Architectural Works
Global Architecture Development (GAD), an Istanbul and New York based firm, is working on a 25,000 m² shopping center in Turkey. The new retail area injects the area with a larger sense [...] Read »
The design proposal started from generating a completely black box, as well as a shape and as a concept, an abstract space that doesn’t breathe towards the outside world but keeps locked within [...] Read »
Almost a year ago we told you of a survey Autodesk was conducting regarding the UI and printing capabilities of Autocad with Mac users, the first confirmation of Autodesk finally working on a [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
LAS VEGAS Americas capital of gambling boasts an Eiffel Tower, an Arc de Triomphe and a Rialto Bridge. Now it has a shiny new bragging point the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain [...] Read »
I am long overdue posting this, but if you are in the city today, go to the Fast Trash exhibit organized by Juliette Spertus with Project Projects. It’s a fascinating look at the system of [...] Read »
German architectural firm Gnädinger Architekten has converted a former textile factory into a Visitor Center Haus des Gastes located in Beeskow, Germany. The project comprises a new modern [...] Read »
In last week's open thread, a commenter wrote, "I've been looking steadily in Brooklyn (Park Slope, Prospect Hts and the Heights) and Manhattan for 8 months. It's like a dance where everyone [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
The 68,000 spectators Green Point Stadium designed by gmp architekten, is one of the major stadiums to host the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. With its horizontal facade expression and [...] 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 »
Is that the slight hint of a smile I see on the face of the statue of savior-of-the-Mexican-R epublic Benito Juárez? On Saturday, 42nd ward alderman Brendan Reilly announced via his weekly [...] Read »
My mother taught first-grade Sunday School for 36 years. During that time, she enlisted my father to make the various gadgets and props that she used, which he dutifully built, transported, set [...] Read »
In Norway, 70°N arkitektur has designed the Brinken Terrace situated on top of the Tromsø island facing west with its beautiful view. The project is composed of two apartment buildings with [...] Read »
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When it comes time to show off those post winter toes, one can easily find themselves overcome with equal parts excitement and horror. But embarrassing foot etiquette aside, there’s nothing [...] Read »
Old is the new green. Opinion: don't LEED us astray. Clinton: green energy can grow economy. $2 billion skyscraper receives LEED Platinum. Generating energy from sewage wastewater. Going on a [...] Read »
Almost a year ago we told you of a survey Autodesk was conducting regarding the UI and printing capabilities of Autocad with Mac users, the first confirmation of Autodesk finally working on a [...] Read »
Shepard Fairey, of the Obama Hope poster and Andre the Giant Has a Posse meme fame, was recently commissioned to do a mural in Covington, Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from my hometown [...] Read »
Is a new baby in the house keeping you on your feet and out of energy? The Koo might be your best bet in beating the ‘round the clock battle of tear wiping, frequent feedings and of course, [...] Read »
News
The City of Chicago Department of Environment and the State of Illinois partnered to develop a new environmental center in the Calumet area just south of Chicago. Ford Calumet Environmental Center, [...] Read »
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Let’s start at the beginning. The first sphere on the left is quite obviously our planet. The sphere in the middle represents all the water on our planet. And the sphere on the right is [...] Read »
Just a brief note—the kind of brief note that I should post more of—but if you haven’t tried Google Maps on the iPad, you should. I think there are a lot of problems with the iPad, particularly [...] Read »
Today is the closing day for this weekend's showing of the latest work by artist Lora Delestowicz-Wierzbowski, whose murals include From Sea to Shining Sea , commissioned for what's billed as [...] Read »
Diogo Aguia built this attractive bar in 2008 as part of a design competition through the Oporto School of Artchitecture. Built in a week, it utilizes 420 Ikea boxes built around a wooden and [...] Read »
The Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology by German architectural firm Gnädinger Architekten was started from the idea of human muscle fibers, a metaphor for the simulation of complex [...] Read »
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