Miscellaneous
At Greenbuild, the USGBC presented the 2011 LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers, and home builders who have demonstrated leadership in the residential building marketplace. [...] Read »
The Crystal, the new extension to the financial institution Nykredit in Copenhagen, Denmark, by schmidt hammer lassen architects, has won an Emirates Glass LEAF Award in the category Best Structural [...] Read »
IAC Headquarters 550 West 18th Street New York, NY The IAC Headquarters is Frank Gehry’s first building in New York. Neither a symphony hall nor an art gallery clad in riveting titanium that [...] Read »
Recenly erected traffic signal in front of historically significant Neutra VDL House in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. No notification was ever sent to institutions, individuals and organizations [...] Read »
Let’s face it, outside of Central Park, Manhattan isnt known for its abundance of open space. This is beginning to change, however, as in this increasingly innovative architectural age, people [...] Read »
As we all know, Jane Jacobs was a visionary urban activist and author, whose 1961 publication of The Death and Life of Great American Cities had a tremendous impact on how we think about cities [...] Read »
Carolyn and Kyle Cave, both university professors in Hadley, Massachusetts, built this super-insulated home to minimize energy consumption. Then they dropped a 20kW solar PV array on the roof [...] Read »
Constructed Atmospheres, Philippe Rahm Might not climate be a new architectural language, a language for architecture rethought with meteorology in mind? Might it be possible to imagine climatic [...] Read »
The Plasmatic Concepts / iPad app includes never seen before photography of the house along with photographs of famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman, courtesy of the J. Paul Getty [...] Read »
Ten Sukkahs—small temporary structures built for the Jewish festival of Sukkot—will be on display at Washington University in St. Louis. The ten winning projects, by architects and designers [...] Read »
If all goes as planned, the New Museums five-year-old building on the Bowery will become something of an amusement park beginning Oct. 26, with visitors hurtling through a giant plastic tube [...] Read »
The title of the new architecture journal CLOG is pretty close to BLOG. Coincidence? Probably not, since the editors* assert that the "online press," which includes blogs, "have drastically increased [...] Read »
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Architectural Works
Architect: Nicolas Reymond Location: Rue du Faubourg du Temple, Paris 10, France Engineer: 3C Text: Nicolas Reymond Project Area: 92 sqm Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Julien Fernandez This [...] Read »
For those of you who may not know who Simon & Garfunkel are (dont worry I wouldnt admit to it either), they were an American duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. [...] Read »
Architect: HASSELL with Parsons Brinckerhoff Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Client: Department of Transport Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Courtesy of HASSELL HASSELL, in collaboration [...] Read »
The architecture of the Museum of Fromelles, designed by SERERO Architectes , is aiming at establishing a link between sky and earth, between visitors and the “burial” of soldiers. This is [...] Read »
Architects: Studio 8 1/2 Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Courtesy of Studio 8 1/2 The project reveals a conceptual vision for a new public library, which would be [...] Read »
[ October 25, 2011; 18:30 to 20:30. ] The New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, nycobaNOMA , is excited to kick off their 2011 Membership Drive! Take the survey, [...] Read »
Architects: Bourne Blue Architecture Location: Diamond Beach, Australia Engineer: Izzat Consulting Engineers Builder: Sugar Creek Building Co. Project Year: 2010 Project Area: 169 sqm Photographs: [...] Read »
SHRM s Umbra_vela was announced as the winner of DesignByManys latest challenge: “A Rapidly-Deployable Shade Structure”. The challenge asked professionals and students in the AEC community [...] Read »
In early September we reported that the Museum der Kulturen Basel reopened its doors after two years of reconstruction, refurbishment and expansion. Now we are providing you with some more [...] Read »
Architect: Atelier Nuno Lacerda Lopes (CNLL) Location: Mouriz, Paredes, Portugal Client: Paredes City Council Project Team: CNLL I Márcia Areal I Vanessa Tavares I Hélder Lopes I Augusto Rachão [...] Read »
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Technology
Read the rest of Wim Delvoyes Creepy Stained Glass Windows Are Made From Recycled X-Rays! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Chapel series, eco design, Flemish Baroque, Gothic [...] Read »
Read the rest of BOOM Sustainable LGBT Community Pops Up in Costa del Sol Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: BOOm architects, CO2 emissions, Costa del Sol, eco design, green design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Magic Mountain Lodge is a Hill-Like Hobbit Highrise Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Chile green building, eco design, eco resort, green building design, green [...] Read »
These cool Mr and Mrs Birdee nest boxes are the perfect lure to get a flock of birds flying into your garden for shelter. Spotted at this years London Design Festival, these awesome bird shelters [...] Read »
Read the rest of San Franciscos Glorious and Garden-Infused Mid-Century Modern Hill Street Home Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "mid-century modern", aia, aia home tours, american [...] Read »
Victor Vetterlein has created a surprisingly versatile desk lamp with a wood stick. Read »
Read the rest of A Better World by Design Expo Showcases Creative Innovation Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 1/2 Project, 2011, a better world by design, A Better World by Design [...] Read »
If youve ever experienced not being able to fit onto a crowded train, youve probably fantasized about how nice it would be if there were twice as many trains passing through your station. Well [...] Read »
Read the rest of City Farm: South Providences Urban Agriculture Transformation Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", a better world by design, A Better World [...] Read »
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City & Urbanism
Four Corners, downtown Rochester, 2011: Four Corners, downtown Rochester, 1922: Talk amongst yourselves. Read »
Read the rest of Taichung InfoBox Is a Bamboo Clad Community Space Retrofit of an Airport Hanger Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bamboo architecture, bamboo gallery, eco rennovation, [...] Read »
News
In digitally sophisticated Los Angeles, the Southern California Institute of Architecture's new Robot House ups the ante. Read »
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