Miscellaneous
threee instalations in one room: soft ground, rooted upon and a fairytale Soft Ground is an artwork done by Ai Weiwei exclusively for his exhibition " So Sorry " at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. [...] Read »
Building a treehouse for your kids is no longer a tall order with this flatpak DIY treehouse design from Dutch designers Rogier Martens and Sam van Veluw of Aandeboom. The Zelfbouwboomhut (Build-It-Yourself [...] Read »
MZC Architettura have designed an awesome apartment featuring a pool on the wood-clad rooftop in Treviso, Italy. MORE »©2009 Minimalismi 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 »
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 »
Technology
Ocean-bound shipping containers are an often-overlooked source of CO2 emissions over 90% of all non-bulk cargo carried worldwide arrives in containers, and many of them are sent back empty. [...] Read »
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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Despite the frustration of having to drive everywhere, often sitting through interminable traffic, at least Angelinos can boast some of the prettiest parking structures in the country. One of [...] Read »
NewActon Nishi is a new apartment complex in the middle of Canberra that is aiming to be Australias greenest residential development. But dont go thinking that this will be a boring green [...] Read »
As greener gadget geeks, were pretty enthralled with the assortment of energy and earth-conscious gizmos that emerged last year, and were even more excited about what this year holds in store. [...] Read »
Maison is the home design in South Africa was designed by van der Merwe Miszewski Architects. The Maison site is located between the road into Franschhoek and the Berg river, in the heart of [...] Read »
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 »
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 »
Designed by Make Architects in London, United Kingdom, the Grosvenor Waterside Development is startlingly modern block of flats, two residential buildings that exceptional affordable sustainable [...] 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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Last Friday’s ribbon-cutting festivities marking the opening of Columbia College’s 35,500 square foot, $21 million Media Production Center (MPC) in Chicago’s South Loop featured retired [...] Read »
El lanzamiento tendrá lugar el próximo 27 de febrero e irá encartada en el diario El País. Arquitectura, interiorismo, diseño y arte protagonizarán las páginas de la nueva publicación [...] Read »
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 »
Today, the spectrum between a part and its subparts can be vast and rather static, yet already, there are prototypes for architectural systems that can adapt to triggers to self-perpetuate their [...] 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 »
Competitions
ArchMedium se dedica a la organización de concursos de Arquitectura exclusivos para estudiantes. Nuestra intención es ofrecer a los estudiantes la posibilidad de participar en concursos [...] Read »
Video
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Bloch Building..Kansas City,Missouri.. designed by Steven Holl Architects .. official site more information.. provious post.. flick rsee it at google maps Read »
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In 1685, a young Japanese poet recorded his thoughts in the first of many travel journals, The Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton. This now famous haiku master, Matsuo Bashō, believed that [...] Read »
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 »
Nascar, anyone? (via The Brick House) 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 »
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 »
City & Urbanism
To come back to the discussion about the identity of the architecture profession I have here a publication that explores this question from a different direction. What if architects make something [...] Read »
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