel at home in the Igloo Satellite Cabin, a pre-fabricated remote shelter designed to withstand sub-zero temperatures, [...] Read »
An exhibition of drawings and collages created for Blueprint magazine’s Paper City feature, including work by architect Peter Cook and architect and artist James Wines, opens today at the Royal [...] Read »
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Hiroshima, Japan, with offset floors allowing natural light from above to penetrate each level. Read »
Here are some photos of Capella Singapore in Singapore, Singapore (2003-2009) by Foster + Partners , photographed by parameters75 .To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: [...] Read »
The Re: Vision Dallas competition named three winners, two of which we previously featured on AD (DB + P and Atelier Data + Moov).  The third winner is Little, a studio based in [...] Read »
Our friends from F451 Arquitectura, a Barcelona-based office have shared with us their design of a ferry terminal that won a competition in Spain. The terminal will be located in the Mahón Port, [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Jargon, Etc. interviews Dr. Mark Alan Hughes , Philadelphia's first ever Director of Sustainability and architect of the comprehensive Greenworks Philadelphia Plan for making the city America's [...] Read »
We interrupt our Hampton Designer Showhouse coverage to update you on what 's been going on with my bachelorette pad. I was there today to accept delivery of the new faux-bamboo etegere that [...] Read »
Now . . . . open wide! Photos courtesy of our indefatigable correspondent Bob Johnson. Read »
The Tappening campaign to challenge bottled water usage. Awesome. (via cool hunting) Read »
Events
The Island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands, sounds like a pretty compelling place to go for a design festival with it's stunning landscape and distinct local culture, not to mention [...] Read »
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Just came across this wackiness by Foreign Office Architects , their Villa in Pedralbes, Barcelona, Spain, completed last year. The architects describe the house as a response to the steeply [...] Read »
The rezoning of Coney Island may have takn up all the oxygen at the City Council Wednesday, but it was far from the only rezoning to pass, and far from the only important one. The council also [...] Read »
For the first time since the team moved into the Rose Garden next door in 1995, this season the Portland Trail Blazers will play a game in their original home: Memorial Coliseum. Granted it's [...] Read »
In the world of green furnishings there are always a few literalists out there looking to push the envelope and create something truly “green”. Growing and thriving with CO2 neutralizing [...] Read »
Technology
Architect Hiroshi Iguchi doesn’t believe that greenhouses are only for plants. That’s why he created the Camouflage House, and although the structure provides shelter for people, the architect [...] Read »
Dutch artist Geke Wouters has created a stunning collection of paper-thin bowls made from carrots, peppers, beet root, leeks, tomatoes, and other vegetables. Each delicate piece of edible art [...] Read »
A series of three fisherman's nets studded with more than 300 crystal drops is one of the most eye-catching new light installations by Ingo Maurer this year. Lacrime del Pescatore gives the sensation [...] Read »
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changing face : Kenya paid dues & overdue new directions location, location, location more Star Wars influences outdoor living a strawbale in the desert archigram walking city | reflections [...] Read »
In a Illinois Medical District campus overwhelmingly populated by four-square structures of deep sobriety: The headquarters for the Medical District Commission at 600 South Hoyne clearly stands [...] Read »
Bean Bag chairs that actually look really nice too. Read »
Playa Architects has won a competition for Mårtensbro School in Espoo. With a central open atrium space courtyard and varying levels curved in form on plan and section it looks very promising. [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
The Great Room designed by KA Design Group at the Hampton Designer Showhouse was also one of my favorite rooms. I think mostly because the design is what I wish we could have done to the Hamptons [...] Read »
image by Matija Grguric, found on flickr When architecture is just a hobby. content by anArchitecture Read »
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