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Australian architect Bojan Simic has designed house in Melbourne – Australia and named it “The Orb House”. This house built in the unique site between the Yarra River and Yarra Bend Golf [...] Read »
Seattle Kitchen by Bjarko|Serra Architects
The Bright Side of Collapse
It may have been a jarring reminder of the two deadly crane accidents two springs before, but fortunately little more. A smaller mobile crane toppled onto 80 Maiden Lane in the Financial District [...] Read »
Extracts of local distance
Extracts of local distance is a project by Benjamin Maus, Frederic Gmeiner and Thorsten Posselt. "Countless fragments of existing architectural photography are merged into multilayered shapes. [...] Read »
Edward H. Fickett designed thousands of airy tract homes across the region. His widow has signed an agreement to donate drawings, blueprints, brochures and photos to his undergraduate alma mater. LA Times Read »
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Greenpeace Reveals the Internet’s Biggest Secret – Dirty Coal!
The next time youre marveling about the amount of information you can access at the click of your mouse, think about this: if it were considered a country, our collective computing carbon footprint [...] Read »
On the Racked: Barney's Co-op Coming to Cobble Hill; UWS Loses a Gap; More!
And now, the latest from Racked NY, covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks up. 1) Cobble Hill: The Barney's Co-op is coming to brownstone Brooklyn (above). It'll be right next door to [...] Read »
Development Du Jour: LIC's Solarium Thinks It Knows Which Way the Wind Blows
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Location: 5-43 48th Avenue, Long Island City Size: 35 units Prices: $439,000 to $991,000 Architect: An engineer named Rudolph Shatarah is [...] Read »
On the Market: Neighbors Become Enemies in Battle of the East Village Condos!
The dream of owning a million-dollar apartment is out of reach for most New Yorkers, so how about a $900,000 apartment! A pair of new-to-market East Village listings priced just shy of $1 million [...] Read »
Freebies: Tweet Us Trivia, Win a Greenwich Village Townhouse Tour!
Hey, townhouse-obsessed Curbed readers, today could be your lucky day! Thanks to the good folks at the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, we're giving away two tickets to the [...] Read »
Rethinking the Columbia Crossing: finding greatness in flatness?
Ushibuka Bridge, Japan, by Renzo Piano Buiding Workshop Recently I was talking with an architect friend about the troubled Columbia River Crossing project: the lack of an acceptable design, the [...] Read »
Apply now to gain practical experience as the AJ’s first sustainability intern Read »
PriceChopper: Upper East Side Development Holds 20 Percent Off Sale
The record of closed sales at the Upper East Side's 300 East 79th Street, which hit the market in September 2007, is a pretty clear snapshot of the condo boom and its sudden end. Prior to September [...] Read »
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GE has been cracking away to design and release a more efficient wind turbine  25% more efficient in fact. Rather than increasing the size to generate more power like some other manufacturers [...] Read »
Patchwork Chair by Amy Hunting
Curene
Mindboggling Reveals: Columbia U. Bringing Starchitecture to ... Inwood?
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Think Columbia only wants to put West Harlem under the knife? Think again, Uptowners. While most people are nervously chewing their fingernails [...] Read »
The grassroots effort to link up 14 miles of Brooklyn waterfront with a combined pedestrian/bike path has been absorbed by the Department of Transportation, which plans on having a preliminary [...] Read »
Linkage: Building Collapse Update; UES's Ironman Doorman; More!
[Another shot of yesterday's building collapse on Conselyea via Brooklyn365.] · Time to worry about expiration of first-time homebuyer's tax credit? [NYT] · Burg building collapse maybe caused [...] Read »
Four Letter Words
Gift Shop in Odessa by studio belenko!
