Architectural Works
Miami-based architectural photographer Paul Clemence has shared with us recent images and his thoughts on Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s new student residence hall that is being [...] Read »
[ June 4, 2012 18:30 to June 21, 2012 22:00. June 4, 2012 18:30 to June 21, 2012 22:00. ] PointCrowd is a RhinoScripting workshop using the remarkably easy to learn Python programming language [...] Read »
One of the grandfathers of contemporary urban design theory, Jan Gehl& has dedicated himself to making cities better places for people to live in for some fifty years. He has consulted in cities [...] Read »
RIBA Competitions recently announced the launch of a new Invited Design Competition on behalf of King’s College London. Expressions of Interest are sought from architects or architectural practices [...] Read »
Zagreb Society of Architects& just launched the new Think Space 2012 cycle of competitions with its annual theme, Past Forward. Devised by this years guest curator Adrian Lahoud, a former winner [...] Read »
Praksis Architects& recently won the competition for new housing for researcher workers in the old Carlsberg city in Copenhagen. On the occasion of brewer JC Jacobsens 200 year anniversary, [...] Read »
Slideshow: Danish architects 3XN have completed a riverside cultural centre in Norway with glass hills outlined on its facade. (more&) Read »
We have five great industrial projects from early-2011 for todays Round Up. Like the Breathing Factory in Osaka, Japan. Or Gonzalez Goodale Architects Pasadena Water and Power. The Krauss Maffeir [...] Read »
In the last two articles of our Green Guide to Prefab series, we showed you the best way to build a prefab home that suits your lifestyle and makes the most of your building site. In our latest [...] Read »
Our friends at Dwell have shared with us their short film featuring the legendary Michael Graves& inside his beautiful Princeton home in which he created out of a disused warehouse. In the film, [...] Read »
Danish architects BIG& have just shared with us the Cross # Towers, their latest project in Seoul. BIG’s residential towers in the Yongsan International Business District revitalize the Han [...] Read »
With Brazil at the center of such current worldwide attention, renowned architecture firms have been flocking to the country for work; partly to be associated with the upcoming 2014 World Cup [...] Read »
After an intense and highly publicized competition, the Trust for the National Mall has announced the three winning teams selected to redesign the neglected sites of America’s front yard. As [...] Read »
Danish architects BIG have designed a towering apartment block for Seoul that will be shaped like a hashtag. (more&) Read »
The PUC Building on 525 Golden Gate Ave, home of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, could have been just another government administrative building. But, the City and County of [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
To the young people who just discovered urbanism, "saving" a neighborhood icon is big news. (For example: Melrose Building Sold, to Be Replaced By Seven-Story Development) Since I have heard [...] Read »
Elected officials in Goshen, N.Y., voted Thursday against a resolution to demolish and replace the Orange County Government Center, a late-1960s building in the small Hudson Valley town that [...] Read »
We heard rumblings, but now it’s official—a 400-room, 50-story high Holiday Inn will be joining the ranks of downtown hotels at 99 Washington Street near the World Trade Center. It will be [...] Read »
Designed to float above a sloping site overlooking River Derwent in Tasmania, the Cross House designed by Esan Rahmani and Kathryn Hynard is embedded with the natural logic, colors and characteristics [...] Read »
Read the rest of Winners Announced for National Mall Design Contest in Washington, DC Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Constitution Gardens, davis brody bond, District of Columbia, [...] Read »
After years alone, a lone man was discovered on a desert island. His rescuer noticed not only the wild-haired survivor, but two crude structures nearby. Whats that? the rescuer asked, [...] Read »
John Liu, New Yorks City Controller, is set to reject the much hyped taxi of tomorrow because it is not 100% handicap accessible. In rejecting the new design Liu claims that it if adopted [...] Read »
The Arch, a new cultural center in the small southern Norwegian town Mandal has officially opened to the public this April. Designed by Danish practice 3XN, construction had commenced in December [...] Read »
A research led by a first-year student Allison Carafa for a seminar at Columbia's GSAPP entitled "The Artificial Cryosphere", a seminar conducted by Edible Geography 's Nicola Twilley that [...] Read »
