Architectural Works
Currently under construction, SOM& ’s Busan Lotte Town Tower in Busan, South Korea stands over its adjacent waterfront as the new gateway to East Asia. Rising 510 meters, this mixed-use tower [...] Read »
The surrounding countryside is projected onto the ceiling of this reed-covered tower that Hudson Architects and artist Ben Coode-Adams have installed in a field in Norfolk, England. (more&) Read »
A 117-years ago in Milton, Massachusetts, a legend was born. Dedicated to a life of exploration, discovery, invention and teaching, R. Buckminster Fuller& was driven by his intention “to make [...] Read »
The winning design in the Re-thinking Shanghai competition for SuZhou Creek by ohm architekti& proposes a city that changes in time and place, and is always perceived differently. They have created [...] Read »
When the kids at NOTLabs first got their hands on a MakerBot Replicator, the ingenious 3D printer that can make just about anything you want, they quickly got down to business making LEGO and [...] Read »
FreshBritain and Campaign created a pop-up store reminiscent of factory warehouses and stockrooms for shoe brand Dr. Martens ( + slideshow). (more&) Read »
QR codes cover the exterior of this former mustard laboratory in Dijon that Dutch architects MVRDV have converted into a call centre (+ slideshow). (more&) Read »
Situated in south of the city of Vigneux-sur-Seine near Paris, the school project by AR+TE Architectes& consists of the restructuring and a future extension in grouping the classrooms of maternal [...] Read »
Balconies of these two apartment blocks in northwest France by architect Philippe Gazeau protrude like a set of open drawers. (more&) Read »
Designed by modostudio& , the proposal for the Piazza dArmi Urban Park aims to create a thematic interaction between the competition area and the adjacent existing urban tissue. The architects [...] Read »
Designed by Gabriela Gomes& , Shelter ByGG” brings out to public space a sculptural object that can be used as a living space. She proposes the creation of an habitable module, inviting you [...] Read »
The city of Sydney has launched an international design competition as part of the the Green Square Development Project for a new Library Centre and Plaza at the heart of a 278 hectare area south [...] Read »
L&L Holding Company, LLC, today announced that four of the world’s most acclaimed architecture firms – Foster + Partners (Lord Norman Foster), Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (Lord Richard [...] Read »
It has been confirmed by Studio Wim Wenders and Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partners that the news of Wim Wenders devoting his new 3D documentary film on architecture to Peter Zumthor& was in [...] Read »
Dezeen Wire: work finally starts this week on architect Denton Corker Marshalls design for a new visitor centre at Stonehenge , a prehistoric stone circle in England, after years of wrangling [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
So perhaps the Bronx shouldn’t try to become a more affordable Greenwich Village (like parts of Brooklyn) or an enclave of the young, hip and ambitious (like parts of Queens). For economic [...] Read »
The third part of Gary Hustwits design film trilogy, Urbanized looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design, explores a diverse range of urban design projects around the world, and [...] Read »
The more serious concern people have is that housing costs in New York (and several other major cities) are wildly higher than the national average. This is true and represents a real blow to [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
When the news broke that Apple removed all 39 of its certified desktop computers, laptops and monitors from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)s list of green electronics, [...] Read »
Ive had little time to post recently but the confluence of a couple of external influences has me dashing off this quick one. I begin most days with a rapid review of headlines from about 100 [...] Read »
How will you concern yourself with issues of materials, technology, politics and economics, waxing and waning through countless eons? How do you imagine your users, your many million-times great-grandchildren, [...] Read »
Jeff Kovel (photo by Katie Anderson) BY LUKE AREHART Continuing our series of conversations with local architects about their careers and inspirations, we come to one of the most acclaimed designers [...] Read »
We learn from our friends at Curbed that Los Angeles Sixth Street Viaduct Competition, replacing one of the most famous—and fragile—landmarks in LA, has a shortlist. The 3,500-foot-long, [...] Read »
The winning projects have been rvealed in the New York CityVision Competition. Goal of CityVision Mag's latest design competition was to imagine New York City in the future if the manipulation [...] Read »
Led by Rick Cavallaro, DDWFTTW has developed a wind-powered car called the Blackbird that is capable of traveling upwind at speeds faster than the wind! In 2010 Cavallaros team set a world record [...] Read »
Wim Wender's studio has informed us that the information relayed the other day, was not entirely accurate, due to misinformation in Suedostschweiz, the source article as cited in our recent news [...] Read »
On Saturday, July 14 at 11am, I'll be giving a walking tour of the Bowery, focusing on new buildings on and near the street. More information and a link for tickets can be found at 92Y Tribeca [...] Read »
Despite the Motor City’s notoriety as a symbol of urban decay, development is actually going on in Detroit. And with almost 40 square miles of vacant land, Detroit has the chance to redefine [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
According to a recent McKinsey study, the price of automotive lithium-ion batteries is expected to drop by thousands of dollars by the end of the decade a change which could substantially increase [...] Read »
Ive had little time to post recently but the confluence of a couple of external influences has me dashing off this quick one. I begin most days with a rapid review of headlines from about 100 [...] Read »
The travel industry should start figuring out ways to leverage Instagram because all the vacation photos make me want to hit the road. Recently illustrator Wayne Pate posted these amazing photos [...] Read »
Read the rest of Star Wars Barrel Organ Made From 20,000 LEGO Bricks Plays the Films Theme Song! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: barrel organ, builders of sound, lego organ, [...] Read »
