Miscellaneous
LICThat fuzzy cam-phone shot at right of a crate filled with rolling pins is not just any crate filled with rolling pins! Those are some of the ornaments that will soon be affixed to the facade [...] Read »
The past ten years have seen an impressive amount of economic growth and infrastructural development in India, and the nation is becoming more and more a well established market for American [...] Read »
For years the West Coast has hogged all the glory, or lack thereof, when it comes to reality shows starring brash real estate personalities. Shows like Million Dollar Listing and Flipping Out [...] Read »
One of my tasks at world-architects.com is the development of the new Building of the Week feature for the US sites. Like the architect's profile listings, I'm trying to find work diverse in [...] Read »
Croydon gave the world Kate Moss, but can it ever be sexy? An exciting team of young planners are set to revive the south London suburb and blaze a trail for all British towns, writes Rowan Moore [...] Read »
UrbanDigs' Noah Rosenblatt is getting ready for next month's volley of Manhattan market reports with a few predictions. Including as many as 2,400 to 2,600 closed sales for the first quarter [...] Read »
A house divided against itself cannot stand.. (image: Kelvin Dickinson) Amir Sharif of the Yale Daily News reports today that students at the School of Architecture and the History of Art Departments [...] Read »
With a new luxury rental tower opening for business every week, 2010 has already become the year of the rental, and the pattern is showing no signs of slowing. The Real Deal takes a look at a [...] Read »
Atrazine is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world. It is also the most commonly found water pollutant in North America. Outlawed in Europe in 2003 for after some disturbing links [...] Read »
It's March, but that doesn't mean it's time to set 2009 aside completely, right? The Alliance for Downtown New York has released its 2009 real estate market report, and the numbers are not particularly [...] Read »
Union contract negotiations for the city's apartment building workers start next week, which means the doorman offensive begins...now. A newspaper ad campaign focuses on how hard it is for doormen [...] Read »
Architects Krueck & Sexton has completed restoring 860-880 Lake Shore Drive which was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1951. Widely recognized as one of the 20th Century’s most iconic [...] Read »
I've always loved this photo of Celerie Kemble, probably because of that gorgeous painting above her head, and I'm happy to announce that she is one of the designers who have been chosen for [...] 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 »
Opinions
Earlier this week, the EPA designated Brooklyns Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site, much to the chagrin of developers and local group Clean Gowanus Now! (their punctuation, not mine), two groups [...] Read »
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It will be decades before the 2,200-acre Fresh Kills Park will be totally completed in Staten Island, making it the second largest in the city after Pelham Bay Park and almost three times as [...] Read »
Some people have complained (us included) that while Transporation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan has done a wonderful job carving pedestrian space out of the streets and parking lots of the [...] Read »
"There is more drug activity near West 4th Street Subway than anywhere near West 145th Street Subway. In fact, I have only gotten harassed when I have been down in the Village at night, not here. [...] Read »
City officials have decided that, on second thought, they actually don't want to strike a deal with the landlord labeled "West Side Batman" for using a baseball bat to frighten tenants back in [...] Read »
That's Rather Hideous examines questionable decisions in interior design as revealed in listing photos. Nominees, please, to tips@curbed.com. Nothing rhymes with orange, so the Curbed tipster [...] Read »
Directed by Joaquin Torres, the first luxury modular houses that located in Madrid, Spain, was finished by A-cero architecture Studio, introducing a modular architecture product based on the [...] Read »
We love our church-to-condo conversions, but Harlem's 2056 Fifth Avenuefka Rhapsody on Fifthhas found since sales began in early '07 that not everyone holds that view. (No, we don't get it [...] Read »
Today the Post spotlights the Nolita NIMBY that led the successful charge against the Shake Shack, which was planning to come to Mulberry and Prince Streets before restaurateur Danny Meyer pulled [...] Read »
