Technology
Read the rest of Artist Olga Ziemska Creates Incredible Sculptures from Natural and Reclaimed Materials Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Cleveland, Heartwood rabbit, land art, [...] Read »
Standard photovoltaic cells only harvest energy from a single surface the side facing the sun. Israeli startup bSolar has found a way to improve upon this unidirectional design with a double-sided [...] Read »
Whether youre an architecture buff or just someone who enjoys beautiful green space, its hard not to get excited about Louis I. Kahns Four Freedoms Park, which will be opening soon on Roosevelt [...] Read »
This beautiful birdhouse by L.E.FT may look like a carefully cast brass sculpture, but its actually a construction made up of 2500 empty bullet shells. The shells were collected by the NYC-based [...] Read »
Read the rest of Eco Modern Flats Renovation is the First Multifamily LEED Platinum Project in Arkansas Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", apartment [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Earlier this week in London, the Architectural Association and Foster + Partners announced AA diploma student Yi Yvonne Weng as winner of the 2012 Foster + Partners Prize for her project The [...] Read »
Soon after the September 2010 theft, leaders of the Unitarian Universalist church and the restoration foundation assembled a team of architects, Wright scholars and others to help design precise [...] Read »
For some obscure reason i haven't been able to locate the wikipedia entry about Haus-Rucker-Co. but if you're curious about their work, there is a lot to (re)discover at the retrospective of [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
( Venue doing some surveying at the Coso Volcanic Field near Inyo, California. Photo by Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley. Source .) Read »
Studio Banana TV interviews the Spanish architect, author and cinematographic investigator Jorge Gorostiza and examines about the relationship between cinema, architecture and the city. Read »
If youre enduring yet another blistering hot day like we are, there are few better solutions to cooling off than chomping down on a cool treat like a popsicle! In our never-ending search for [...] Read »
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Sure, you could go to a regular old beach, but doesnt a pop-up pool surrounded by shipping container architecture with breathtaking views of downtown Manhattan sound a lot more enticing? It [...] Read »
Summer is the perfect time for picnics and pool parties, but don’t count on the mediocre built-in speakers of your smartphone or laptop to kick things off. Eton’s Rukus Solar boombox is a [...] Read »
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Drayson Racing Technologies just set a world record with its new electric-powered prototype racing car, the B12/69EV, at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb. In front of thousands [...] Read »
French design collective FERPECT has shared with us their project DUNE, winner of Forme Publique 2011, the Biennale of Street Furniture Design at the futuristic business district La Défense [...] Read »
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