Miscellaneous
Mayor Emanuel has made transit, biking, and sustainability some of the top priorities of his young administration. The same goes for fiscal restraint and transparency (something notably lacking [...] Read »
Case studies in Trellis Systems and some BUILD details.
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The government has canned West Ham United’s deal to take over the Olympic Stadium permanently after the 2012 games, deciding to lease the east London building annually instead Read »
Read the rest of Incredible Norway Showroom Built From Re-Used Doors and Windows Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Bergen School of Architecture, Norwegian sustainable design, [...] Read »
Architects are tackling the problems of the concrete jungle with ambitious schemes using green technology to grow forests in the sky Read »
Read the rest of Dazzling Greenhouse Transformed Into a Vibrant Cafe in Amsterdams Old Shipyard Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Amsterdam shipyard, converted buildings, converted [...] Read »
Designed by 1100 Architect with an interior by Lee H. Skolnick Architecture & Design Partnership, the Childrens Library Discovery Center, as its called, is part of a quiet revolution reshaping [...] Read »
Steve Jobs, 1982 (image courtesy Elephant Journal) BY BRIAN LIBBY Steve Jobs didn't come to Portland for youthful retirement. But his inspired drop-out from college may be an indication of a [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Nissan just announced that, in conjunction with Japans Kansai University, it has built an electric vehicle charger that is capable of fully recharging a car in just 10 minutes. One of the biggest [...] Read »
Smith & Fong debuted SoyBond, a bamboo flooring and plywood line with a soy-based formaldehyde free adhesive system, at this year at the USGBCs Greenbuild. Smith & Fong has always promoted [...] Read »
[Image: The Blue Angels create their own cloud systems over the San Francisco Bay; view larger ]. My week in San Francisco, now at an end, coincided with Fleet Week —and, thus, the arrival [...] Read »
In a not too distant future, hordes of blood-drenched zombies are on the horizon, mindlessly roaming the deserted streets, trying to get into your house and eat your brains. Sucks if your house [...] Read »
Just last week, we published the winning projects of the Holcim Awards 2011 for Latin America. Here are now also the winners of the 3rd International Regional Holcim Awards for sustainable construction [...] Read »
The Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emerson (amazon.uk.com) The Arctic is one of mans frontiers geopolitically, physically and psychologically. Recently the area has been the subject [...] Read »
Xenakis Simposium_Victoria Myers from BXMC on Vimeo. About the Program: Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary explores the fundamental role of drawing in the work of avant-garde composer [...] Read »
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Read the rest of The Faraday Electric Bike Goes Incognito With a Classic Look Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: electric bike, green electric bike, green transportation, hybrid [...] Read »
I am always adding items to my life wish list and owning an apartment in Paris is definitely one of them. You can't see that much of Julie de Libran 's Saint Germain de Pres apartment but part [...] Read »
Buckley Gray Yeoman (BGY) has been brought in by St Katharine’s Dock’s new owners, the Max Property Group, to take on the office-led refubishment of London’s only marina Read »
Insulated concrete forms (ICF) are an appealing method of construction because they offer a good combination of strength and energy performance. For foundations, they offer a far more insulated [...] Read »
Its been a while since we did the once around the super block that is the World Trade Center site. We held off on WTC Updates until the Tenth Anniversary news fest subsided. Now that all eyes [...] Read »
Anthony J. Lumsden, a prolific Southern California architect who helped develop new ways of wrapping buildings in smooth glass skins, accelerating a shift that reshaped skylines around the world, [...] Read »
[Image: The weird artificial geology of "soil equivalent" landfill foam; image courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency ]. On the way over to the west coast last week, I read Universal [...] Read »
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio is building a new student center, and its old arts center stood in the way. So in the process of relocating the facility, the university settled on a plan to [...] Read »
News
He is frequently overshadowed by his former employer, Modernist giant Eero Saarinen, but at the Museum of the City of New York in Manhattan, a new exhibition attempts to make a case that Kevin [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
I will be at the 7th Virtual Cities and Territories conference in Lisbon today. The conference ihas six theme tracks Modeling for urban and spatial analysis, Sustainability, Urban Form and Urban [...] Read »