The smog in California hangs like a blanket over the city, and now theres more proof that its not just environmentally destructive its making Californians sick! A study just out by RAND [...] Read »
Hey, Dumbo skyline fans! Controversial developer Josh Guttman is taking down the five-story rooftop addition at 53 Bridge Street, Brownstoner reports. The Guttmans put the addition up back in [...] Read »
Toll Brothers has confirmed that in the wake of the EPA slapping the Gowanus Canal with a Superfund designation, setting the wheels in motion on a fed-led cleanup process that will take 10-12 [...] Read »
[Scaffolding coming off Park Avenue's Helmsley Building, via Restless.] · UWS Trader Joe's at Broadway and 72nd pushed to Sept./Oct opening. [Westside Indy] · Designer Isaac Mizrahi buys West [...] Read »
I'm always happy to be reminded that it was not only giants like Breuer, Johnson and Neutra who designed modern houses. Living near New Canaan it can be easy to forget that. I'm also always happy [...] Read »
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News
Frank Gehry, FAIA, has stepped down as lead architect of the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. Read »
Boxhome is a small, residential project in Oslo by Norwegian architects Rintala Eggertsson.The 19 square metre dwelling with four rooms covering the basic living functions: kitchen with dining, [...] Read »
Events
"Ziba Street" by Jeff Jahn Beginning with an opening party this Thursday evening and continuing throughout March, the AIA/Portland's Center for Architecture is exhibiting "8xPDX: Photographs [...] Read »
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It may be the original glass house in New York. Many years before Richard Meier’s Perry Street glass towers opened up domestic rituals to the public’s gaze, Donald Judd was living and working [...] Read »
[Teary restaurant closure signage at FiDi's Soda Shop, via Eater] · West Village newbie Choptank comes away with no stars [NYT] · But Jay Cheshes thinks the burgers there are okay [TONY] · [...] Read »
The Wall Street Journal thinks Manhattan renters' good times may be coming to an end. The evidence? Owners are no longer paying broker fees for certain types of units in some neighborhoods, including [...] Read »
Photo : © Hiroshi Sugimoto , courtesy Fraenkel Gallery , San Francisco Uno de los leit motiv del proyecto Creactivistas de arquitectura es la investigación sobre materias -se podría decir- [...] Read »
The folks at the University of Washington are on the cutting edge of creating models of buildings out of millions of internet based photographs. With the wittiest of titles, Building Rome In [...] Read »
Aside from a few eye-catching colors, there isn't much that's wacky in the design of this townhouse at 1 White Street in Tribeca, which breaks down to an owner's triplex above a soup and sandwich [...] Read »
He is one of the world's greatest architects, whose stunning buildings have sparked both wonder and controversy. IM Pei, now in his 90s, talks to Jonathan Glancey. In the Guardian and with a slideshow . Read »
Are you being buried by a pile of papers and post-it notes? If so, you might want to look into decluttering your life by using technology. From online calendars to universal chargers, check out [...] Read »
Osaka University recently unveiled a recycling robot that uses lasers to sort out different types of plastics. The robot, designed by IDEC, the Photonics Advanced Research Center, and Mitsubishi [...] Read »
4BR, 4.5BA, 3,176 sq ft residence Asking: $5,825,000 | Peaceful garden view 177 Ninth Avenue [Corcoran Sunshine] Read »
One day after Obama announced his Cash for Caulkers energy efficiency program, a group of senators is trying to block government-funded, international renewable energy projects. In a letter [...] Read »
Nice story with pics in Dezeen . We've been telling you about it here .In person, the restored Lake Shore Drive Apartments are even more glorious than this. Restored travertine plaza, newly [...] Read »
It's all over the transportation world, but worth posting about here. NYC is getting closer and closer to delivering transitways - first Select Bus Service , especially the designs for 1st and [...] Read »
Technology
We just got a tip from reader Selvan about a dual-purpose bicycle that can be used for transportation as well as for energy production. Using a stand that fixes the bike in a stationary position [...] Read »
