Architectural Works
Architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau has send us his photos of a recently-completed extension to the Ecomusée du pays de Rennes in France, clad in wooden shingles and designed by French [...] Read »
While in Croatia, I took some time to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia, and interview OFIS Arhitekti. The practice was founded in 1998 by partners Rok Oman and Spela Videcnik, both graduates from the [...] Read »
Currently, Amsterdam is expanding at an exponential rate with space becoming limited and streets becoming even more congested. Zwarts + Jansma have addressed the need for Amsterdam to develop [...] Read »
Plano Bs small cabin in Arruda dos Vinhos is an elegant, yet simplistic housing solution. Conceived as an exercise in the juxtaposition of materials to originate a new body, the project [...] Read »
David Chipperfield Architects have completed an extension to the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. Read »
Video
Autodesk Labs Project Butterfly Overview .. Now AutoCAD users can share and work on dwg files with Project Butterfly .. video for EDITING video for File Sharing and Management Read »
Carlos Arroyo interview by Studio Banana TV .. Read »
Osaka Prefectural Sayamaike Museum, Tadao Ando .. flick rsee it at google maps Read »
KSWA Reel Intro from Wonbo Woo on Vimeo .Kyu Sung Woo Architects Read »
Events
I never did see Snakes on a Plane, however if you have any interest in advocating for a cycling/pedestrian path on the innerbelt bridge because you are one of the people who live near and go [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
I'm always on the look out for chic canvas bags to carry all my work supplies and fabric samples so I was very excited to see an entire wall of them in the Utility Canvas booth at the New York [...] Read »
"Did you know," the original caption for this image asks, "barium releases in space in 1969 caused an artificial aurora?" [Image: Courtesy of NASA ]. Perhaps cities like Montreal and Stockholm—even [...] Read »
Yesterday we mentioned that Robertson Strong Apgar Architects is the architecture firm designing the new elementary school in Middletown, NY and that once complete, Paul Rudolph's Chorley Elementary [...] Read »
Sleek Concept Bike From Peugeot Design PSFK. Read »
The Amazon, Apple, Macmillan Kerfuffle “Book” prices will plummet. The “book” will become totally re-defined. Apple will make huge profits. Jobs = Gutenberg, in long run. Amazon will [...] Read »
Eduardo Catalano, born in Buenos Aires, designed the iconic and sadly demolished Raleigh (Catalano) House (1954-2001) one of the very few houses Frank Lloyd Wright ever commented on, "Raleigh [...] Read »
Winter makes Chicagoans crave a sense of escape. An intriguing new exhibition of Maya Lin’s work at the Arts Club of Chicago provides a timely opportunity to visit, visually at least, some [...] Read »
Typical alphabet building blocks a bit too square for your kids? Letterboxes are a prototype toy from The Design Office that would foster their understanding of font design before they can even [...] Read »
Michael Van Valkenburgh has created a new design for the plaza of the Javits Federal Building in Lower Manhattan. It will replace Martha Schwartz' well-known serpentine benches, which were themselves [...] Read »
News
The Historic Churches Commission has refused to authorise the reordering of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool. The change would have involved [...] Read »
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I had a walk around this 4 weeks ago. Porto is a must on the list of any Architect's Euro tour. Read »
1) And then there was computational wood . For his master's thesis last year, produced under the direction of Timo Arnall, Matt Jones, Jack Schulze, Adam Greenfield, Lennart Andersson, and Mikael [...] Read »
Photos of my models a set on Flickr. Read »
Gear Ring. We want this now. Core77. Read »
Looking for an alternative to traditional planters? These are designed to minimize wasted water and keep soil from falling out... and their not even surrounded by macrame! .At Rocket St George via Poppy Talk .. Read »
The Architect's Newspaper features an article I wrote for their next issue on a place I've written about before, Jacob Javits Plaza at Lafayette and Worth Streets in Lower Manhattan. " Plaza [...] Read »
The attraction of the technological failure, and how the internet serves as a dispensary of extended footnotes to otherwise forgotten history. Take the Sinclair C5 , now firmly established in [...] Read »
I toured the New York International Gift Fair on Sunday with my friend and fellow designer Kevin Isbell as well as my friend Kelly Reynolds from Hello Robertson and Carleton V . We joked that [...] Read »
Engineering News Record brings us the news that the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince is one of the few major buildings to survive the January 12th earthquake with only minor damage. According to [...] Read »
Technology
Glass Pyramid Solar Cells Energize Any Building Facade | Inhabitat. Read »
Hereâs a source for gift wrap paper that is as beautiful as it is eco-conscious. Known as The Local Paper, these couture coverings are based on unique themes that are inspired by the designersâ [...] Read »
Many of us invested in the success of sustainable agriculture have a knee-jerk response against genetically-modified foods, and for good reason they often come with patent protection, pesticides, [...] Read »
A design for the new Los Angeles NFL stadium is in the works and it is set to be the first NFL stadium ever to become LEED certified. Designed by Aedas, a global architecture firm, the Los Angeles [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
Open House International Call for Papers Special Theme Issue Housing Affordability , Quality , and Life Style Theories Volume 36, Issue # 3, September 2011 Guest Editors: Professor Ashraf M. [...] Read »
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An essay by Alexandra Lang called " Love and Architecture " caught my eye this morning. I missed it when it appeared on Design Observer last November, but was happy to catch reference to it on [...] Read »
Flickr: Looking Into the Past. Read »
Pomarico Design Studio seeking Healthcare Architect in Beacon, New York We are a unique, busy, and highly motivated healthcare architectural firm located in Beacon, NY interviewing for a team-focused [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
In the hurried and fast paced lives we lead, travel can be just one more stressful, cramped and environmentally unfriendly activity. What if you could slow it down, take some time, and relax [...] Read »
See Fabian Hemmert and his amazing, shape-shifting cellphone prototype (video) Engadget. Read »
Why Does Time Fly By As You Get Older? : NPR. Read »
Solar engineers have long sought to develop an energy-generating glazing that is as capable of producing power as it is easy on the eyes. The feat may just have been accomplished by The Center [...] Read »
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