Architectural Works
Migrating Landscapes& presents a distinctively Canadian architectural vision that is sympathetic with a worldwide trend towards increased mobility – not only of people, but also of cultures [...] Read »
Google has updated its maps with hi res images of the Olympic Park and Village in Stratford (London, UK). The images were taken this past May, and let us see the whole picture of the master [...] Read »
Read the rest of WG32s Hypercubus Micro Hotel is a Tiny Home Tilted Towards the Sky Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Austrian hotel, Green Building, micro hotel, mobile building, [...] Read »
Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has designed a skyscraper for Singapore that looks like a cactus. (more&) Read »
Kathryn Findlay is the Principal Director of Ushida Findlay Architects. The internationally renowned practice is known for its use of experimental design and progressive technology. This was [...] Read »
These tree house-like cabins by Thai designer Worapong Manupipatpong are built up around the column of a building rather than over the branches of a tree. (more&) Read »
Read the rest of Prefab Infiniski Menta House Features Steel Shutters Shaped Like Mint Leaves in Spain Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Corten steel, eco design, green design, [...] Read »
Photographer Vicente de Paulo has captured some of the most iconic buildings by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and has manipulated the results so that they come to life when seen through [...] Read »
Chunky wooden ribs bend around the walls and ceiling of this library in Norway by Helen & Hard Architects and integrate lighting, bookshelves and seating. (more&) Read »
[ July 27, 2012 to August 15, 2012. ] The exhibition is opened from last Wednesday July 25th and will run until August 15th. Curated by Urban Zen & Nomad Two Worlds, Discover Haiti features [...] Read »
Algae would produce energy and clean water for a conceptual skyscraper proposed for London by British architect Dave Edwards . (more&) Read »
For today’s Round Up, we bring you the second part of previously featured projects by one of our favorite studios, BIG. Take this opportunity to check again the unique mixed-use 8-House in [...] Read »
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the eleven recipients of the 2012 Small Project Awards. Now in its ninth year, the AIA Small Project Awards Program emphasizes the excellence [...] Read »
Urban Movement Design , winner of the 2012 Young Architects Program (YAP) MAXXI in Rome, has reinvented the MAXXI experience by engaging the mind and body with their interactive, summer installation. [...] Read »
This doughnut-shaped pavilion by Scottish artist Aeneas Wilder offers visitors a view across the landscape of Limburg, Belgium, from behind a ring of wooden slats (+ slideshow). (more&) Read »
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Miscellaneous
Read the rest of Employees Grow Herbs and Veggies at Googles New Super-headquarters in London Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: covent gardent, google HQ, google london, green [...] Read »
How even the NYTimes was allowed to take this photo, I have no idea. Well, today and tomorrow from 8AM to 10PM will be your last chance to see Christian Marclay's The Clock at Lincoln Center [...] Read »
If youre in New York this fall, keep your eyes peeled for artist Leo Villareals glowing, 30-foot tall Buckyball sculpture made of 180 LED tubes. Villareal will be bringing his luminous creation [...] Read »
Read the rest of Het Scheepvaartmuseum: Amsterdams Modern Maritime Museum is a Restoration Revival Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Amsterdam, Dok Architecten, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, [...] Read »
Designed by Gergő Kassai, the Motion Lamp is a low-energy, lightweight OLED lamp that can be customized to suit your needs at any given moment. Thanks to its flexible light source, it can be [...] Read »
The new Revel casino in Atlantic City may prove to be an influential model, merging entertainment with gambling and convention center facilities. Bellied up against the Atlantic City boardwalk, [...] Read »
It was fun watching the photo shoot with Nacho Figueras for Lifestyle Mirror and even more fun seeing which shots made the final cut. It also never occurred to me that photographer Candy Kennedy [...] Read »
Denmark has chosen one of their own, the Copenhagen and New York-based Bjark Ingels Group (BIG) to design the Blåvand Bunker Museum, a structure to be located—or more specifically embedded—in [...] Read »
He is one of the experts commissioned by the government to produce a "master plan" to overhaul the city's infrastructure. Singapore is his role model, and he favours big projects to clear slums [...] Read »
The Sunset Magazine Idea House that I mentioned a few months ago will open for public tours on August 3, 2012. Located in Healdsburg, California, the $2.65 million green prefab has 3,000 square [...] Read »
On Friday we revealed Francois Perrins precariously-situated house, a sleek stack of glass boxes embedded into the Hollywood Hills on a concrete base. Terrain aside, the project is stunning [...] Read »
When construction was completed on the Empire State Building (ESB) in 1931 it cost $25.6 million—thats just $9.20 per square foot. You cant even build a single floor for that nowadays, much [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Ben van Berkel / UNStudio have designed the new UIC building, ‘V on Shenton’, in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District. The former UIC Building dominated the city skyline as [...] Read »
Like the guiding light of daybreak that accompanied Sojourner Truth as she walked from her slave owner’s home to escape to freedom, much more illumination now reveals the early days of her [...] Read »
Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to the charismatic artist, as well as his family and others close to him, while working as a journalist in Beijing. In the years she filmed, government [...] Read »
High-design fashion label Coach has been pursuing big-name architects, recently announcing its corporate headquarters will be the anchor tenant for a new Kohn Pederson Fox tower at Hudson Yards [...] Read »
If everything had gone according to plan, New Yorks highly anticipated bike-sharing system called Citi Bike would be in full swing. Unfortunately, earlier this month the city announced that [...] Read »
Lexington, KY-based Design Office Takebayashi Scroggin (D.O.T.S.) has sent us images of its installation "Rainbow Massimal", one of the attractions at Lexington's 2012 Beaux Arts Ball and winner [...] Read »
-Drop-off canopy studies utilizing a typical canopy structural system with a ribbed ceiling below that mimics monocoque boat structures. Read »
Speaking at a recent literary festival in London, writer Will Self reproached the architects who helped set the stage for this summer’s games. “If you are an architect and involved in this [...] Read »