Can you quantify the environmental footprint of your diet? This amazing infographic by Spencer Belkofer shows the impact that raising animals for food has on the environment. Belkofer compiled [...] Read »
The buildings that make up the Municipal Market and the space defined by them, commonly referred to as the square , a name inherited from market square are, as a unit, characteristic elements [...] Read »
The New York Times explored the news of Vanderbilt Avenue becoming a pedestrian plaza through a not-so-rosy Ivy filter today, featuring a photo of the Yale Club rather than the street in question. [...] Read »
Another lovely Ron Thom House is on the market in search of one lucky owner. I got a chance to visit and it turned out to be one of my Thom favourites - definitely high up on that list. It is [...] Read »
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The Sky's the Limit serves as a compelling exploration of these seemingly impossible, yet surprisingly practical structures and spaces. Unleashing the creative potential offered by the latest [...] Read »
click images for larger view Ten years ago, this is what the press release said: OWP&P has been retained by the Chicago Board of Education and has generated preliminary designs for the Lakeshore [...] Read »
In view of recent events, I have found myself asking whether it is a good thing to make a piece of city where rioting is impossible. The Olympic Park, even in legacy mode, seems to be built for [...] Read »
Pratt Pavilion is a floating stainless steel volume (see photos below) with custom steel panels provided by Milgo Bufkin metal fabricators. The pavilion houses a gallery for Pratt student and [...] Read »
Inhabitat is hiring green design writers! Calling all freelance writers do you avidly follow environmental issues and truly believe that sustainable design can save the world? Inhabitat is [...] Read »
What’s your building burning? Some 10,000 buildings in New York City are stuck on the dirty stuff—heavy heating oils—to keep warm, which is polluting the air across the city. But as of [...] Read »
The Times is reporting that four finalists are competing to build a new tower at 425 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan: Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, and Richard Rogers. AN previously [...] Read »
Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is surging back from disrepair, becoming the poster-child for Porkopolis return to progressive urbanism. After two years of construction, the historic [...] Read »
The black honeybee (also known as the European dark bee) was long thought to be extinct in the UK, but the species was recently rediscovered and found to be better suited to surviving the British [...] Read »
For many, work by American artist James Turrell is instantly recognizable. Using light and basic geometric forms as the material of his compositions, Turrell subtly alters space and perception [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of The NOACH Cradle by VanJoost Hangs from Ceilings or Trees Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", cradle, dutch design, eco design, green design, [...] Read »
In just a few short days, a small group of entrepreneurial designers and engineers has raised over $50,000 to fund Who Gives a Crap, a business that will offer sustainable, comfortable toilet [...] Read »
Read the rest of MVRDV Transforms Dijon Factory Into Innovative Flexible Workspace Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, call center, Daylighting, Dijon, eco design, [...] Read »
Studio Troika have created two lights for the newly refurbished London home of The Royal Society of Arts. Read »
Read the rest of HOW TO: Recycle a Tin Can Into a Gorgeous Outdoor Lantern for Summer Parties Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: craft, crafts, DIY, diy summer projects, DIY tin [...] Read »
Read the rest of Diana Herreras Incredibly Lifelike Paper Birds Look Like They Could Take Flight Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Diana Beltran Herrera, eco design, green design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Beijings Encapsulated Parkview Green FangCaoDi Has Its Own Energy-Efficient Microclimate Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", arup, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Ravenswood School for Girls Provides a Stimulating & Sustainable Learning Environment Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", bvn, bvn architecture, [...] Read »
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This weekend is going to be French filled for me. Opening Friday is the new film Farewell, My Queen ( Les Adieux à la Reine) by by Benoît Jacquot and based on the novel Farewell, [...] Read »
Peter Brewer, an ocean chemist at Monterey , is working on what Nature Climate Change calls an "underwater aquarium." [Image: A diagram of Peter Brewer's "underwater aquarium," via Nature Climate [...] Read »
Read the rest of Joaquín Alvado Bañóns Spiraling Lookout Tower in Daya Vieja, Spain Doubles as a Support for Palm Trees Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: alicante, Daya Vieja, [...] Read »
The New York CityVision competition posed the question: “If the future is gone, what past is expecting us?” Sponsored by Rome-based architecture journal and laboratory CityVision, the competition [...] Read »
Yuba Bicycles has just launched the newest addition to its line of utility bicycles the Boda Boda Cargo Cruiser. Designed with the needs of urban cyclists in mind, this sweet bike is no lightweight [...] Read »
The Residencia is a hotel for staff and guests at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. Located in an extremely remote and desolate section of the Atacama [...] Read »
The Digital Water Pavilion (DWiP) is a new 55,000 square foot building conceived as a built landscape and situated at the base of two new residential towers in Battery Park City’s North Neighborhood. [...] Read »
With its Multiproposal gallery, Mauricio Silva Arquitectos tackled the question of how to create an inviting public space in Valdivia, a small city in southern Chile where it rains all the time. [...] Read »
For her graduation project at Dutch art and design school ArtEZ, Renee Verhoeven explored the relationship between function and materialization with Concealed Layers of Product Life. Anatomy, [...] Read »
I can't believe it's been five years since I wrote my first blog post. I had no idea when I started Habitually Chic all the wonderful people I would meet along the way and the amazing experiences [...] Read »
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