Architectural Works
SADAR + VUGA , in collaboration with LENS°ASS Architecten& , has been selected as winner of an invited competition to design three new buildings on the Campus Schoonmeersen of the University [...] Read »
Read the rest of Prefab Mirror Mongayt Has a Pixelated Facade that Reflects Nature in Moscow Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", Berlaskoni, Daylighting, Design, [...] Read »
Villa Korsmo is a single family house designed for a couple at Nesodden just outside Oslo. It’s situated on a beautiful plot, characterized by natural vegetaion, pine trees and rugged terrain. [...] Read »
The project for the FFS Train Station District by Dominique Perrault Architecture& was born from a simple action: covering the small station of Locarno-Muralto by a large balcony platform on [...] Read »
For decades the suburbs and the American Dream went hand-in-hand: a house with a yard and a white picket fence. It was the alternative to the hustle and bustle of urban living, a peaceful place [...] Read »
The Treehouses in Paradise& competition, among many competitions featured on our site, unfortunately turned out to be a scam. Many architects not only lost their time, but their efforts and money [...] Read »
Slideshow: heres another of the six artists studios that Norwegian firm Saunders Architecture designed for an island off the coast of Canada, this time a white angular cabin. (more&) Read »
Terreform ONE is now accepting submissions for the 2012 ONE Prize Competition: BLIGHT TO MIGHT. The competition is a call to put design in the service of disenfranchised communities, to reinvigorate [...] Read »
Located in close proximity to the central zone of the Futian District in Shenzhen, China, 10 Design& s main design concept for the Yabao Hi-Tech Enterprises Headquarter Park was to try and integrate [...] Read »
Filmed back in 2009, this TED Talk by Daniel Libeskind& has yet to diminish in popularity. Once a free-verse poet, an opera set designer and a virtuoso musician, Libeskind has evolved into an [...] Read »
Just over four months ago, President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia announced a plan to build a new city named Lazika in the Anaklia Region of northwest Georgia. The news was driven by the [...] Read »
American firm Handel Architects have completed a New York hotel with porthole windows that give it an uncanny resemblance to childrens game Connect Four. (more&) Read »
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Miscellaneous
MMEB architects have recently completed a lawyer head office called Carmo Advogados built in the city of Cuiabá, Brazil. Read »
Short-haired bumblebees (Bombus subterraneus) became exinct in the UK almost 25 years ago, but now scientists are planning to reintroduce them into the countryside. Last weekend, a team of scientists [...] Read »
Read the rest of Mikou Design Studio Creates a Bright Green-Roofed Swimming Pool Facility for Paris Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: green roof pool center, green Swimming Pool, [...] Read »
A sleek modern design, the Caroma Flow gives you enough reason install it even before looking at gallons per minute. At 1.5 GPM, Flow is among the lowest flow showerheads on the market. [...] Read »
Just one month after the FDA rejected a proposal to ban Bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, Sweden has announced that it will ban the chemical in food packaging intended for children under 3 [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
The best part of High Point is getting to meet many of the designers in person. Sisters Susan Hable Smith and Katherine Hable Sweeney of Hable Construction have collaborated on a fabric line [...] Read »
Over the past ten years a lot has been researched, analyzed, written and said about cities in the largest developing countries and emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China. [...] Read »
With a tongue-in-cheek tone, Nick Bilton recently made a rather interesting observation about life at the headquarters of internet giants like google and facebook. Noting that the amenities in [...] Read »
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Koala Bear photo from Shutterstock The popular Koala bear has officially been listed as a threatened species by the Australian government as the marsupial species faces dangers caused by urban [...] Read »
The architect James Law, who heads the firm James Law Cybertecture International, has proposed a 30-story tower for the Indian city of Mumbai with a distinct, and seemingly dangerous, marquee [...] Read »
I am excited to be presenting at this years Preservation Conference entitled ‘From Mud to Mod’. My session will be this Friday, May 4th from 3:00pm-3:45pm and will be focused on Modernist [...] Read »
click images for larger view The agenda for this Thursday's Permit Review Committee meeting of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks contains the following item . . . Proposed reface of the existing [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
Information graphics are the subject to a brand new Taschen publication Information Graphics that is bringing complicated data made understandable through brilliant designs to a strong coffee [...] Read »
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Shared by Portuguese photographer David Pereira of d10photo, this is a refurbishment project located in Lisbon and was design by Marisa Lima, MLEP (Portuguese architect). + Photographer: David [...] Read »
When you design architecture, are you aware of the visual layers which you create? Now, rarely is a work of architecture viewed in pure elevation in the real world --- so studying the three-dimensional [...] Read »
Digicel are inviting submissions from artists, designers & architects for original pieces of artwork to be used as tapestries in the main lobby of their new global headquarters in downtown Kingston, [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Modular Casa SIP is a Zero-Waste Home in Chile Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "structural insulated panels", "sustainable architecture", alejandro soffia, casa [...] Read »
Read the rest of The Kantana Film Institute is Shaded by a Sawtooth Brick Wall in Thailand Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Asst. Prof. Boonserm Premthada, Bangkok Project Company, [...] Read »
Read the rest of OMA to Transform Stalin-Era Prefab into the New Home for the Garage Center in Moscow Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", art exhibition [...] Read »
Read the rest of DIY: Reuse Leftover Pickle Juice to Make Homemade Pickled Daikon Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: diy food, diy pickles, food diy, how to make pickled daikon, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Vietnams I Resort is a Beautiful Retreat Made Entirely from Natural Materials Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", a21 studio, Architecture, [...] Read »
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