Architectural Works
The AIA& ’s Home Design Trends Survey for the first quarter of 2012 reports an optimistic outlook for residential architectural firms. Key aspects of the survey attempt to illustrate the trending [...] Read »
Thanks to the courtesy of NAi Publishers, we are giving you the chance to win this great book: How to Make a Japanese House& (see our review here). We have 10 copies of the book and all you have to Read »
Belgian studio EXAR Architecture have replaced walls of brick and plaster with glass and Corten steel on this extension to a suburban house outside Brussels. (more&) Read »
The timber-framed rooms of this house in Osaka prefacture by Japanese architects Suga Atelier are on show to the street though a transparent facade. (more&) Read »
CLOG is currently seeking submissions for its fifth issue, CLOG: National Mall, which will be published in November 2012. In an election year when America is debating and deciding its trajectory, [...] Read »
Drivers along a coastal road in Iceland can now stop at a curved concrete service station styled like an American diner by architects KRADS of Iceland and Denmark. (more&) Read »
[ June 27, 2012 0:00 to September 30, 2012 0:00. ] Today marks the opening of world-renowned architect, Santiago Calatrava& ’s unprecedented exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum in St. [...] Read »
Illuminated installations inspired by the structures of microorganisms were created for the BUGA festival in Germany by Stoke Newington design studio Loop.pH . (more&) Read »
French architect Jean Nouvel has renovated a nineteenth century brewery in Barcelona to make way for restaurants, bars, a bakery and a museum. (more&) Read »
WILCOTER Architects& shared with us their first prize winning proposal in the international competition to design a group of buildings as the headquarter of China Life Insurance (Group) Company [...] Read »
Starting today, one of Arizona’s most well-known architecture firms will know longer be will bruder+PARTNERS& . After a successful 17-year history, the practice has branched into two independent [...] Read »
Five great projects you may have missed from this week. The main image is from CGM House by Ricardo Torrejón. Don’t forget to check the great Community Center in Abfaltersbach, or one of the [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
This fall Audis first electric car, the R8 e-tron will arrive in Audi showrooms, and it just set a world record by the completing a lap on Germanys Nürburgring Nordschleife faster than any [...] Read »
The World-Architects.com eMagazine features my "Insight" interview with Pedro Gadanho, Curator of Contemporary Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art. Below is a section trimmed from the end [...] Read »
With temperatures rising well over 100 degrees in many parts of the country, this summer has been one of the hottest on record, and the first week of July figures to be no different. And when [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
The details are not the details. They make the design Charles Eames (c) Yaron Abulafia Famed architect Étienne Gaboury urges city to preserve his building | Cambodia refuses to extradite French [...] Read »
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This is the Brooks Residence, and its one of the 10 highest LEED-rated homes in California. Located in Venice, California, the craftsman-style home received 109 points and is one of about [...] Read »
Colonial Modern | black dog publishing, 2010 ‘Colonial Modern: Aesthetics of the Past, Rebellions for the Future’ is a highly recommended book by black dog publishing in 2010. It tells the [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Case of Bass Turns Vintage Suitcases Into Travel-Themed Boomboxes Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Art, boombox, Case of Bass, Ezra, green gadgets, green products, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Jean Nouvel Jazzes Up Moritzs 19th Century Subterranean Brewery in Barcelona Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Barcelona, eco design, Fabrica Moritz, green design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Brasília’s Remodeled National Stadium Will Be a Solar Showcase For The 2014 World Cup Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2014 world cup, brasilia, Brasilia National [...] Read »
Read the rest of The G-POD Wins Best Outdoor Product at Dwell on Design Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: dwell on design, G-POD, Inhabitat LA, Inhabitat Los Angeles, lounger, [...] Read »
Read the rest of First-Year Yale Students Construct a Cool Reflective Pavilion Using Aluminum Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aluminum, Architecture, arts festival, Assembly [...] Read »
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Some of you might remember Michael S. Smith 's Bel Air home was featured in Elle Decor . For those of you who didn't see it, I thought it might be nice to compare it to his new modern home [...] Read »
A group of architecture students affiliated with the University of Waterloo School of Architecture are launching a new publication, Mole Magazine . With a jury including Mason White of Lateral [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
Read the rest of Biomorphis Unveils Plans for a Green Timber Bridge to Inspire Bicycling and Biodiversity in Edinburgh Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bicycling, biomorphis, [...] Read »
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