Miscellaneous
COLUMBUS CIRCLEThe extreme facade facelift at Newsweek's old haunt of 1775 Broadway, rebranded as 3 Columbus Circle, is coming along. The latest, via a special Curbed tipster: Check out that [...] Read »
"I had the pleasure of attending a cocktail party here two summers ago. And when I say pleasure I mean pleasure. My head nearly exploded. The best apartment I've ever seen."anon [Fashion Titan [...] Read »
On Monday, DoBro's Citypoint project was approved by a community board subcommittee, today it's...the possible site of a major human rights violation? The Brooklyn Paper shares a press release [...] Read »
The other day I took my students up to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for an afternoon of tours through the awe-inspiring Core Lab and for a visit with the Borehole Group ; we stopped in [...] Read »
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The sales effort at 15 Union Square West might be taking a little nap, but the building itself is showing signs of life. We noticed the glassy [...] Read »
We recently launched a national version of Racked, which now lives at racked.com. New York City coverage is now at Racked NY's new URL, ny.racked.com. [Because a giant mural is never enough, [...] Read »
Students at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECUAD) designed these pieces of beautiful furniture for Far Coast Coffees (Cokes coffee brand) social areas at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. [...] Read »
Bergman, Walls & Associates seeking Senior Architectural Designer in Las Vegas, Nevada BWA, a Las Vegas based International Architectural Design Firm is seeking a full-time, highly motivated, [...] Read »
The concept for the south wing is remarkably simple. The new building has three areas: the lower building shaped largely by the historic fabric, the "neutral" distribution zone of the entrance [...] Read »
Tonight, Thursday, February 25th, there will be an opening reception, from 4:30 p.m., to 7:00 p.m., for an exhibition of the work by photographer Ishimoto Yasuhiro. Ishimoto Yasuhiro studied [...] Read »
"The rootless nature of Juárez is like a mold in the atmosphere." Alma Guillermoprieto Read »
A new 47,000m 2 aquatic centre is to be built along the banks of the Anning River in China. The proposal by California based architects Studio Shift seeks to re-envision the existing hydroelectric [...] Read »
A hotel in Da Nang, Vietnam plans to extend into the sea. The proposal by U:phoria architecture + design will afford residents to enjoy completely unobstructed views of the sea whilst the natural [...] Read »
Though we already know plenty about 2 Cooper Square, the 15-story rental tower that has pledged to restore some local history while flooding the Bowery with new restaurants and retail, the matter [...] Read »
2 BR, 1 BA 1,500 sq ft co-op Asking: $1,995,000 | Corner loft 292 Lafayette St. [Stribling] Read »
The long and winding road to Stuyvesant Town stability added another speed bump yesterday, as a hedge fund that bought up chunks of Stuy Town debt filed a legal challenge against the firm currently [...] Read »
[Abandoned squatter's shack on the banks of the Gowanus Canal, by Nathan Kensinger.] · Concrete test fakers guilty on most serious charge: enterprise corruption [NYT] · FiDi real estate dude [...] Read »
(The OOoo Chair by Martina Decker and Peter Yeadon.) Cut two leg-wide holes ergonomically apart, line the holes and the excised disks with recycled plastics, and voilà, you just made your own [...] Read »
News
NRGi’s new corporate headquarters is situated in an area marked by a number of freestanding buildings. NRGi stands out from its neighbours in the surrounding area in virtue of its visually [...] Read »
Video
King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art,Amman,Jordan.. designed by Zaha Hadid .. here more information.. and here .. Read »
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Hard to believe Glenn Beck isnt already up in arms over the presidents decision to nominate his long-time friend and former Weatherman (some might say terrorist) to become the Architect of [...] Read »
Go for it! Update: not public space related, nor really planning related, I realized belatedly. Did I really fall for the sparkling logo? Maybe. Read »
So there's this big empty lot that's been empty for a few years up at 5-15 West 125th Street in Harlem, between Lenox Avenue and Fifth Avenue. Harlem Bespoke thinks that the property was being [...] Read »
The Museum of African Art has spent 25 years waiting for a permanent home at 110th Street, and it's finally getting one, along with 115 luxury condos designed by Robert A.M. Stern. But know who's [...] Read »
How much has the Meatpacking District changed since 2001? Here's how a New York Times story on the neighborhood's burgeoning preservation effort described the neighborhood three months before [...] Read »
