Architectural Works
In The Simpsons last episode, Rem Koolhaas& made a brief appearance where he is shown teaching to a group of students. The scene: Rem Koolhaas is working on a cruise ship notabene as an instructor [...] Read »
[ May 3, 2012; 0:00; ] Taking place May 3, the Consumed Architecture + Urbanism Symposium, put on my the University of Manchesters School of Architecture, the event looks to explore the theme [...] Read »
suckerPUNCH recently announced the winners of their Robot Workshop competition. The past few years have seen an exciting rise in the fascination with robotics. Simultaneously, the ability to [...] Read »
Milan 2012: London designers 00:/ recently showed visitors to Milans most famous department store how to construct a wooden house from a downloaded kit of parts. (more&) Read »
Modern Atlanta (MA) and Manifesto Architecture is pleased to announce the second annual MA Prize competition. The 2012 MA Prize entries will be carefully selected by a prestigious international [...] Read »
Drawing inspiration from Geelong’s history and from a future with strong visions of sustainability and independence, the ‘Sea Dragon’, designed by JOH Architects& , is a wind driven sculptural [...] Read »
Slideshow: these ridged metal walls enclose the facilities of an outdoor swimming pool that Spanish firm Arquitecturia have just completed in the town of Tortosa. (more&) Read »
An interdisciplinary team of Princeton University& students have been awarded top honors, along with 14 other collegiate teams, for their ‘Power in a Box’ invention that converted a standard [...] Read »
G: What drew you out here?
M: A bunch of things. One: the desire to be warm in the winter. Two: the desire to live in the strangest city in the western world. Three: to be around an odd artistic& Read »
Famed for designing products for typewriter manufacturer Olivetti and furniture pieces, such as the iconic Bambole sofa, architect and designer Mario Bellini is equally known for his work on [...] Read »
NASA and William McDonough + Partners& have teamed up to create Earth’s first high-performance space station. William McDonough stated, “Design is the first signal of human intention.” [...] Read »
Recently awarded the prestigious Maybeck Award by the AIA California Council (AIACC), Steven Ehrlich& (FAIA, RIBA) has earned international recognition for his distinctive architecture and [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
And the winners of what wants to be the Academy Awards of design are as follows! The Cooper-Hewitt’s ’s 2012 National Design Award in Architecture goes to Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam in [...] Read »
Marena apartments in Manantiales, Punta del Este, Uruguay designed by architect Martin Gomez . The 70m 2 units are spread over two blocks feature spacious terraces or gardens. Read »
Elegance and conviviality merge under The Arch in Mandal, Norway Historic white wooden houses, charming narrow streets, a river running though the center and beach and forest nearby. The town [...] Read »
Luxury residential project in front of Jerusalems Old City walls. Our studio did the interior design and produced interior and exterior images of the project. Planner is Tito architect. Our [...] Read »
Resilient Cities Webinars . A call for participation shared by the editor and curator Ethel Baraona Pohl . This project is organized by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit . This is will be [...] Read »
Architecture for Humanity front man, and long-time Archinect contributor, Cameron Sinclair is proud to announce the launch of the second edition of his game-changing book, Design Like You Give [...] Read »
Do these shapes seem familiar? These are installations by Vancouver's own Patkau Architects in Comme des Garçons Ginza location, in steel this time. So Tokyo have these and Winnipeg had [...] Read »
... instead of drawing his inspiration from buildings in his portfolio, Gehry designed the various pieces of this chess set based on their role in the game. So the soft curves of the queen contrast [...] Read »
The fact that one of Britains most exciting new design practices is named after a social research organization formed in the 1930s is not a coincidence. The photographer Theo Simpson and the [...] Read »
Stefan Sagmeister: The Happy Show Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania 118 South 36th St., Philadelphia, PA Through August 12 While Stefan Sagmeister is known as a graphic [...] Read »
Designed by architects MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple for a young family of four, the programme of the coastal home in Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada is divided into a ‘day pavilion' and a ‘night [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
The second part of the Monolithic Dome mini-documentary is now available! Click through to watch. Enjoy! It was fun to make it, even if that included a trip from Michigan to Texas! NATIVE [...] Read »
Opinions
Skilled structural engineers hard at work! Springtime brings industrious nest builders—and a reminder that sometimes its the simplest forms that... Read »
News
Despite declining attendance and revenue, many cities are expanding convention centers or building new ones. Read »
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Following a design competition that dramatically reimagined the landscape of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the Trust for the National Mall has announced three winning teams to update [...] Read »
A new pool & terrace with louvered partitions, designed in collaboration with Christian Regalia, for a historic waterfront home on Shelter Island, New York. The design makes use of large stones [...] Read »
When preparing your design concept, do you ever look beyond your site to study nearby design alignments? As the image above shows, architectural design alignment can be visual as the obelisque [...] Read »
Archive of Affinities is a very interesting new(ish?) Tumblr documenting architectural patent applications. Read »
