Architectural Works
Just arriving to ArchDailys headquarter, Mark Magazine #38. This issues main theme is Amsterdam, Back on the Map . In this edition you can find previously projects featured by AD such us: [...] Read »
Participants in the Skanska Bridging Prague competition were asked to develop a new Vision Plan for the section of the riverfront from Libeňsk (Bridge) to the north to Železniční (Railway [...] Read »
Dezeen archive: weve noticed a lot of parasitic architecture so heres a selection of buildings on Dezeen that sit, lean or cling on to others. See all the stories »
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The LEAF Awards, now in its 9th year, honors the architects designing the buildings and solutions that are setting the benchmark for the international architectural community. The shortlist this [...] Read »
In collaboration with the BAU 2013 trade fair and sponsored by Josef Gartner GmbH, DETAIL is currently inviting submissions for the DETAIL Prize 2012 competition. The aim of the award is to strengthen [...] Read »
W Hotels opens its latest flagship in Leicester Square, London. With a rock and roll-inspired bar, a 38-seat 3D screening room and a restaurant run by three-Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges [...] Read »
Nowhere in the world have architects built so many small and exceptional homes as in Japan, and nowhere with such ingenuity and success. How to Make a Japanese House presents 21 contemporary [...] Read »
Many of you are aware of Bruce Munro& ’s dazzling LED ‘Light: Installations’ currently on view until late September in the fields of Pennsylvania’s Longwood Gardens. Well, the famed artist [...] Read »
Here are the first official photographs of Wendy, the giant blue spiky air-cleaning sculpture that has been installed in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York (+ slideshow). (more&) Read »
Opened in 1937, the Palais de Tokyo has suffered from decades of neglect and subsequent deterioration. Housing modern art in its early stages of life, it soon was relegated to the sidelines upon [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Not only do my sponsors have great products but they also have great homes. Caroline Diani of DIANI Boutique was born in Kenya, grew up in England and travels the globe, all of which has influenced [...] Read »
YCL city design & architecture lab designed the Villa Alsakys. I hide low so they can gaze into and beyond your waters. I landed on your shoulders so I could shade you from the rain and winds. [...] Read »
Architizer is launching a competition to pair architects with new clients this summer. Entitled Design Jim's Kitchen, the project is to design a kitchen for NYC media executive Jim Richardson. [...] Read »
However you feel about eggs love em fried with onions, hate em in anything, or are morally opposed to consuming them at all one thing you cant argue about is that they are an incredibly [...] Read »
The Zoning Committee of the New York City Council is holding a hearing today for NYUs proposed expansion. It is the last stop on the ULURP tour that has garnered some of the most contentious [...] Read »
By now, many of us are aware of the Leap Motion, a small, $70 gesture control system that simply plugs into any computer and, apparently, just works. If you've seen the gesture interfaces in [...] Read »
I really love this floating house by MOS Architects . Located in Ontario, this house could just as easily be in Scandinavia. The cedar slat rain screen is both functional and beautiful, offering [...] Read »
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ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson made headlines around the world this week when the boss of the worlds biggest oil company acknowledged that climate change exists while giving a speech at the Council [...] Read »
In countless iterations over the past decade, Ive spoken to colleagues and clients about what Ive labeled the death of the desk. My meaning is that weve become so mobile, in general, and [...] Read »
Felix Groll and Felix Hardmood Becks Mategon reinterprets the shape and material of traditional Argentine Mate vessels, which are traditionally made from dried calabash gourds. The modern faceted [...] Read »
Youd better hurry if you want to snag some artwork from your favorite starchitects like Bjarke Ingels, Richard Meier, or Daniel Libeskind, theres only a few hours left to bid on items in Architecture [...] Read »
Artists X Architects Joe’s Restaurant 1023 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice Through July 31 As technology progresses and information expands, the line between art and architecture blurs. LA journalist [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Keeping cool without AC. Should air conditioning be rationed. Modular apartment buildings on the rise. Money in foreclosed homes for eco-flippers. New toilet turns waste into energy and fertilizer. [...] Read »
Andre Kikoski Architect received the American Institute of Architect's Institute Honor Award, the profession's highest recognition for outstanding work, for the design of The Wright in the Solomon [...] Read »
Santa Barbara architect Barry Berkus shows us how an organic form can provide inspiration for designing and drawing a building. Berkus demonstrates his preliminary thought process, producing [...] Read »
Like most normal, red-blooded American boys, I grew up with an understanding that this nation was a city on a hill, a supreme nation whose history and people separated it from all others. As [...] Read »
This Saturday, The Architecture Post The Review will be back with a new edition. For the fourth edition, I will discuss MAP , also known as Manual of Architectural Possibilities , with its [...] Read »
I've become a bit wrapped up in an architectural project recently that's been taking time away from the blog. That project will eventually be described at length here. In the meantime, I wanted [...] Read »
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Paris-based architectural firm Emmanuel COMBAREL Dominique MARREC Architects (ECDM) has completed the Day Nursery in Paris, France. The project takes place into a heterogeneous district made [...] Read »
In countless iterations over the past decade, Ive spoken to colleagues and clients about what Ive labeled the death of the desk. My meaning is that weve become so mobile, in general, and [...] Read »
Last night, crowds of young architecture types filled the courtyard at MoMA PS1 in Queens to meet Wendy, this years Young Architects Program winner by HWKN. Visible from the nearby elevated [...] Read »
Alan Wiener Feature Inc. 131 Allen Street, New York Through June 30 To architects and Chicago residents, Alan Wieners resin sculpture Palace of the Clams Dream might evoke the distinctive [...] Read »
After a series of acclaimed installations around the world, Munro will be bringing his Fields of Light back to the projects birthplace at Ayers Rock (Uluru) in the heart of the Australian red [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Connect:Homes 2.0 Is a Contemporary Customizable and Sustainable Prefabricated Home! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Connect 2.0, connecthomes, dwell on design, [...] Read »
The Austrian designers at Hans Sapperlot have given traditional loden fabric a cool and modern twist. By creating invisible stitches in the woolen material, they turn the simple textile into [...] Read »
Polish designer Justyna Poplawska has been experimenting with light and glass for several years now. Her latest creation is a cool pendant lamp called Luna, and it looks good enough to eat! [...] Read »
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