Architectural Works
I once saw a video of David Hockney discussing a Chinese landscape scroll. A provocative little art-geek film (or so it seemed at the time) entitled, A Day on the Grand Canal With the Emperor [...] Read »
Danish architects BIG have unveiled proposals for a 150-metre-high skyscraper in downtown Vancouver. (more&) Read »
Designed by GRAFT Architects& , Vertical Village is a residential, hotel and entertainment development in Dubai that harnesses the most powerful renewable energy source in the desert, the sun. [...] Read »
Read the rest of Escuela Santa Matilde is a Fluorescent Green Prefab School for Children in Chile Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: affordable materials, Chile, Daylighting, Fluorescent [...] Read »
The aim of Enforma and AIM Studio& in their design of the Salt Tower, located in Budva, Montenegro, was to carefully analyze the specific location and the possibilities that this place offers [...] Read »
The proposal for the Kyiv Urban Wildlife Park by Katya Larina , Yevgeniya Pozigun , Irina Klixbull , and Roman Pomazan& responds to what the place means for the thousands of people who cross [...] Read »
Five North American Architects brings together five architectural practices that, while all distinct, share a particular sensibility for the impact of craftsmanship and climate on the generation [...] Read »
The proposal by BudCud& for the Osiedle Przyjaźń 2.0 is an innovative university campus located in the center of Bemowo district in Warsaw. Founded in the1950s as a habitat of small wooden [...] Read »
From now until October 7th, the southeastern Netherlands city of Venlo will be hosting the Floriade 2012 World Horticultural Expo. Covering 66 hectares, the expo invite visitors to experience [...] Read »
Below is the Hollywood Reservoir. I’m two hours early for this interview because, as usual, I’ve guessed the traffic incorrectly. You see, I’m not really from LA. Have never considered [...] Read »
I have practised Architecture at a time when Architects were full of hope and optimism. At a time when we felt that the changes in Planning and on Architecture would change living conditions [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
The people who run the Swedish home-furnishings behemoth are launching a bold push into the business of designing, building and operating entire urban neighbourhoods. Where once they placed a [...] Read »
CollabCubed has this post on The Slinky Springs Bridge in Oberhausen, Germany. The bridge was designed by artist Tobias Rehberger and Schlaich Bergermann and Partner, and was inspired by [...] Read »
Read the rest of 6 Super Easy Gardening Projects To Do This Weekend Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "living wall", DIY, DIY garden, diy gardening, diy projects, fire escape garden, [...] Read »
Last year Sunset Magazine chose a container home as the Idea House, but this year prefab is taking over with an energy-efficient Breezehouse from Blu Homes. The home will be built in Blus [...] Read »
The 40th Anniversary Kips Bay Decorator Show House location and designers were just announced today. It's moving on over to the west side this year to The Aldyn and opens to the public on May [...] Read »
It takes about seven liters of water to produce and transport one liter of bottled water, and this is why many of us at Inhabitat opt for filtered water fresh from the tap. One practical way [...] Read »
"In 1955, the US State Department commissioned Richard Neutra to design a new embassy in Karachi. Neutra's appointment was part of an ambitious program of architectural commissions to renowned [...] Read »
[Image: Piece of Nature Preserved (1973) by Haus-Rucker-Co; photo by Hagen Stier, courtesy of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum ]. A forthcoming exhibition at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in [...] Read »
Forensic Architecture recently posted an interesting map entitled Forensic Oceanography (FO), part of a research conducted by this think lab. Forensic Oceanography consists of an investigation [...] Read »
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Spira has four different performing arts venues: a main concert hall that seats 910, a 450-seat theater, a 200-seat black box, and a 200-seat café stage. The building is situated on an artificial [...] Read »
Brought to you by: LEED Gold-certified building protects old documents with a modern mesh design The new Taylor Family Digital Library houses some of the University of Calgary’s prized documents—more [...] Read »
Built for Swire Properties Ltd. (962), the structure cost HK$27,000 ($3,477) per square foot to construct, including land premium. A standard high-rise apartment in the city can cost as little [...] Read »