By way of a quick update, several fantastic new posts have joined this week's ongoing series of linked conversations, part of the Glacier/Island/Storm studio at Columbia's GSAPP .[Image: Map [...] Read »
NewYorkology points out that controversial hot spot of yore (2009those where the days!) the Jane Hotel has lowered its March room rates from the famed $99 per night to just $69 per night. Which [...] Read »
Crawler Town is a concept mobile Lego city by designer Dave DeGobbi that roams the barren wastes of a post steam-punk world after cataclysmic climate change do to excessive coal use. Forlorn [...] Read »
Did the feng sui-obsessed marketing of #5S at 45 Crosby Street give the apartment a sales edge? Broker-blogger Sandy Mattingly considers the question and concludes that, well, no. The feng shui [...] Read »
In a perfect metaphor, 2.6 million gallon 'shark tank' is leaking in Dubai. AP | One thing after another... Read »
Country Medal Count 28 USA 24 Germany 18 Norway 15 Canada 13 Russia 10 Korea 10 Austria 10 France 8 Switzerland 8 China As of 9:46 p.m. Wednesday Feb 24 Let's not get carried away. Based on per [...] Read »
Click the image above to view the full photogallery.[Photos by Will Femia] At Williamsburg waterfront development The Edgeshe of the lengthy comparison charts and starving artist competitionsconstruction [...] Read »
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[Image: Perseids Meteor Shower, August 11, 1999; photo by Wally Pacholka, courtesy of NASA ]. In an earlier post , I looked at the possibility that the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh might include [...] Read »
This modern retail store interior design in Makati City, Philippines was designed by Buensalido+Architects for a 30-year old shoe retail store, Via Venetto. The aim was to give the store with a new... Read »
I've mentioned before that I've been going through my old tear sheets and one of the folders contained numerous magazine articles that featured Kate and Andy Spade's apartment. In my opinion, [...] Read »
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With all the notice being paid to the new U.S. embassy this week, an even bigger (physically if not psychically) project just next door was overshadowed as it won a key approval yesterday. Rafael [...] Read »
[Imagining a miniature New York, via Gothamist] · People killed by falling trees in Central Park, on Fifth Ave [Gothamist] · Amassing further evidence that April 9 is the big day for Trump [...] Read »
And now, the results of this week's PriceSpotter asking price guessing game! Location: 225 Fifth Avenue #3M Asking: $2.85 million Even with a couple of no-good cheaters spoiling the building's [...] Read »
[Image: "Drawing shows ice island, frozen by liquid air, proposed by German scientist as a floating harbor and landing field"; via InfraNet Lab ]. InfraNet Lab 's new post on artificial ice islands [...] Read »
Wal-Mart announced today their goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain. According to the mega-retailer, these changes will be equivalent [...] Read »
Pretty much what I've been thinking for months now: Facebook epitomizes filter failure for me. Yes, there are ways to segment information and keep groups, but there aren’t very good ways to [...] Read »
On snowy days when we're stuck inside indefinitely, we like listings that double as brain teasers. Like this one at 324 East 50th Street, a purported 612-square-foot 2BR, 1BA co-op. It's asking [...] Read »
If youve been longing to cruise around in a Tesla Roadster or Roadster Sport but dont have the $100,000+ required for purchase, weve got good news. Tesla is cutting Roadster lovers a break. [...] Read »
Eminent Domain as Central PlanningEminent-domain abuse, dangerous though it is, is a symptom of a deeper problem: government officials' belief that central planning is superior to free-market [...] Read »
A proposal by the Japanese architectural firm Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop has been selected for the Circle - a development area adjacent to the Zurich airport. The 37,000 m² crescent-shaped [...] Read »
Scientists and researchers have known for some time that bacteria has the potential to generate energy in salt water, but were never really able to figure out quite how it works. Now research [...] Read »
Sometimes I just assume that my readers have already read about something so I don't mention it. But apparently not everyone does know about the zebra wallpaper that was featured in one of Kate [...] Read »
The Post has more info on the lawsuit filed against the Icelandic owners of a $10 million apartment at 50 Gramercy Park North over the cheap Ikea kitchen they installed, as well as other sins [...] Read »
Apparently IKEA isn't good enough for the Gramercy Park Hotel. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan claims that the kitchen is "ugly" and unsuitable for such a luxurious home. (via MSNBC) Read »
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Architectural Works