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City & Urbanism
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While cameras allowing real-time viewing of work on downtown LA’s Broad museum have been in place since construction began last fall, the scenery is finally getting more interesting. The structure’s [...] Read »
The perplexing yet bewitching jumble of concrete boxes known as Paul Rudolphs Orange County Government Center in Goshen, New York has been granted a reprieve. The county legislature voted 11 [...] Read »
HKU Shanghai Final Review | April 25, 2012 About two weeks ago, the second-year architecture students at the HKU Shanghai Study Centre presented their final projects. Dealing with the theme of [...] Read »
The Smithsonians Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York will celebrate outstanding achievement in design this fall with its 13th annual National Design Awards program. Today, CooperHewitt [...] Read »
Los Angeles enjoyed its customary sunshine last Sunday, making it the perfect time to peek inside some of the city’s most exclusive historic homes, thanks to LACMAs Art Museum Council, the [...] Read »
Great architecture and old buildings are one of my big passions so when I was contacted by Partners in Preservation about becoming a blogger ambassador, I immediately said yes. American Express [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Amazing Whanapoua Sled House Can Be Slid Around the Beach in New Zealand Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", beach, Climate Change, Crosson [...] Read »
Read the rest of The Arch by 3XN is a Striking Day-Lit Culture Center in Norway Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Daylighting, eco design, green design, green roof, mandala, mixed-use [...] Read »
Read the rest of WikiHouse is a 3D-Printed Home That Uses Zero Bolts (Video) Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 00:/, 3-D Printing, 3D printed house, 3D printing, CNC Mill, eco [...] Read »
Read the rest of Victorian Ruins Transformed Into Modern Dovecoat Music Studio Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aldeburgh Music School, dovecoat, Dovecote Studio, green lighting, [...] Read »
A lamp designed by Philippe Starck in 1991 is now the world's first lamp made of a revolutionary bioplastic called PHAs, which itself is the equivalent of treacle. Read »
Read the rest of BIG Unveils Award-Winning Green-Roofed Interlocking Cross # Towers for Seoul Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", big, bjarke ingels, [...] Read »
Portland, Oregon is often recognized as one of the greenest cities in America. The city has plans for peak oil and climate action and policies to address recycling and sustainable urban development, [...] Read »
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Wash your hands with hands! is the idea behind Marie Gardeski and David Birkeys new line of hand-shaped handsoaps. Made from all-natural vegetable glycerin, the soaps take the form of doll [...] Read »
After an amazing 18-month journey, the Turanor PlanetSolar sun-powered boat completes its around-the-world trip today! The worlds largest solar-powered boat originally launched on its worldwide [...] Read »
There are so many amazing art exhibitions and events beginning this weekend that it feels like Christmas all over again. Yesterday, I popped into the Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue to see [...] Read »
Brought to you by: New climate-responsive architecture research makes structure the machine A new project commissioned by the Centre Pompidou for its permanent collection explores responsive [...] Read »
Range anxiety is an emotion thats common to people who own electric cars. Its a term that describes the fear that EVs wont have a strong enough charge to get you to your destination or [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Read the rest of Deep Ocean Technology Unveils Plans for Their Insane Underwater Discus Hotel in Dubai Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: artificial reef, deep ocean technology, [...] Read »
Cosa: Workshop Leonia Oggetto: Riqualificare piazza Borgo Dora con installazioni darredo urbano realizzate in autocostruzione e con lutilizzo di rifiuti Quando: 18 maggio 16 giugno 2012 [...] Read »
Mozilla, the nonprofit tech company behind the ubiquitous Firefox web browser, recently announced that it will branch out and open a new office in downtown San Francisco later this summer. [...] Read »
After spending last year traipsing below the border to break ground on his first few projects in Mexico, Richard Meier is heading below the equator to start his first South American project: [...] Read »
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