Architectural Works
The winning proposal for the conference and exhibition center in Leon, Spain by Dominique Perrault Architecture& stands on the grounds of the old Sugar Santa Elvira and involves the transformation [...] Read »
HP, Apple, Google they all found their success amongst the peach groves and Suburban houses of California. But why? What is it about Silicon Valley that makes it the & site of technological [...] Read »
Slideshow: Spanish architects Miquel Mariné Núñez and César Rueda Boné have transformed an abandoned market hall in Aragon into a childrens centre with a slide connecting its floors. (more&) Read »
Danish architects CEBRA& , along with developers Pihl & Søn and engineers Hundsbæk & Henriksen recenlty won the competition for a new Adult Education Centre of in downtown Odense, Denmarks’s [...] Read »
gmp Architekten& shared with us their first prize winning proposal for the Trianel GmgH Corporate Centre in Aachen, Germany. The new building is located along a major road next to the Tivoli [...] Read »
Open to students and professionals in architecture and design fields, the Adream 2012 competition, a European competition in architecture and design realization in eco and agro materials, the [...] Read »
Slideshow: this wooden cabin in Iceland by Reykjavik studio Arkís is split into asymmetric apartments with roofs that slope in alternate directions. (more&) Read »
[ June 6, 2012; ] When we last heard from David Lopez and his students at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) they were in the process of constructing a prototype of the Transitional Shelter [...] Read »
Slideshow feature: this week weve published three more of the wooden cabin-like artists studios that Saunders Architecture of Norway have designed for the picturesque Fogo Island in Canada, [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Photo via Freshome Not to detract from the sheer visual genius here, but some formalities about the architectural craziness shown above: the single-family home in Frohenleiten, Austria was designed [...] Read »
In Reykjavik, Iceland capital they wanted to build a big new hotel in Storytelling, a public existing plaza in Kerosine, the city historical center, very close to the Iceland Parliament. The [...] Read »
In an area between dividing, type developed a single-family housing for a family, where it was looked good visual, although controlled, for being immersed in a consolidated apple, and especially [...] Read »
In findings presented at the NAHBs National Green Building Conference and Expo in Nashville, McGraw-Hill Construction said more than 80% of builders and remodelers responded that energy efficiency [...] Read »
A lean and green eco-home. Energy efficiency is pervasive in new homes. An energy audit can save thousands of dollars. Old Victorian home gets a LEED Platinum makeover. Dont let utilities undermine [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
Nordahl has a raft of suggestions, many based on real-world efforts of transit officials and planners to lure people out of their cars. Some are whimsical (like slides in train stations, something [...] Read »
Most of the Kickstarter projects under the Design tab congregate around the themes of bikes, cheese, typography and iAnything, yet there is now a subset of urban interventions. A plastic tent [...] Read »
Opinions
The City as Social Media Have we forgotten how to navigate the city without a definitive destination and an efficient... Read »
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[Architecture should answer] the needs of the people, not the needs of luxury. Hannes Meyer Bauhaus-inspired building blocks | The House That Doe Built | Aga Khan Award ups prize fund to $1m [...] Read »
German rivals BMW and Daimler have joined forces with scientists at the Technical University Munich (TUM) to create an electric car that solves many of the problems with todays electric cars. [...] Read »
If April showers bring May flowers, I wonder what May showers bring. Maybe it's flowered pants or skirts, or was that fashion week. Regardless, hope these florals make you forget about the [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
If Foreign Office Architects’ first project, the huge Yokohama International Port Terminal in Japan, was the vast scale of rolling dunes, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland—begun when [...] Read »
The ONE Prize 2012 competition is powered by the idea that social, ecological, and economic struggles can simultaneously be addressed through collaborative action and innovative design. ONE Prize [...] Read »
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Fair villas is a settlement of six gorgeous villas, that will be built on a unique land plot, which combines astounding natural beauty with privacy Read »
^Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends Two extracts relating to the City ( polis ) from Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition, in which she explains how [...] Read »
The main floor retail space of the Walter Netsch/Bruce Grahm/SOM Inland Steel Building went green - literally - last week. photograph: Chicago Loop Alliance (click images for larger view) As [...] Read »
Technology
We know that todays cows are responsible for producing staggering amounts of heat-trapping methane gas, a major driver of climate change, but British scientists now claim that dinosaurs with [...] Read »
Read the rest of Gorgeous Summer Home in Austria Doubles as a Wine Cellar Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", Austria, Daylighting, eco design, green design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of 6 Delightful DIY Mothers Day Gifts to Make for Your Mum Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: DIY, diy chalkboard jars, diy gifts, diy hanging garden, diy mothers [...] Read »
Read the rest of Living Grass Walls Completely Cover the Interior of Londons Dilston Grove Gallery! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Ackroyd & Harvey, Art, Botanical, Dilston [...] Read »
Formerly home to an abandoned factory, the sites contaminated soil was remediated and recycled, as was existing concrete. Each house in the neighborhood has a high energy-efficiency rating and [...] Read »
Video
Caesarea Villa animation
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Yenikapı Transfer Point and Archaeo-Park by MVRDV + ABOUTBLANK
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ZAHA HADID exhibition at the BUCHMANN GALERIE, Berlin
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