When Anne Griswold Tyng entered Radcliffe College in 1938, she had already found her calling: her faith was in architecture. I was intensely drawn to the combination of science and art, of the [...] Read »
Designed to increase safety while cycling at night, designer Mitchell Silva created a clever light system that integrates LEDs into a bikes handlebar. Dubbed Glo-Bar, this simple idea consists [...] Read »
Just steps away from the Space Needle, locals and visitors can see how hydroelectric power is generated, transmitted, and consumed in Seattle. Projected on the giant north facing wall of the [...] Read »
The Sustain Collective Cities posted today a video of Eduardo Paes ' lecture at TED on Rio de Janeiro . Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro that counts 6.3 million inhabitants (2010) [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Next week global automakers from the United States and Germany will demonstrate new fast-charging technology that will give electric vehicle owners the ability to recharge their EVs in as little [...] Read »
Weve reported in the past about how the Christian church is embracing renewable energy with the Vatican installing solar panels, but now it looks like they are taking it a step further and trying [...] Read »
Southwest Windpower, maker of the small-wind turbine Skystream, just announced a refreshed Whisper line of turbines for battery-charging applications including off-grid residential homes. The [...] Read »
Oregon Convention Center (photo by Nancy Erz) BY BRIAN LIBBY If one searches on OregonLive for news stories tagged with the phrase "Portland headquarters hotel," the list of stories published [...] Read »
Converting a standard shipping container into a sustainable source of energy for remote or disaster-torn regions, a team of Princeton University students took top honors in an 18-month national [...] Read »
The CONTACT photography festival kicks off this week, and a few shows should be of interest to architecture. First theres Lynne Cohen, whose eerie photographs reveal empty, unexceptional rooms [...] Read »
Olympia Kazi has resigned as executive director of the Van Alen Institute one year and a day since the opening of Van Alen Books, possibly her most visible contribution to the 100-year-old organization [...] Read »
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Read the rest of Frances Oldest Tree Sprouts Treehouse Chapels, Has Been Alive Since Louis IX Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Allouville-Bellefosse, Architecture, Botanical, [...] Read »
BIG’s residential towers in the Yongsan International Business District revitalize the Han riverfront into a new commercial and residential center for the citizens of Seoul. Situated at the [...] Read »
We use our own computer generated and/or hand-drawn perspective views to illustrate our schemes. Both techniques have the advantage over conventional two dimensional plans, sections and elevations [...] Read »
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Cerulean Geyser photo from Shutterstock If you have ever visited the natural wonders of Yellowstone Park, seen one of the many documentaries on it, or had the misfortune to sit through the film 2012, [...] Read »
Designed primarily by Roland Genick, chief architect for rail and transit systems at Parsons, the huge Pasadena-based construction conglomerate, the new stations are topped by undulating light-blue [...] Read »
If youre worried about your citys air quality, unfortunately checking the stats on local air reports wont do you much good. The air pollution data collected by the government is by and large [...] Read »
FreeGreen, an online source for green house plans, recently announced a strategic pivot to make homes better and cheaper. The company wants to give homeowners the opportunity to save money by [...] Read »
As a life long resident of the Northeast, I sometimes wish I was born in the South. First, you get that great Southern accent and get to say things like "bless her heart." Second, you get to [...] Read »
Technology
F.L.O.E.! (For the Love of Earthbags!) is a design project in rural Nepal that is bringing the sustainable building method of earthbag construction to mountain communities. The project is an [...] Read »
Read the rest of HKS Atlanta Office Renovation Awarded LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "leed", "sustainable architecture", 191 peachtree tower, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Richard Meier & Partners Unveils Plans for an Eco Office in Rio de Janeiro Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Brazil, Daylighting, eco design, eco office, green [...] Read »
By now, most of you have probably heard about the incandescent light bulb phase-out starting this year (likely as a result of the ridiculous partisan political bickering about the lighting legislation [...] Read »
Read the rest of The Garden School is a New Green-Roofed Learning Facility for China Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: balance, Beijing, china, Daylighting, eco design, education, [...] Read »
Imagine a solar cell that comes in a jar instead of a big, clunky panel, and that could be painted on a piece of plastic. It might be closer than you think - scientists at the University of [...] Read »
Rubbish becomes a cool new design with the Lampada Metro by Sicilian artist Arcangelo Favata aka Alicucio. The contemporary lamp was on display at this years Milan Furniture Fair, and features [...] Read »
A lamp within a log is the cool idea behind Marco Stefanellis gorgeous Brecce (Breaches) Collection, which debuted at this years Milan Furniture Fair Cascina Cuccagna show. A combination [...] Read »
Wouldnt it be great if you could charge your gadgets while waiting for the bus or relaxing on a bench? Magdalena Czapiewska, Karol Murlak and Zuzanna Lemieszek of Design lab, have taken this [...] Read »
Engineers at Stanford University appear to have come up with a way to make solar cells and batteries more efficient by decorating nanowires with chains of nanoparticles. The process has been [...] Read »
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