Miscellaneous
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future, the critically acclaimed exhibition that explores the career of one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century, concludes its international [...] Read »
Of all pavilions my favorite was Ontario House, located at Concord Place. Designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects of Toronto, this $4.65 million (design and construction only) building was by [...] Read »
Plataforma Arq has coverage, constant updates here (en espa�ol) | the Plataforma twitter stream: @parq; asking for help with translation: link | In collaboration w/ PArq, ArchforHumanity is [...] Read »
From Space, Time, Reality's Flickr photostream. Details here . photograph Wiii, Wikipedia No word if Kisho Kurokawa's original has been demolished yet. Check out the Lego Architecture and Design [...] Read »
I didn't make it to The Whitney yesterday but I still saw some fabulous art. It was just in the form of Richard Ginori hand painted china at Barneys . While collection looked fabulous en masse, [...] Read »
The cellar, writes the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, �is first and foremost the dark entity of the house, the one that partakes of subterranean forces. When we dream there, we are in [...] Read »
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Following last month’s introduction to Russel Wright’s Manitoga, this month’s blog entry is a brief consideration of Manitoga in the context of the picturesque tradition in architecture [...] Read »
Hanging gardens have become art in Houstons Lawndale Art Center. Local artist/designer Ned Dodington transformed a stark white gallery interior into a verdant landscape with 30 hanging eco-pods [...] Read »
The role of the family photo changed at a glacial pace over its first hundred years. Initially they emulated paintings, the subjects formally posing for long exposure times. The Kodak Brownie [...] Read »
I love the quality of John Pawson's sketches... I wonder if he does them himself or if these can be attributed to someone else in his office. Usurping sketches seems common practice for some [...] Read »
Architectural Works
Steven Holl Architects of New York have won a competition to design a major urban quarter on a former industrial site beside a lake at Hangzhou, China. Read »
Architect Peter Pichler of Bolanzo Bolzano in Italy has designed a house for a photographer with a large window at one end that doubles as a projection wall for presentations. Read »
We have featured several designs for the Taipei Performing Arts Center (such as the winning proposal by Reiser + Umemoto previously featured on AD), and our latest project is from Kokkugia, a New [...] Read »
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The Libeskind Villa is luxury house of prefabricated building that built in Germany, one of the worlds most expensive prefab was designed by World renowned architect Studio Daniel Libeskind [...] Read »
On the eve of Tottenham Court Road Tube Station's demise (it is being redeveloped into one of the Major Crossrail Stations), I have made this photo tour of the Mosaics that alot of its interior [...] Read »
Photogs, want to contribute to the Curbed Photo Pool? Then join our Flickr group! Click the image above to view the full photogallery.· Curbed Photo Pool [Flickr] Read »
Young Me, Now Me , via @petapixel . Read »
At the Water Tower Pumping Station. Lyndon LaRouche: the gift that just keeps on giving. Read »
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The US embassy proposal has become the online architecture subject of the week, with countless (or probably very countable, if you know what you're doing) virtual column inches devoted to the [...] Read »
[Image: Trapped in ice]. Back in January 2008, a ship called Tara unlocked from the polar ice near Greenland; it had been frozen in the Arctic floes for a year and four months, repeating the [...] Read »
Michael Paul Smith’s recreations of the 50s at Flickr . Read »
What is the probability that one of the four corners of USA lower 48 falling off into the ocean? “Devastating” is a word that is pale to the reality of the horror that Haiti and Chile continues [...] Read »
Video
Zebra Imagining ,Architectural Representation System.. Read »
Auditorium..Ravello,Italy .. Oscar Niemeyer .. here more information.. official page flick rsee it at google maps Read »
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