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Inteligente, sensible y elegante, la rueda de Copenhague es un nuevo emblema para la movilidad urbana. Que se transforma rápidamente de las bicicletas normales a híbridas e- bicis que también [...] Read »
Emeco with a New Recycled Material
Emeco, maker of iconic chairs with 80% recycled aluminum, will soon offer the Navy Chair made with recycled Coca-Cola bottles, according to Dezeen. Representing four years of research, 111 Navy... Read »
In the midst of a stiff breeze, Fred and Ginger spin atop the new Greenway Self Park , as their compatriots in the alcoves below remain strangely unmoved. Read »
City & Urbanism
Prezi the tool you have been dreaming of ever since you were forced to use powerpoint for the first time. Finally these dreadful times are over! Prezi is here and it work! There is little to [...] Read »
On the top of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle – Washington, Cousins Ryan Rhodes (Designer/Principal – Ryan Rhodes Designs) and Jason Rhodes (Attorney/Principal – JMR Law Group) designed a modern [...] Read »
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CurbedWire: The Related Revolving Door; Jersey's CANCOriffic CANCOlofts
RELATEDVILLE—A tenant commenting on the above memo that was e-mailed to residents in Related buildings: "I will now fart every time I use the revolving door, as the increased air flow will help [...] Read »
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The Personal Fresh Air Desk is a New Kind of Cubicle
For those who’ve had enough of those depressing gray upholstered cubicle walls, the Personal Fresh Air Desk just may be your salvation. Created by Julio Radesca de Carvalhom, a recent graduate [...] Read »
The SFGate's John King reports on IwamotoScott Architecture 's transitioning from virtual to real projects. Read Read »
Destructoporn: Hopeful Upper East Side McMansions on Eve of Destruction
The Chetrit Group's mission to restore, renovate and enlarge six brownstones at 110-120 East 76th Street—turning them into three single-family mansions along the way—is on hold for now, but [...] Read »
The Williamsburg building that collapsed yesterday on Conselyea Street is owned by the mother of Burg broker king David Maundrell, president of aptsandlofts.com. The Real Deal notes that Maundrell [...] Read »
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There are a diverse range of Architecture blogs or blogs that are Architectural to put it more accurately. The best often cover theory and conjecture or post cool stuff. But someone who hits [...] Read »
The January numbers for the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks home sales in 20 major metro markets (but not new development or co-op and condo sales), continue to trend downward. The [...] Read »
Hey, did anyone leave $78,383 in a briefcase somewhere on the Lower East Side? A goody two-shoes Craigslist poster has your money and wants to give it back to you—if you can describe the briefcase [...] Read »
The other day, I came across this stone building at 16360 Euclid Avenue, on the border between East Cleveland and Cleveland, Ohio. I knew that this building was quite old, based on the way the [...] Read »
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10EPK – Footpath and Cycling Bridge | Spaceworkers
Portuguese architectural studio Spaceworkers has designed a Footpath and Cycling Bridge proposal for the competition sponsored by the city of Maribor in Slovenia within the European Capital of [...] Read »
It's virtually impossible to write about The Pritzker Architecture Prize without discussing what other people are saying about the newest recipient. Coverage is fast and furious (see yesterday's [...] Read »
HEAD Architecture and Design is the Hong Kong based architecture firm who has designed this beautiful apartment interior located in the Discovery Bay area of Hong Kong. The matsuki residence was... Read »
Rotation & Revolution
Months after songstress Norah Jones's neighbors alleged that she manipulated the Landmarks Preservation Commission into letting her add windows to her Amity Street townhouse, those neighbors [...] Read »
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Part 2: Akerselva Atrium | Peter Pran + Jonathan Ward of NBBJ
If you still remember our previous featured article  Akerselva Atrium, designed by Peter Pran and Jonathan Ward of NBBJ. The project recently has been fully completed, here are some new floor [...] Read »
2 BR, 3 BA, 1,490 sq ft Asking: $2,350,000 99 John Street, PH6 [NestSeekers] Read »
Custom Aluminum Canopy
15.000 Pencils Become A Fair Stand
Slow Fast Placemats & Coasters
The National Audit Office has questioned the value added to English regions by the £5 billion spent on regeneration projects over the past decade Read »
Sinus House
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Deer Leather iPhone Cases by Maruwakaya
A 16-storey hotel tower designed by Studio BG in Limehouse, near Canary Wharf has been approved by Tower Hamlets Council – against CABE’s advice Read »
News
Lens, a city of 250,000 in northern France, had a rough 20th century. Read »
Commercial office by LAN Architecture
Located in saint mesmes, france is a new commercial office designed by french firm LAN architects. the site which is on a slope provides views over the neighboring hills. the concept for the [...] Read »
HSBC Private Bank Lounge by Campana Brothers
HSBC Private Bank partners with award-winning Campana brothers at Design Miami 2008 - Designers of the Year collaborate to create exclusive lounge and documentary film Design Miami. The Brazilian [...] Read »