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Rick Burdett ( Urban Age/LSE Cities ) will lecture October 26th in Toronto, precisely, at Koffler House, SDM Auditorium. His lecture will discuss living in the endless city — global challenges [...] Read »
This Sunday, drivers in over 20 cities nationwide will celebrate the benefits of electric vehicles by staging the largest electric vehicle parade ever and hosting tailpipe-free tailgate parties [...] Read »
Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) has seen off French practices LAN and Brenac & Gonzalez to win the competition to design a new residential complex in Paris Read »
Bridge-Studio is a new artist studio building designed for artist couple Joe Amrhein and Susan Swenson. Bridge-Studio will house a painting studio for Joe on the East side, and a writing studio [...] Read »
There is no organization in New York that has done more to publicize this cityâs hidden and out of the way architecture and infrastructure than Open House New York (OHNY). One weekend [...] Read »
Storefront for Art and Architecture is making a call for submissions for projects and strategies that offer a new, creative and productive way of spatial occupation for public demonstrations [...] Read »
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Architectural Works
Architect: Cerrejon Arquitectos Location: Vía Ibérica 69-77, Zaragoza, Spain Lead Architects: Sebastián Cerrejón Hidalgo and Jaime Magén Pardo Industrial Engineer: Rafael González Barrida [...] Read »
Celebrating 25 years of architecture and design Danish Architects 3XN have built a portfolio of work that focuses on the humanity and environment at the center of its architecture. Their recent [...] Read »
Architects: Atelier d’Architecture et de Design Jim Clemes Location: Beval, France Landscape Architecture: Hackl Hofmann Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 39,000 [...] Read »
K Keystone : (noun) – Key-shaped stone at the top of the arch used to open a secluded vault in Egypt containing the secret to all Architectural success. The vault may be empty, and booby trapped. [...] Read »
The Architecture Foundation is pleased to be running a new open and international competition that calls on design teams to submit proposals for urban beehives, bird/bat-boxes and planters. The [...] Read »
Architects: Darkitectura / Julio Juarez Location: Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico Project Team: Brenda Vizcaíno, Ernesto Viterbo Project Area: 380 sqm Photographs: Jorge Taboada Located [...] Read »
Fundraising is now underway for a $23.9 million green makeover of Richardson Memorial Hall, the century old home of the Tulane University School of Architecture. The renovation will include maximizing [...] Read »
Just a few days ago, Foster + Partners revealed their plans for the Kuwait International Airport, a project designed to attain a LEED Gold standing for the passenger terminal, marking the first [...] Read »
Architects: Mitchell Taylor Workshop Location: Bath, England Main Contractor: Piers Taylor Structural Engineer: Structures 1 Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Courtesy of Mitchell Taylor Workshop [...] Read »
Dutch studio architecten|en|en have created a home office in Eindhoven by wrapping a garage in corrugated aluminium. (more&) Read »
Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design / Keiji Ashizawa, Lie Honjo, Silvia TasaniÅ Location: Chiba, Japan Structural Engineer: ÅFASA Akira Suzuki Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Daici Ano This prject [...] Read »
Portuguese photographer José Campos has sent us these photos of Herzog & de Meuron ’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall, which is currently under construction in Hamburg and due for completion [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of TYIN tegnestues Bathhouse at Safe Haven Orphanage Provides Low-Tech Sanitary Solutions For Thailand Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", [...] Read »
The weathers getting colder is your home ready for the winter? Soon, the wind will be blowing and the rain will be falling, and well all be seeing a major spike on our monthly energy bills. [...] Read »
Read the rest of Is Rafael Viñolys $44.3 Million Firstsite Arts Center Green? Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", BREEAM, Colchester, Daylighting, eco design, [...] Read »
Terrariums are a way to fashionably bring plants into an indoor space. Building upon the beauty of the classic concept, Czech designer Krstyna Pojerova has taken the terrarium to the next level. [...] Read »
Read the rest of Spains San Telmo Museum Boasts a Perforated Green Façade Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green wall", Architecture, Botanical, cast aluminum, green materials, [...] Read »
Constructed entirely from traditional Korean ‘Hanji’ paper, this amazing chair is as light as paper yet incredibly sturdy. Shin Taiho, designer and co-founder of Seoul-based design studio [...] Read »
Read the rest of Pan Gyo Complex by MACK Architects Wins Korean National Housing Contest Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, green design, green roof, Korea National [...] Read »
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