Honda has just revealed this incredible looking three-wheeled 3R-C concept vehicle at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show. The sleek scooter-like pod is an EV that showcases Hondas latest research into [...] Read »
This portable new product promises energy on the go and we dont mean a Power Bar. Bourne Energys Backpack Power Plant is a hydroelectric generator that you can strap on just like a bookbag. [...] Read »
Olympic medals are not the only thing that come out of Vancouver, Canada; it is also a hotbed of hydroponic creativity. TreeHugger contributor Sami Grover has suggested that equipment developed [...] Read »
Austrian architects Tobias Weiss and Gernot Reisenhofer have designed a beautiful series of terraced hillside homes that save energy by blending into their environment. Nestled against the surrounding [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
A truly nice book worth having. Well, yes I know it is odd to start the review with the conclusion, but there is not much more needed to be said. A Birkhauser publication usually would not let [...] Read »
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I've already been warned by numerous friends that I'm going to have to tone it down a notch or two (or maybe 10!) when it comes to my outfits for LA. It's a much more casual city than New York [...] Read »
It's not available yet, but it's a great idea and worth following them on Twitter or subscribing to their newsletter to stay apprised of the rollout date. For anyone not yet familiar with it, [...] Read »
Pricespotter is Curbed's asking price guessing game. We provide you with some details and pictures from an apartment listing, and you take a crack at the price in the comments. Tomorrow we reveal [...] Read »
Click the image above to view the full photogallery.[Photos by Will Femia.] The development partnership known to one and all as Quadriad once envisioned building a skyscraper city on the north [...] Read »
Diabetics rejoice: a new rice-sized, implantable glucose sensor could eliminate the need to use conventional finger-prick monitors. The solar-powered device, dubbed Glucowizzard, is implanted [...] Read »
Designed by 2-B-2 Architecture to be a reflection of the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark. To describe it, 2-B-2 chooses a refuge on the top of Mount Ararat in Turkey. This refuge consists [...] Read »
EV Grieve, chronicler of the pukeocalypse plaguing the new Cooper Union building (he even launched a spinoff blog dedicated to the crisis), reports that the school is getting proactive in its [...] Read »
In only six days, with a reception on Tuesday, March 9, " Landscapes of Quarantine " opens at New York's Storefront for Art and Architecture . I'm absolutely thrilled to have curated this show, [...] Read »
The next owners of a three-bedroom loft at 345 West 13th Street? Will Ferrell and fam, according to the Observer. The apartment, #5D, was never officially listed, and the deal doesn't close 'til [...] Read »
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. A year after he announced he was quitting New York because of high taxes on the wealthy, conservative talk radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh has [...] Read »
Fumihiko Maki's extension to I.M.Pei's MIT Media Lab will open in a couple of days. I got an early peek. I'll have more to say after a longer visit on Friday, but for now, this. First, from [...] Read »
Touchscreens have revolutionized the way we communicate with electronics, but sometimes they can get a little cramped wouldnt it be great if the iPhones screen was just a little bit bigger? [...] Read »
Architectural Works
Incredible little house that is part-organic, part-pop culture. A miniature Flintstones House of delight. Read »
As a follow up to my previous post on the Vancouver Olympic Medal designs , I'd like to bring attention to the Olympic podiums used in the recent games. The Western Red Cedar and Douglas Fir [...] Read »
Portuguese architects Grau.Zero have completed a house in Santo Tirso, near Porto, where one end peels up from the ground. Read »
American studio Richard Meier & Partners have completed an extension to the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, California, with a curved wooden ceiling. Read »
Japanese architect Toyo Ito and b720 Arquitectos of Spain have completed two adjacent towers in Barcelona containing a hotel and offices. Read »
First up, for all you DC-ists, there's a Bike Rack Design competition put on by the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District. Designs are due March 4th at 5pm, so get on it! More info at [...] Read »
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