Graphics and Design
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Leers Weinzapfel Associates, a Massachusetts architects, have designed the Zachs Hillel House at Trinity College in Hartford , Connecticut . This house located on the edge of the campus adjacent [...] Read »
Hat Island House by Bjarko|Serra Architects
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"Many people choose to live in such small spaces because it is important to them to have the immediacy of neighborhood outside the front door. It is more important to be in it than to have to visit it. I... Read »
Arrested Development: Williamsburg Prevented From Slipping Into Oblivion
There's a new feature at everyone's favorite northside Williamsburg stalled development site/former cesspool, Hot Karl Beach: Big metal poles to save the rest of the neighborhood from falling [...] Read »
Philanthropist/socialite (good work if you can get it) Jamie Tisch is in contract to buy a full-floor apartment at 720 Park Avenue for $22 million. What makes this interesting—besides the apartment [...] Read »
Mayer Rus On The Tyranny Of Taste
Ah, we wondered what Mayer Rus was up to these days.  It's good to see his wit has found a suitable outlet.... Read »
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An EV For the People: All-Electric Nissan Leaf to Cost $25,280
Last year we announced the unveiling of the Nissan Leaf  the first affordable all-electric vehicle from a mainstream automaker  but up until now, Nissan would only concede that the vehicle [...] Read »
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Events in the Landscape and their Acoustic Shadows
While writing the previous post, about sound and warfare in Iraq, I came across a brief description of something called an acoustic shadow and its occurrence during the American Civil War. [Image: [...] Read »
Nick Sowers dedicates a Haiku to Pritzker winners Sejima (and Ryue). Read »
Warsound
[Image: U.S. helicopter over Baghdad, via (scroll down)]. I've mentioned The Forever War by Dexter Filkins before , but I was struck again the other day by a passage in which Filkins catalogs [...] Read »
Inside Villa Hug
Project-adjacent Vinegar Hill eco-warrior building 100 Gold Street is completed and half-sold, its architect and developer tells the Brooklyn Eagle. Prices in the 10-unit building range from [...] Read »
House W
Perspective shelf
The Post has an amusing piece today proving your parents right: Manhattan apartments are so small that the kitchens are the closets. The paper rounds up renters who are storing sweaters in their [...] Read »
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Scientists Grow Human Bones from Liposuctioned Fat
Growing plants can be tricky enough, but growing bones seems altogether impossible. Yet thats exactly what scientists at Columbia University recently accomplished. A group led by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic [...] Read »
Vintage Oak Herringbone Reclaimed Wood Floors
Michael Stipe for Maison Martin Margiela
As sassy as ginger
Archial Group chief executive Chris Littlemore has told the AJ that the giant is looking to expand despite a 20 per cent slump in profits Read »
[via robinsones urbanos] Información, Opinión y Propuestas CONTRA SINDE en: http://robinsonesurbano s.org/node/3516 Live streaming video by Ustream Read »
Galli's house
Residence in Scherzingen, Switzerland. Design: Galli & Rudolf Architekten : Read »
Chic in LA: The Getty
I didn't spend all my time in LA shopping or visiting design stores, I did make time to visit the breathtakingly beautiful Getty Center museum. The museum was designed by architect Richard Meier [...] Read »
Technology
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Hidden House Is a Stunning Example of Sustainable Modern Architecture
Many architects and designers were caught dead in their tracks when the recent economic downturn struck. Standard architecture in Los Angeles successfully powers through by taking sustainable [...] Read »
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Urban Reserve: A Modern, Sustainable Community in Dallas
Urban Reserve is a modern sustainable community situated on fourteen hilly acres of land on the urban edge of Dallas. Envisioned as a neighborhood where the common thread between residents is [...] Read »
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Peer+ Unveils Energy Generating Windows With Controllable Opacity
Windows are a two-way street when it comes to efficient green building. We need them for light, fresh air, beauty, and the connection they create to the outdoors, but even the most efficient [...] Read »
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Tweet to Win A Karim Rashid Designed Water-Filtering Bobble Bottle!
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Engineers Develop Carbon-Capturing Photosynthetic Frog Foam
It may seem too good to be true, but engineers from the University of Cincinnati have devised a way to capture and remove CO2 out of the air and then convert it into biofuel building blocks. [...] Read »
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Daniel Libeskind’s “Reflections” Tops Off on Singapore’s Coast
Famed architect Daniel Libeskind has completed construction on the first tower in a massive waterfront development on Singapores southern coast that claims to be ultra-green. Dubbed Reflections [...] Read »
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Inhabitat Founder Jill Fehrenbacher Speaks at Columbia This Thursday!
