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 »
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 »
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Miscellaneous
Ok, it’s time to start doing something about this economic debacle. Next Tuesday, August 4, AN, The California Real Estate Journal, and Gensler will be co-hosting a panel to devise ways for [...] Read »
We were happy to receive an email today from our friend, Helen Risom Belluschi, telling us that her father, the prolific, preeminent furniture designer Jens Risom , is featured in Dwell Magazine's [...] Read »
The lost Roman city of Altinum has been found in Italy. Sophisticated aerial images released this week reveal fascinating new details about Venice's predecessor, which was abandoned by its citizens [...] Read »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Miscellaneous
A friend emailed me this link... if you've ever had to wade through the MEEB book (its pretty much a requirement for most architecture students), then this is too funny. -to the non-architects... [...] Read »
Due to its popularity and to an earlier technical error, we are re-posting a lecture made by Victoria Meyers in 2007 at the American Institute of Architect's Spring Lecture in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [...] Read »
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 »
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You still have a few more hours if you still haven't submitted your entry to the ReBurbia competition . Deadline's tonight at 11:59pm EST! Read »
NYC based multi-disciplinary design studio. Read »
DIY Reykjavik is a Do-It-Yourself, non-profit design experiment initiated and designed by Arnaldur Scram and Simon Stigsby of New York-based design firm Shift, in collaboration with Angelica [...] Read »
[Image: Ohio has revealed its inner piano to cartographer Andy Woodruff ]. Ohio is a piano , according to cartographer Andy Woodruff. Ohio, after all, has 88 counties... like the 88 keys of a [...] Read »
Events
St. Cecilia's "A Fair to Remember"SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 200910:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.ST. CECILIA CHURCH3476 EAST 152ND STREETCLEVELAND, OH 44120Need more information 216-921-3310I know a few of [...] Read »
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Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The swooping ziggurat known as Clinton Park has started to rise from the ground above Eleventh... Read »
Los Angeles-based architect and Archinect reader Jan Lepicovsky recently visited Athen's new Tschumi-designed Acropolis Museum, and wasn't entirely happy with what he saw. He shares his opinions [...] Read »
Interview with Frank Gehry at LA Times about the his accomplished career and the affects of the global economy on his projects. Read »
The Oklahoma State Capitol Bank was one of the more unique buildings to come out of the 60's. Built in 1964, this is the original look of the bank. It has since been pretty heavily modified for [...] 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 »
City & Urbanism
The latest issue of ArchNet-IJAR , a fully refereed architectural research journal edited by Professor Ashraf Salama, is available in the Digital Library. Articles in this issue include considerations [...] Read »
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