Medellín has turned itself into a model Latin American city, with good transport, dynamic public spaces, new schools and a culture of civic architecture. The real design project, however, was [...] Read »
[Editor's Note: Following the unveiling of proposals to redesign the National Mall, AN will be running a three-part series to display the proposals for each of the three segments of the Mall: Constitution [...] Read »
For many men are carried away by the spirit of others as if inspired, just as it is related of the Pythian priestess when she approaches the tripod, where there is a rift in the ground which [...] Read »
Because towers take so long to plan and construct, the current crop reflect a vision up to a decade old, reckons Nick Offer of Arup, an engineering firm. Economic conditions and the scale of [...] Read »
Technology
According to a Pew Charitable Trusts survey, the United States has reclaimed the top spot in clean energy investment, toppling China from its number one global ranking. Meanwhile, investment [...] Read »
Salvaged elements of rustic beauty and heavy industry fuse together to create this beautiful recycled coffee table by designer Thomas Troisch. Troisch lives in a port city, and he drew inspiration [...] Read »
Read the rest of 6 Amazing Ways to Use Shipping Pallets in Architecture Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 6 Pallet Architecture, eco design, green design, I-Beam Pallet House, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Shiny Copper-Clad Hive Library Built to Resist Climate Change Until 2050 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: BREAAM, carbon emissions, Climate Change, copper, Daylighting, [...] Read »
Read the rest of A1´s Hat Tea House is a Minimalist Garden Shelter in the Czech Republic Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: A1, burnt larch, czech republic, Hat Tea House, oak, [...] Read »
Gaëlle Gabillet and Stéphane Villard's display cabinets highlight "the beauty and strangeness of their subjects." Read »
Read the rest of BIGs Twisting Vancouver High-Rise is Lined with Vertical Gardens That Filter Vehicle Emissions Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Beach and Howe, BIG Architecture, [...] Read »
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The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas has announced a shortlist for the new Menil Drawing Institute, which includes David Chipperfield Architects, Johnston Marklee, Tatiana Bilbao/mx.a, and [...] Read »
Above, the very talented Brandon Jones of Make Design Not War, whose design is used on this website! Designer Joseph King produced a simple set of vinyl stickers to comment on how every poster [...] Read »
The 490-foot-tall Beach and Howe mixed-use tower by BIG + Westbank + Dialog + Cobalt + PFS + Buro Happold + Glotman Simpson and local architect James Cheng marks the entry point to downtown Vancouver, [...] Read »
[Image: Flow ]. A floating tidemill on the UK's River Tyne has been filled with "electro-acoustic musical machinery," powered by the river itself. The building, a collaboration between Owl Project [...] Read »
A massive new urban farming project in Sunset Park, Brooklyn was announced last week by New York City-based Bright Farms, a company dedicated to building hydroponic farms close to supermarkets. [...] Read »
With a $1.5 million Mellon Foundation grant in hand, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is establishing a Center for Art, Science and Technology (CAST), which will advance integrated arts [...] Read »
To continue with Javier's recent place hacking post of this dude climbing the Shard , I bring you this insane video of base jumpers "hacking" the Koekelberg Basilica in Brussels. Read »
Miscellaneous
General Motors former head of Research and Development, Larry Burns, has been looking to the future, and he sees driverless cars hitting the road as soon as 2020. The notion of removing human [...] Read »
Loft Conversions by Abbey are proud to announce that the exceptional attic conversion company has be a new client towards the business. Transforming London is really a Middlesex conversion company [...] Read »
Check out the live stream of the discussion between Paul Goldberger and Frank Gehry at Yale. Read »
Lisbons main cycling route has been transformed with this brilliant typography that makes the citys 7,362-meter bike path along the river Tagus all that more fun and easy! A collaboration between [...] Read »
In September 2010, I mentioned the winning design in a competition involving steel SIPs from OceanSafe. The REOSE Sunshower SSIP model, designed by Tulane University professors of architecture, [...] Read »
Chicago Past collects large photos of historic Chicago.
This is a great tumblr blog to follow if you're feeling Chi-town nostalgic. Read »
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