Architectural Works
[ June 20, 2012 to October 7, 2012. ] Welcome to the Vertical Village is a new exhibition now open until October 7th at Total Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul Korea. The show is orchestrated [...] Read »
[ September 27, 2012 0:00 to September 29, 2012 0:00. ] The architectural scene in Kerala, India is in its volatile best and hence the right time to breed path breaking design concepts in new [...] Read »
After WWII, the East End of Long Island played host to a variety of architectural styles. From modernism, through post-modernism, and deconstructionism, architects experimented with social [...] Read »
This post features time lapses of the construction of various venues that will be hosting the 2012 London Olympics. With the opening ceremony Friday, July 27, these construction time lapses give [...] Read »
The Architects in Missions (AIM) recently launched their 2012 architecture competition with the topic, “Shengsi Islands: Renewing China’s Traditional Village Lifestyle.” In setting their [...] Read »
Five great projects for our 5th selection of previously featured Beach Houses. In the main image is Paraty House designed by the talented brazilian architect Marcio Kogan. Dont miss again Kuressaare [...] Read »
Latitude 33, a luxurious collection of beach-side homes ranging from townhouses, penthouses, and single floor units, was partially designed from a forty year-old, nine-storey eye sore for the [...] Read »
No architectural gem is safe from Detroits foreclosure crisis not even two of Mies Van der Rohes very own creations. The Lafayette Towers, two 22-story towers of 584 units, originally [...] Read »
The Design Museum is moving. Crane.tv gets a sneak peak of the Design Museums plans to move to a new home in Kensington, London in the historic former Commonwealth Institute. Here, Deyan Sudjic, [...] Read »
Vestas headquarters (photo by Brian Libby) BY BRIAN LIBBY For more than a decade since it was vacated in 2001, the circa-1927 Meier & Frank Depot Building has sat vacant waiting for a suitor. [...] Read »
Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro have proposed a medical education centre at New Yorks Columbia University that appears to have had its skin peeled away from its skeleton. (more&) Read »
|
Miscellaneous
It's been over 90 degrees for longer than normal in New York and much of the country recently. Needless to say, it's hard to dress chic let alone look chic in this weather. My first thought [...] Read »
When Hulger launched a designer CFL called the Plumen, most of the design world went crazy for the product. So perhaps it will be with the new Nature LED bulb by JUSTLED. The bulb was on [...] Read »
Brought to you by: A tree grows in the Colombiere Center Chapel It all started with a beech tree that has lived for the past hundred years on the Colombiere Jesuit Brother’s bucolic 14-acre [...] Read »
An interview with the Spanish cinematographic investigator Jorge Gorostiza, expert examinations on the relationship between cinema, architecture and the city.
Via Studio Banana TV Read »
I dunno. Just found this interesting. And the map appealed to my superficial visual instincts. Richard Florida at Atlantic Cities brought our attention to a map of church vs. beer. The website Floating [...] Read »
The boxy Prudential Center, built in the 1960s, has never been a darling of architecture critics. But Yale University architectural historian Elihu Rubin says the massive redevelopment project [...] Read »
Here at Inhabitat we love discovering products that generate power from everyday activities innovations like piezoelectric energy-generating roads and human-powered clothing have the potential [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Guy or girl, youve probably had the occasion to wear a business suit, right? If you have, you know what its like to have a good suit the material, the cut, the look, the feel. Its a great [...] Read »
All photos courtesy of Realogics Sotheby's International Realty Historic religious buildings are a blessing and a curse. They connect people to the past and often represent the finest architecture [...] Read »
Thanks to films like Battleship, we all know that war games are a crucial part of the US Navys defense strategy. They provide ships crews with the necessary training and expertise that they [...] Read »
Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago Through September 23 The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago brings together [...] Read »
We dream of making green cities. A city is literally green as well as ecological. A city that produces food and energy, cleans its own water, recycles waste and holds a great biodiversity. A [...] Read »
|
Read the rest of Former Cold Storage Warehouse in Chicago To Be Transformed into a Glass-Clad Office Building Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, building reuse, [...] Read »
Vista desde la planta 32 tomada hace unos días El pasado 25 de Febrero de 2009 hacíamos mención a la presentación de la Torre Pelli de Sevilla. “Cesar Pelli, arquitecto argentino afincado [...] Read »
The 9th Emirates Glass LEAF Awards for architectural excellence have revealed its 2012 shortlist of entries. [...] The final category winners will be announced in London this September. Read »
As children love to imagine, what if we actually built our cities out of Legos? A bridge in Wuppertal, Germany, a city of 350,000 to the northeast of Cologne, offers one vision of what that city [...] Read »
A UK friend is writing "a little book" on architectural losers. Such a British idea. He's collecting the under-talented and the under-appreciated, the beaverers-away in an unappreciated style. [...] Read »
Do you know where to turn if you have an idea that will make society better? We are many who dream of change in our society, but turning those dreams into reality might prove to be a tricky deal. [...] Read »
[Image: Yodaville, via Google Maps ]. Yodaville is a fake city in the Arizona desert used for bombing runs by the U.S. Air Force. Writing for Air & Space Magazine back in 2009, Ed Darack wrote [...] Read »
Opinions
Ugandan eco-artist Ruganzu Bruno Tusingwire doesn’t play around when it comes to play. The winner of TED’s first City 2.0... Read »
|
The Adaptable Futures (AF) group at Loughborough University in England today announced the winners of its first international student competition, Designing for Adaptable Futures (DAF). The competition [...] Read »
The Battery Conservancy invites students and professionals from the Americas (North, Central, South and the Caribbean), to design an iconic moveable outdoor seating element. The winning design [...] Read »
David Hecht of San Francisco firm Tannerhecht recently presented the plans for a mid-rise condo in the city’s SoMa district in a community meeting held on site at an S&M Club. No, the architects [...] Read »
The temporary pavilion erected as a hub for Helsinkis World Design Capital activities is a lovely way to engage people in the design life of the city. The building sits in the car park between [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Escale Numérique is a Free, Green-Roofed WiFi Station in Paris Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", "sustainable architecture", digital break, [...] Read »
Read the rest of H27D is a Zero-Waste Urban Infill Apartment Building in Constance, Germany Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", apartment building, constance, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Canada Water Library is a Green-Roofed Library of the Future in London Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", canada water, canada water [...] Read »
Seaweed photo from Shutterstock Most people enjoy minty fresh toothpaste but would you ever consider starting your day with a mouthful of seaweed? In a new study scientists at Newcastle University [...] Read »
The 2013 eVolo Skyscraper Competition is now open for business and looking for the most outrageous, exceptional, unusual, and forward-thinking designs out there. One of our favorite annual architectural competitions, [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
Read the rest of La Burbuja is a Rolling Recording Studio That Gathers Stories Instead of Moss Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Read »
The 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers 14-17 May 2013, Oslo, Norway Organised by Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Oslo and Akershus University College [...] Read »
|
![DJ House / [i]da arquitectos](http://img.archiblog.info/539/348093/dc60c99b5fa995de8e7dcea59aa19ca3.jpg)
![DJ House by [i]da Arquitectos](http://img.archiblog.info/496/348063/86f85395ad19939990935bc770ccd939.jpg)
