Architectural Works
Grimshaw Architects& recently announced that they have been selected to masterplan a large expansion to Albania’s capital city, Tirana. Grimshaw proposed a robust sequence of public spaces [...] Read »
The Federal Republic of Germany recently chose the Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA)& as the designers for their bid to host the Secretariat of the Green Climate Fund [GCF] in Bonn, [...] Read »
Located on the upper part of Loudéac, France, the site for the gymnasium, designed by Bohuon Bertic Architectes& is a maximum space which has conserved the beauty of agricultural spaces, contained [...] Read »
The proposal for Zaldibar kindergarten by VAUMM& is composed of two buildings, connected by playgrounds. The plan responds to a simple strategy of settlement on the site, which is to get the [...] Read »
The Architectural Foundation of British Columbia (BC) has announced the five finalists of the 100 Mile House Competition. Similar to the well-known 100 Mile Diet, the 100 Mile House challenges [...] Read »
Today, in the industrial Zuidoost area of Amsterdam, construction begins on the new OMA& -designed headquarters for the fashion brand G-Star RAW. Led by OMA partners Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
4 approaches to slowing things down in order to get out front Weeknotes, May 26, 2012 Yet again this week, considerations about being “ahead” of our clients were in our thinking. This is [...] Read »
The design of the Ravens wood School for Girls Resources “Hub” is a result of a master planning process for the school designed around creating an attractive, imaginative and stimulating [...] Read »
We have received images of the fascinating project, SPACEPLATES Greenhouse Bristol, a class room and growing space for the horticulture students and their teachers at the South Bristol Skills [...] Read »
Facebook was aflame this morning with new renderings by HWKN (Hollwich Kushner) for Fire Islands notorious Pavilion, the entertainment complex that burned down last November. In January, it [...] Read »
The city is deep in debt; it's got a state-appointed board managing its finances, so it's gotta cut services it can't afford. Services that it can't afford in part because it's a city built for [...] Read »
Continuing the theme of tiny structures this week, I think this office cottage on Bainbridge Island is just awesome. The compact, 200-square foot space was designed by Russ Hamlet and built [...] Read »
Opinions
Hong Seon Jangs Type City is a detailed metropolis rendered in miniature with discarded pieces of movable type from an... Read »
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4 approaches to slowing things down in order to get out front Weeknotes, May 26, 2012 Yet again this week, considerations about being “ahead” of our clients were in our thinking. This is [...] Read »
Located in Glen Echo, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC this new house is sited on a sloping, wooded lot with distant views of the Potomac River. The house is positioned to preserve a [...] Read »
In the past, we have talked about the effects that light pollution has on the environment, but a new report now states that street lighting can also substantially change the ecology of ground-dwelling [...] Read »
In yet another turn of the screw, Orange County, New York county executive Eddie Dianas claim that a FEMA report proved Paul Rudolphs Government Center sustained substantial damage from Hurricane [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of David Trubridge Unveils Stunning New Flat Pack Lamps at Wanted Design Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", David Trubridge, eco design, green design, [...] Read »
Today, the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) announced the final contenders of their 2012 competition; Future of Fish by Cheryl Dahle and The Living Building Challenge led by Jason McLennan. The [...] Read »
Recycling expired credit cards, gift cards and membership cards can be difficult because they’re made from PVC; you can’t just toss them into your recycling bin. Instead of hoarding them, [...] Read »
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It’s said that 6 degrees separate each human on earth from another. The Gordon Bay House asks how 6 degrees of separation might negotiate a web of complex associations in order to produce an [...] Read »
I've been stalking Amazon.com for months to see if they had uploaded the cover image to Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington . When it finally posted, I was excited to see that my book won't [...] Read »
Studio Banana TV interviews architect Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani professor of History of Urban Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich . He also has his own architectural [...] Read »
This the new Blueair Sense designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune. It was designed to shatter barriers in the bland world of air purification with a contemporary design, touch-less control, compact [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Image via Shutterstock/click ahead to see a video of the actual robot European scientists from BTH Zurich Bio-Inspired Robotics have created a robot that is capable of fashioning its own tools [...] Read »
Winy Maas director of MVRDV talks about the design philosophy their vision of greater Paris 2030 that was presented to the Economic and Social Council of France. More Read »
New Yorks Design Week 2012 might be over, but the abundance of furniture displayed in private lofts, showrooms, and on the vast floor of the Javits Center at the International Contemporary Furniture [...] Read »
Heres a time-lapse video of one of the first Huf Haus prefabs in the country. Offered through Cleveland-based DotGreen, these homes are precision built in Germany and shipped in containers to [...] Read »
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