Studio Shifts 3,000 seat Sports Center in Miyi County provides a multi-purpose venue to accommodate sporting events such as badminton, table tennis and basketball. The main center is connected [...] Read »
Masahiro Kinoshita of KINO architects has completed a house in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, designed to afford views towards the nearby castle from the third floor living room. Read »
Designers Diogo Aguiar and Teresa Otto of Portugal have designed and built a temporary bar made of 420 IKEA storage boxes for a competition organised by the architecture faculty at the Universidade [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
Image courtesy Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability Portland is a planning Mecca and it's time to update our Koran: The Portland Plan, a broad, strategic plan with objectives and policy [...] Read »
There are things and things in our material world, that are not the same. Some things, especially if they inherit the ability to change between different forms and states or even context, are [...] Read »
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East Windsor residence by Texas based architects Alterstudio Read »
Always love to see who wins the Young Architects Program competition to design the front yard of P.S. 1 . Pole Dance by SO-IL doesn't look as salacious as it sounds. d, you're coming back to [...] Read »
The plight of Detroit is a subject of endless fascination for architects and planners and has been irresistible to photographers. Still, the scale of the city’s problems retains the ability [...] Read »
Initial concept for the University of Michigan School of Architecture Faculty Library. This is the first attempt at a parametric model using grasshopper to create shelving and divide the spaces [...] Read »
(Underwater since the 80s, the Andean town of Potosi, Venezuela, has reemerged after a severe drought has reduced water levels in a reservoir feeding a hydroelectric dam. Normally, the church [...] Read »
The destruction of Coney Island's old Feltman's restaurant building has turned up a 140-year-old hot dog (did they carbon date it?) encased in ice, discovered by "archaeologists." Fear not, this [...] Read »
[Image: Photo by Andy Marshall of Foto Facade from his awesome Flickr set Beverley Minster Hoodmould Carvings ]. Continuing, briefly, with the ideas presented in the previous post , I wanted [...] Read »
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The Ikon, an esteemed member of Williamsburg's Karl Fischer Row, has one interesting quirk over its Bayard Street brethren: It's not completely [...] Read »
All is not love and peace signs down at Riverhouse, the eco-obsessed luxury condo tower in Battery Park City that lured celebrity buyers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Tyra Banks into its David Rockwell-designed [...] Read »
A landlord labeled the"West Side Batman" in the 1990s for using a baseball bat to scare tenants might now be on the verge of a deal with the city to use one of his properties to house the homeless, West... Read »
In Focus is Archinect's new series of features dedicated to profiling the photographers who help make the work of architects look that much better. What has attracted them to architecture? How [...] Read »
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VITTORIO GIORGINI: 1926-2010
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If the real estate industry is looking to blame someone for the lack of progress on the 7 train extension, they should try the International Olympic Committee. Blog Second Avenue Sagas theorizes [...] Read »
Last time the triplex loft at 141 Prince Street was on the market, the property belonged to Rupert Murdoch, and it hit the market with a gradual, tantalizing reveal of all its glorious features. [...] Read »
2BR, 2BA, 1,496 sq ft condo Asking: $2,750,000 | Avant-garde design 166 Perry St. [Corcoran Sunshine] Read »
At the conclusion of a day-long design session at Mosaic Church near Augusta, Georgia, the pastor surprised us by asking participants to gather around us the design team and pray. They [...] Read »
Technology
For todays next talk, TreeHuggers Jaymi Heimbuch is interviewing Jeff Omelchuck, the founder of the Green Electronics Council. Theyre talking about EPEAT, and what makes an electronic green . [...] Read »
Today team Inhabitat is reporting LIVE from the Greener Gadgets Conference to bring you the latest as design and technology luminaries from around the world discuss the state-of-the-art in green [...] Read »
It may sound a bit creepy, but wouldnt it be cool if buildings could grow their own skin? California-based architecture firm Faulders Studio certainly thinks so. GEOtube, their proposal for [...] Read »
High-tech building materials may be all the rage, but ancient materials can be just as effective at creating energy-efficient and environmentally sensitive buildings. Case in point: David Marchetti [...] Read »
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