I think every weekend house should include a guest room with twin beds. They're perfect for kids and also adults who need to share a room but I also love how they look. While this room was [...] Read »
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click images for larger view If last fall was the year of Bertrand Goldberg at the Art Institute, 2012 will be the year of Jeanne Gang. On September 24th, the Art Institute will open a new [...] Read »
Today’s guest writer essay is written by Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopo ulos, co-director of the The Westminster International Law & Theory Centre in London. Andreas was kind enough to center [...] Read »
Its been another month, and Im happy to have you as a reader. I want to be honest for a second & I hope you dont mind. Sometime in the last month, Jetson Green celebrated about five years [...] Read »
Take Korea's Incheon International, for example. Built on top of a landfill 40 miles outside of Seoul, it features its own skating rink, cultural museum, and an assortment of other lavish amenities [...] Read »
Japan’s political system may see a shakeup with a newly revived Greens Japan Party ready to field anti-nuclear candidates. Vowing to put the environment first, the new collation, of mostly [...] Read »
The ReadySet is a versatile renewable energy charger that can power any gadget that plugs into a standard vehicle or usb port. The ReadySet’s intelligent battery means that it can be charged [...] Read »
If you need to turn around an aircraft carrier, it helps to have an experienced captain on board. Maybe that’s the strategy behind RMJM’s rumored choice of Danish shipping exec Jesper Bo [...] Read »
Sau Taller dArquitectura designed the Train Store in Ribes de Freser, conceived in order to solve the climatic problems of the station and to shelter the railtrack trains from the vandalism. [...] Read »
The institute will begin operating on 1 January 2013, after the merger of three official industry institutes: the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi); Premsela, the Netherlands Institute [...] Read »
Theyre being phased out in Europe and in many other countries around the world (but not in the U.S.), but theres no denying that the soft, yellow glow from incandescent light bulbs—especially [...] Read »
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects and Hong Kong Arts Development Council will participate in the 13th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia with an exhibition focusing [...] Read »
My fascination for maps is fully satisfied with this blog The Mapping London edited by both Oliver 'Ollie' O'Brien and James Cheshire both researchers at the UCL CASA (Centre for Advanced Spatial [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
Read the rest of James Corner to Redesign 55-Acre South Plaza of Londons Olympic Park Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: active spaces, Green Olympics, james corner, james corner [...] Read »
The latest issue of ArchNet-IJAR, a fully refereed architectural research journal edited by Professor Ashraf Salama, is available in the Digital Library. Articles in IJAR Volume 6, Issue 2 [...] Read »
Video
Zaha Hadid interview by Cannes Lions TV
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Projekt LUFTSCHLOSS by Anna Borgman + Candy Lenk
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Opinions
What role can the arts and design university play in today’s society, and how can the creative sector change the... Read »
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[Image: London's sewers under construction; via the fascinating Sewer History site]. At one point in his recent overview of all things under London , from plague pits to bank vaults and buried [...] Read »
Architecture’s Next Ontological Innovation Patrik Schumacher, London 2012 Bill MacDonald and Erik Ghenoiu asked me to write a “critical assessment, counterpoint, or position statement in [...] Read »
Screen capture from the in-progress film Open Road (courtesy of the artist) BY BRIAN LIBBY Today online fundraising campaigns are ubiquitous. Whether it's via Kickstarter or other sites, most [...] Read »
In developing countries that lack electricity or the funds to buy expensive machines, taking care of laundry the old-fashioned way requires an enormous amount of time and effort. Thats why [...] Read »
Read the rest of Ferrari Goes Green With a Geothermal-Powered Museum in Modena, Italy Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco friendly cars, energy efficient museums, enzo ferrari [...] Read »
This vacation home was designed and built by Marmol Radziner Prefab for a 71-acre site in the red rocks of Moab, Utah. Pursuant to a listing with Sothebys International Realty, the home, which [...] Read »
Two weeks ago, I was asked by Lifestyle Mirror magazine if I would like to come along on a cover shoot to the Hamptons. The best part was that it was for polo player Nacho Figueras. The morning [...] Read »
Each nuance that a building emits comes together to become more than the sum of its parts. And often, that sum can be said to be an inherent character that a building exudes. But where does such [...] Read »
From the eroded optimism of the heroic building-monuments in east-Europe, to the monochromatic banality of housing developments in the Canary Islands, the photographs of Simona Rota appear to [...] Read »
Spanish architectural studio A-Cero recently has completed a detached house in Madrid, Spain. + All images courtesy A-cero Read »
Its been a while since Ive seen anything new in the world of small wind, but I recently noticed that Bornay turbines from Spain are now distributed in the United States. The company has several [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of UNStudio Unveils V on Shenton Singapore Skyscraper With a Hive-Inspired Facade Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco tower, [...] Read »
Solar3D just unveiled the first prototype of a new three-dimensional photovoltaic cell that it claims can achieve a groundbreaking internal efficiency of 25.47%. Traditional solar cells on todays [...] Read »
The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced that the total global footprint of commercial projects certified under its LEED Green Building program has now surpassed a staggering two billion [...] Read »
Read the rest of PHOTOS: Portland International Airport Greets Visitors with a Vibrant Green Vertical Garden Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green wall", eco design, green design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of HOW TO: Make a Hanging Planter With a Recycled Plastic Pop Bottle Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bottle planters, diy planters, eco gardening, green gardening, [...] Read »
Read the rest of MDR Architectes Complete Strikingly Green Gymnase Clapiers In Montpelier, France Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Gym Benoit Wehrle, Gym MDR architects, Gymnase [...] Read »
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