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Flylight by Design Drift
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Fashion Museum Omotesando Has Beautiful Latticed ‘Living Wall’ Skin
There have been some spectacular submissions to the Fashion Museum Omotesando Competition to design a 100 meter high museum for Tokyos most en vogue district, and Wing Shun Leung and Donald [...] Read »
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Gorgeous Green House Wrapped in a Vertical Garden
This gorgeous greenery-wrapped live/work space in Linkebeek, Belgium was completed by Samyn and Partners in 2007 after 8 years of construction. In the original plans, Samyn and Partners designed [...] Read »
Neon Conduit by Michael Sillitoe
Bespoke neon lighting of six metres in length almost gives the impression that it has always been part and parcel of a private residence. Designed by Michael Sillitoe, the pure white tubes highlight [...] Read »
Melle Lamp by Confused Direction
Gridlock Lamp by Philippe Malouin
... but you'll have pay to move it to your property. The house was designed by Paul Thiry , the "father of Northwest modernism", in 1962, the year of Seattle World's Fair, for which Thiry was [...] Read »
Mid Century Bathroom Remodel
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Linkage: How Doormen Have Fun With Sellers; 184 Kent Neighbor Windowed
Rendering of P.S. 41's proposed green roof/lunch box, via DNAinfo] · Ways doormen like to play with brokers: hide the keys, discuss better apartments [BU] · Village school's green roof to double [...] Read »
Tuesday Townhouse: Artsy Brooklyn Heights Townhouse Sleeps (At Least) Seven
Our inner cynic sometimes gets the better of us when we see listings advertising the "wonderful taste and creative vision" of a home's designer owners. But Brooklyn Heights' 33 Willow Place makes [...] Read »
On the Rental Market: New LES Rental Building Offers Gym Memberships, Dorm Views
What we have here, Bowery Boogie informs us, is rental market newcomer 108 Ludlow, alias 100 Delancey. After a little drama involving broken water pipes, the apartments are now available, and [...] Read »
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Hollin Hills Is Where Home Is
Hollin Hills is a modernist residential development from the middle of the last century in Alexandria, Virginia, not far from the US capital.  This is our thing, and we have several bookmarks [...] Read »
"In the Gansevoort Woodland, color is starting to appear on the redbuds, while farther north, the flowering crabapples are preparing to bloom." File under: Things We Don't Really Understand But [...] Read »
Live in John Wellborn Root's house: just $3,250,000!
This is the 1887 house that architect John Wellborn Root built for himself on Astor Street in Potter Palmer's then new Gold Coast. It is less than 19 feet wide. This is the house where he lived, [...] Read »
After 16 years and $10 billion � and a long morning of electrical groaning and sweating � there was joy in the meadows and tunnels of the Swiss-French countryside Tuesday: the world�s biggest [...] Read »
Construction Watch: Three Isn't the Magic Number at Gehry's Beekman Tower
There's a problem with Frank O. Gehry's mammoth erection, and it's not shrinkage—but it's related! During the darkest days of the recession, when developer Forest City Ratner threatened to cut [...] Read »
Feelings are facts
The Harry Stool
World Trade Center Redevelopment: WTC's Tower 3 Stumpitechture to Last Until 2020?
Today the Post's Steve Cuozzo continues his one-man-wrecking-crew analysis of the tentative agreement over the redevelopment of the World Trade Center, and he doesn't think architect Richard [...] Read »
Fu Quan Jing Yun
Downsizing with IKEA Modular Dwelling
You've probably heard about IKEA's prefab homes offered overseas called BoKlok. This isn't anything like that, but it has some interesting potential. As discovered by Michael Janzen of Tiny House... Read »
Shitshows: One Madison Park Lender: Hey, Where'd That Money Go?
After the foreclosure, the sales halt, the fraudulent signature dispute and everything else, the goings-on at One Madison Park may have finally lost all power to shock. But that doesn't mean [...] Read »
Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology - Berlin, Alemania
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la melle tipi by confused-direction
Monochro Cube
Golf Sat St Pendant Light
Classical practice Robert Adam Architects has become the latest outfit to re-brand and will now be known as ADAM Architecture Read »
James Jarzyniecki is an architecture student based in Boston, Ma. Read »
Plumbers Lamp
Architectural Works
AD Round Up: Religious Architecture Part III
In a week where millions will celebrate Passover and Easter, we think it would be good to remember some great religious architecture weve been featuring in the past. After the break, our third [...] Read »
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Nunnmps / Cheungvogl
For their latest project, an IT security and service office, Cheungvogl worked to create a deep connection with the site.  The office, Nunnmps, borders Lake Michigan in an area of Chicago that [...] Read »
House extension / Christophe Nogry
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Eisenhower Memorial / Frank Gehry
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10EPK / Spaceworkers
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Fincube by Studio Aisslinger
Berlin designer Werner Aisslinger of Studio Aisslinger has completed a small mountainside mobile living unit in Ritten, Italy. Read »
House in Tinos / mX Architecture
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House Satiya by adn Architectures
Heres an extension to a family home in rural Belgium by Brussels studio adn Architectures. Read »
Moliner House / Alberto Campo Baeza
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