Architectural Works
The American Institute of Architects& (AIA) has selected the 10 recipients of the 2012 Housing Awards. The AIA’s Housing Awards Program, now in its 12th year, was established to recognize the [...] Read »
Ahead of the opening of this summers Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, Crane.tv gets an exclusive look at the specially commissioned structure designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron in collaboration [...] Read »
Earlier this month, The New York Times’ & Michael Kimmelman tackled a common narrative in the architecture and urban planning community. It goes like this: once upon a time, in the 1990s, Medellín, [...] Read »
In the proposal for the Re-qualification and Redevelopment of the Beach and Seafront of Figueira da Foz and Buarcos by Labor4plus& , the large expanse of the beach offers the unique opportunity [...] Read »
Designed by architect Nicolas Maugery& , the Kobenhavn Student Center attempts to explore the impact of the development of a student housing project outside a campus. Located in a suburb of Kobenhavn, [...] Read »
Slideshow: a layer of translucent plastic cloaks the bright yellow and green exterior of this Shanghai youth centre by Chinese firm Atelier Deshaus . (more&) Read »
SCI-Arc will be presenting two main exhibitions this upcoming month. The Ball-Nogues Studio: Vevrus 1, Negative Impression exhibition starting June 1 until July 8 that will host Benjamin Ball, [...] Read »
The ReSpace Design Competition: You Design It! We Build It!, which focuses on small space design, green building, and sustainability, is currently accepting entries. They are on the hunt for [...] Read »
Coinciding with our earlier post announcing the Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre as recipient of the 2012 Eddie Oribin Award for Building of the Year, the Australian Institute of Architects [...] Read »
Movie: earlier today, Jacques Herzog of architects Herzog & de Meuron gave us an exclusive, impromptu tour of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which opens tomorrow in London. (more&) Read »
Here are some photographs of the completed 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei , which opens to the public [...] Read »
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: a tiny mobile theatre with chimneys made from coal scuttles played host to audiences of up to six during Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week. (more&) Read »
Slideshow: Dutch studio Rocha Tombal have completed a primary school in The Hague that winds around its site like a crocodile. (more&) Read »
|
Miscellaneous
Carbon Emissions Image from Shutterstock According to a team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Earth System Research Lab, the average monthly measurement for [...] Read »
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, was presented to the press today before it will officially open to the [...] Read »
A year ago we showed you Prinzessinnengarten, a mobile urban garden that blooms in Berlin. Well, in addition to growing lots of organic vegetables, they also organize open events centered around [...] Read »
On a trip to Colorado, presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney claimed that the state had no green jobs as a result of the Obama Adminstrations energy policies. While in fact it has 72,452 jobs [...] Read »
I always wonder why we don't see Tom Ford 's homes published in more magazines. Perhaps he doesn't want us all peering into his private spaces or maybe there were published in foreign magazines [...] Read »
While the "regular" press and websites already talked about ArchiCAD 16 in depth, I want to add a more personal comment here. For me, this is the first version since release 8 where I was not [...] Read »
News
The Eisenhower family approves of recent changes but remains unhappy with the large metal tapestries. Read »
The American Enterprise Institute responds to Ben Adler’s commentary about a recent forum on memorial designs. Read »
Video
Jacques Herzog at the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
via dezeen Read »
Ames Boston Hotel by David Rockwell
via Crane.tv Read »
City & Urbanism
One year after an innovative building retrofit project, the Empire State Building is ahead of plan and has exceeded its year one energy-efficiency guarantee by five percent, saving $2.4 million [...] Read »
|
Read the rest of 6 Delightful Pop-Up Libraries To Encourage Reading This Summer Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: books, eco design, eco inspiration, eco library. reading, green [...] Read »
The Aging in Africa Project, designed by architecture firm HWKN for the Foundation Saint Joseph d’Arimathie, aims to be the first retirement community in Africa dedicated entirely to caring [...] Read »
a stunningly beautiful and utterly simple home in toronto by twbt alum Kyra Clarkson :house 1 [photo by kyra clarkson] re-live the entire design and construction process on the blog here: modernest: [...] Read »
Meet Rosemary a new emergency response robot prototype developed by the Future Robotics Technology Center for work at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in northern Japan, which was ravaged [...] Read »
We all know that agriculture requires an incredible amount of water but what sort of impact does the industry have on the earth? In an infographic titled “Interesting Facts About Farm Water [...] Read »
While they still don't have the same popularity as AutoCAD, the Belgian team of Bricsys produces a solid and (mostly) homegrown CAD system: BricsCAD is a DWG-compatible drafting and modeling [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Awe-Inspiring Thatched Mozambique Home is Draped in Solar Panels Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: backwater, BIPV, eco design, green design, indian ocean, methane, [...] Read »
Read the rest of James Ewing Photographs Make it Rights Green Homes in New Orleans Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "leed", Architecture, Brad Pitt, eco design, Green Building, [...] Read »
Plastic Bag photo from Shutterstock Los Angeles may have recently become the largest city to ban plastic bags, but Hawaii just knocked it out of the park by banning plastic bags statewide! Honolulu [...] Read »
With so many freelancers looking for spots in cafes and bars to set up temporary offices, Aberrant Architecture came up with this idea of creating work desks that can double-up as game tables [...] Read »
Forget Doritos and sugary sodas, the goodies that this vending machine in San Francisco recently dispensed were out of the ordinary! Instead of junk food, the machine, which was installed by [...] Read »
For the past several months, California and Texas two of the most productive agricultural states in the US have experienced severe drought leading to difficult conditions for farmers in [...] Read »
|
It's June 1st? You're kidding me- the first of the month again ? So I guess it's time for the June calendar, right? Someday ....... someday ....... For now, a reminder that today, Friday, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Londons Tower Bridge Gets LED Upgrade for the Queens Diamond Jubilee Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", 2012 London Olympics, GE, Green Olympics, [...] Read »
Veteran photographer Madan Mahatta took shots of some of the prominent buildings that defined the landscape of Delhi from the 1950s to the 1980s, as the city was embracing Modernist architecture. [...] Read »
There is a saying that "God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland." And for centuries, the Dutch have built different types of barriers to hold back rising water and allow for development. [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
A team of architects 3XN , Aarhus Architects, Nickl & Partner Architechten , Grontmij and Kirstine Jensen Studio has won the prestigious competition for the expansion of Copenhagen’s main hospital, [...] Read »
A creative culture grows best in an environment designed for freedom and self-configuration, not in the typical corporate workplace. Read More Read »
Ai Weiwei will not attend the opening tomorrow of his architectural debut in London. One of the most important artists in the world today, and certainly the most famous Chinese artist, Ai has [...] Read »
|
