Architectural Works
The architects behind Carsten Höllers The Double Club and Pablo Flack and David Waddingtons Studio East, Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke have been responsible for the creation of several cultural [...] Read »
Read the rest of 11×11 is a Modern Wood-Clad Prefab in Germany Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", 11x11, Daylighting, eco design, germany, green design, Munich, [...] Read »
Emmen Theatre and Zoo, designed by Henning Larsen Architects and Van den Berg Groep& , is an unusual cultural building that brings together culture and nature. The building design, which won [...] Read »
Here are some detail photos of a couple Carlo Scarpa-designed showrooms in Italy. Photographs are by d.teil , whose captions follow each photo. Be sure to check out d.teil's Scarpa's world flickr [...] Read »
72 Hour Urban Action, the worlds first real-time architecture competition, gives selected teams only three days & three nights to design and build interventions in public space in response to [...] Read »
[ May 3, 2012; 18:30 to 20:30. ] Manuel Aires Mateus of Aires Mateus e Associados& will be giving a lecture at MIT featuring Latest Works. The projects of Aires Mateus e Associados are characterised [...] Read »
Slideshow: our second project this week by Madrid studio Exit Architects is a civic and cultural centre inside a former prison in Palencia, Spain. (more&) Read »
Have some free time to spare? Maybe you can go to the Aura Spa at the Park Hotel in India designed by Khosla Associates. The weather is improving, so maybe youll enjoy the McDowell Mountain [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Two years ago today, the catastrophic blowout at BPs Deepwater Horizon oil platform began to spill what would ultimately amount to 5 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and now fisherman [...] Read »
Long time readers will remember my affinity for the work of artist James Nares . I first wrote about him in 2007 and again last year . So when Coach asked if I would like to visit his studio [...] Read »
Fibrous Assemblages and Behavioral Composites Roland Snooks In contributing to the Funambulist, I realize the obsessions that currently occupy my attention deviate from Leopold’s editorial [...] Read »
Just in time for outdoor entertaining and BBQ, Loll Designs introduced a new line called the Fresh Air Collection derived from a flat-pack design for furniture originally intended to be shipped [...] Read »
Read the rest of Seattle Man Rescues & Transplants Hundreds of Unwanted Trees Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bernie obrian tree rescuer, bernie obrien, Craigslist, how to rescue [...] Read »
Fogo Island is less than 100 square miles just east of Newfoundland and Labrador. The craggy island isnt the most hospitable place, but the roughly 3000 inhabitants are committed to living [...] Read »
Although nothing comes out the tailpipe, electric vehicles do produce carbon emissions and other pollutants; the amount of emissions all depends on the power source from which they are charged. [...] Read »
Slides from a lecture given by Dominic Roberts at Liverpool School of Architecture, 9 March 2012.
Picture: Blackpool Tower on fire, 1897
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Video
New Careggi Hospital Entrance, Florence by IPOSTUDIO
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Manuelle Gautrand interview by crane.tv via crane.tv Read »
Opinions
700 West Eighth The new edition of Award magazine features a great profile of our project at 700 West Eighth,... Read »
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Chevrolet Volt. Electric when you want it, gas when you need it. Note: The 2012 Chevy Volt offers an EPA-estimated 35 miles on a full charge based on 94 MPGe [electric] and an additional 340 [...] Read »
Read the rest of TEST DRIVE: Inhabitat Conquers Range Anxiety in the All-Electric Nissan LEAF Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: electric car, electric vehicle, ev, green car, green [...] Read »
The building of a proposed neighborhood symbol on the corner of Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards in Silver Lake has been pushed back due to lack of funds. After winning the Envisioning Silver [...] Read »
Affordability, along with a minimalist aesthetic, were the reasons she decided on a prefab house points on which Mr. Buryk, who had years before remodeled a 100-year-old house in Portland, [...] Read »
When Ikea came out with its SUNNAN solar-powered desk lamp, we were immediately enamored with the elegant, minimal design, but were curious about how much light the product could actually deliver [...] Read »
Went out last night to Town Hall Seattle (the always-interesting, worthy and thank-god-we-have-it-he re-in-Seattle, — thank you founder David Brewster!) to hear Darrin Nordahl and Jarrett Walker: [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Until about the mid 20th century, there was a tradition for New York’s urban landscape painters to split time between New York and Paris. It was not uncommon for collectors to hang dual streetscapes [...] Read »
This project illustrates the opportunity to understand the contribution each individual design gesture makes to the larger urban design of the neighborhood and the city. This mixed-use project [...] Read »
Fred Sandback: Decades David Zwirner 525 West 19th Street Through April 21 The drawings and sculptures of Fred Sandback are the subject of a new exhibition at New York’s David Zwirner gallery. [...] Read »
Products like baby mattresses and car seats that use flame retardants have come under heavy scrutiny in recent years because they contain powerful toxins that are known to cause impaired neurological [...] Read »
If you designed or built a home that met energy code just a few years ago, that same home will probably not be legal to build just a few years from now. Some might say its about time, while [...] Read »
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Brought to you by: New learning center gives an in-progress look at lightweight structural design Construction is underway on the first academic facility in almost two decades to be built on [...] Read »
Officiant inspiration en loch prospectors we realizable Erwin Kroner en Ibiza con aprovechamiento Maximo led monism spacious y too a Mano. Barbados y materials vanguards. Read »
*This is a sponsored post for American Green Home Builders. If you take all the benefits of prefab building, combine it with over twenty years of building experience, and mix in pure, relentless [...] Read »
The collaborative proposal of Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects with Dutch architects Van den Berg Groep has won first prize in an international competition for a 16,000 m2 theater building [...] Read »
Moby1s stylin XTR is a modern spin on the classic 50s Teardrop Trailer, incorporating new technologies and an array of cushy amenities. Lightweight, small, and quite comfortable, these camping [...] Read »
an excellent "captain's log" by an architect [ Padraic Cassidy ] designing and constructing his own home in Mt. Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. not just a dry account of construction [...] Read »
The competition entry by Madrid-based practice OOIIO Architecture for a church in Våler, Norway to replace the original 17th-century one that was destroyed by fire. The rooftop of the low-lying [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Oasegroen Greens Up Dull Interiors With Living, Breathing Moss Walls Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green wall", cradle-to-cradle, DIY, dutch, eco design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Designers Take a Low-Tech Approach at the Salone Satellite 2012 in Milan Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", eco table, Fragment Table, green [...] Read »
While some may settle on using a Xbox or Wii to achieve their dreams of flying a jumbo jet, California man James Price decided to build his own in-home flight simulator using an actual Boeing [...] Read »
Read the rest of NASAs New LEED Platinum Sustainability Base is the Greenest Federal Building in the US PHOTOS Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", [...] Read »
Knotted into a trunk-like formation from the base of its roots, the brilliant Mangrove Chair is crafted from a combination of recycled steel pipe, yellow pine and steel leaf. Created by Adam [...] Read »
This imaginative cardboard arcade is the awesome creation of nine year old Caine Monroy. After spending his summer vacation in his dads used auto parts store building a fun-filled series of [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
CASA is running a one day conference under the title CASA Smart Cities: bridging physical and digital . The title basically explains the aim of the event and besides a exciting line up of speakers [...] Read »
A really cool and innovative design to combine a wheelchair access ramp and the stairs. This way, all people share access and the disabled arent relegated to a distant hidden access way. Source: Reddit. Read »
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