Architectural Works
Naturum Laponia, a visitors center in Laponia, Sweden, was a competition entry designed by Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter last year. A naturum is a visitor centre with activities and exhibitions, [...] Read »
Helsinki architects AFKS have completed a childrens daycare center in Espoo, Finland, clad inside and out in strips of timber. Read »
Photographer Julien Lanoo of France has sent us his photographs of a teaching resources centre in Paris by French architects Béal & Blanckaert. Read »
Miscellaneous
BUILDblog's every couple of weeks synopsis of what we're up to. The post includes cool links to videos, architecture, design, photography, books, marketing and blogging. Read »
I'm sure a lot of people are thinking about their diets again after consuming chips, chili, buffalo wings, and beer while watching the Super Bowl this weekend. One nutritionist recently advised [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
As I started writing this, it was hovering around 39˚C here in Sydney. Gusty, burning hot air. Too hot. It could not have been more different to New York, where I'd been a week or so earlier, [...] Read »
[Image: Mudslides strike Los Angeles; photo by Gary Friedman for the L.A. Times ]. In his short novel Man in the Holocene , author Max Frisch describes the psychological implications of living [...] Read »
From the good people at Frame Magazine , who've given us the sparkling Mark Magazine before, now bringing us Elephant , "on art and visual culture. The magazine is divided into five parts: meetings, [...] Read »
[Image: " Scene J3 " from Snow Management by Jules Spinatsch , courtesy of the Prix Prictet ]. I was reminded, via an old post on Pruned , of an amazing series of photographs by Jules Spinatsch [...] Read »
Technology
Can you imagine living in a high-rise apartment building where the 360 degree views are of fishes and saltwater? Although just a concept now, this upside-down, underwater eco-skyscraper could [...] Read »
As battery manufacturers race to produce more efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, some scientists are looking to make the cars themselves a power source. Researchers are currently [...] Read »
When most of us think of convention centers, we think of big empty spaces that are certainly not very environmentally friendly. Thats not the case for the next generation of centers case in [...] Read »
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Polish studio mode:lina architektura & consulting, in collaboration with architect Zbigniew Pyda and graphic designers Zbigniew Flakus and Krzysztof Pyda have created a brochure for potential [...] Read »
Four great additions to the February calendar of Chicago architectural events: On the evening of Thursday, February 18th, noted scholar Anthony Alofsin will lecture on Frank Lloyd Wright: A [...] Read »
Inspired by the intricate structure worn by the singer to last week's Grammy Awards, Evanston's ICARCH Gallery has just announced a competition, A House for Lady Gaga . . . The more she hides, [...] Read »
News
Located on a relatively flat one-acre parcel in Paradise Valley, Arizona, within the Phoenix metropolitan area, the site is opposite the Arizona Canal with panoramic views to the Squaw Peak Mountain [...] Read »
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urban sprawl repair kit | the farmer that wanted to be king | AFH responds to Haiti | a miniature forest | more about empty Beijing architecture | who would want to be an architecture student? [...] Read »
[Image: The opening ceremony of the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics; photographer unknown]. A comment from Alexander Trevi on a recent post pointed our attention to the final paragraph of an article [...] Read »
My weekly page update: This week's dose features Concrete Studio in Austin, Texas by Mell Lawrence Architects: The featured past dose is Bar House in Aspen, Colorado by Peter L. Gluck & Partners, [...] Read »
[Image: " Chongqing XI " by Nadav Kander , winner of the 2009 Prix Pictet ; courtesy of the Prix Pictet ]. Speaking of the Prix Pictet , the winner of the 2009 prize was Nadav Kander for his [...] Read »
Video
Daniel Libeskind speech..Long Beach,California.. Read »
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