Architectural Works
Zaha Hadid has completed a streamlined concrete and glass building for three government departments in Montpellier, France (+ slideshow). (more&) Read »
The 2012 edition of Parckdesign, a biennial event dedicated to green space planning initiated by Brussels Environment and the Brussels Ministry for Environment, Energy and Urban Renovation, aims [...] Read »
In our second segment of Thinking Past Day 17 – our series examining the larger implications of hosting the Olympic Games we explore social issues London must address while creating the necessary [...] Read »
Designed by kit Architects& , in collaboration with schibliholenstein architekten, the winning proposal for a 33 apartment housing development in Nuerensdorf, Zurich, Switerland consists of six [...] Read »
Movie: architect Piers Gough of CZWG and structural engineer Hanif Kara explain their design for Canada Water Library , a bronzed, hexagonal building on a constrained site in south London, [...] Read »
Created by Paul Scales and Atelier Kit& for the 7th annual ‘Le Festival des Architectures Vives ’ in Montpellier, France, Reframe explores the theme of surprise through the creation of [...] Read »
Located in front of the Kamiari-mon gate in Asakusa, Kengo Kuma’s Culture Tourist Information Center serves as a beacon to the local area as well as housing programs to serve both tourists [...] Read »
This week we want to introduce a film by one of the filmmakers that cannot be out of this list. Were talking about Jacques Tati, the French director, writer, and actor that made his first color [...] Read »
American retailer Coach has commissioned OMA& to develop a new merchandising system that accommodates Coach’s wide diversity of products while returning to the clarity of Coach’s heritage [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
On September 12 in Portland, Oregon, filmmaker Sam Green will be performing the "live documentary" The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller , accompanied by one of my favorite bands, Yo La Tengo [...] Read »
The nPower PEG (Personal Energy Generator) has been described as the “world’s first passive kinetic energy charger.” It uses the kinetic energy you generate whilst walking, running, or [...] Read »
click images for larger view The above post has two events for today, Thursday, August 2nd. The most important thing happening today, however, is what's not happening. At 12:45 p.m. at [...] Read »
MIT designers Ilan Moyer and Nadya Peek have created a briefcase-sized 3D printer called Popfab that is much more than meets the eye. Like a hi-tech Swiss army knife, the printer is also a CNC [...] Read »
Everyone loves a fresh High Line rendering, prompting a leak of the latest batch—complete with giant Not for reproduction text scrawled across the images—last week via DNAinfo. Now that [...] Read »
Everyone loves an Etch-A-Sketch, but a materials scientist/electrical engineer has gone one further and created a LED version of the popular toy. He has provided full instructions, which can [...] Read »
In my inbox today: PechaKucha Night Vol 13 | August 15th August 15 8:20 pm (20:20) http://www.pecha-kucha. org/night/denver/ [...] Read »
[Image: Piranesi's Rome]. Peter Ackroyd's allusion to a landscape comparable to the tropical swamps of Borneo found in the sewers of London reminded me of a brief line in Gilbert Highet's book [...] Read »
Opinions
When it comes to the physical landscapes of our world, it seems we’ve explored and mapped pretty much all of... Read »
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Most people turn on the faucet in their home without even thinking about how much work went into creating it. I had the opportunity to interview Brizo designer Celine Kwok at the ELLE DECOR Modern [...] Read »
I challenged myself to wear more color this summer because that's what every magazine and fashion blogger was touting. The problem was that every time I did wear color, I wished I was wearing [...] Read »
Read the rest of Penguins Fly Through the Skies at Tokyos Sunshine Aquarium! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Animals, aquarium, flying penguins, Ikebukuro, Japan, penguins, [...] Read »
Read the rest of The epic Creative Co-Op Is a Multi-faceted Film Studio Made from Shipping Containers Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: epic Creative Co-Op, epic software group, [...] Read »
Its surprising how easy it is these days to line up all the components necessary for a residential-scale photovoltaic array. Solar panels can be purchased on Amazon (among other places) and [...] Read »
Ohio City, Cleveland’s self-described artisan neighborhood, also hopes to become one of the city’s transportation hubs. A new plan proposes “a 21st Century transportation strategy” for [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Oil Tanker Photo from Shutterstock The Exxon Valdez, the tanker that was responsible for the worlds worst oil spill (until the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010), [...] Read »
California-based Alvarez Electric Motors has just announced plans to release a line of new electric vehicles that could make owning a “green” vehicle more affordable than ever. Ramon Alvarez, [...] Read »
That's right, no calendar yet, so here's what's going on today, Thursday, August 2nd. At 12:15 p.m., in the Millennium Room of the Chicago Cultural Center, Friends of Downtown offers a talk [...] Read »
Last week on Bustler, we published the two winning projects in the international NEXT LANDMARK Contest. The project ROPE pavilion, winner in the category "First Work", was also selected as the [...] Read »
The Tokyo University of Technology have created the Swumanoid, a human-like swimming robot that they believe could one day be used to patrol beaches and save swimmers in distress (think of it [...] Read »
"The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its tuning. The weeks that come before are [...] Read »
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Seven years after the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation embarked on its resuscitation of downtown’s signature Fountain Square, a vacant 86-year-old tower one block away is getting [...] Read »
If you want to wind up a building scientist, you might mention the topic of insulation. Better yet, mention the advent of expanded cork insulation in the United States from Portugal-based Amorim [...] Read »
There’s a scene in Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel Custom of the Country, where the wicked vixen Undine Spragg insists on speeding across the High Bridge in a “horseless carriage” before making [...] Read »
In the Gilbert Highet book mentioned previously , Highet dedicates a chapter to the poetry of Catullus, including a brief biographical aside on Catullus's time spent, somewhat surreally, as an [...] Read »
The National Building Museums latest exhibit presents a new way to beat the summer heat—12 holes of mini-golf designed by prominent local architects, landscape architects, and developers. [...] Read »
Given the hip-hop elite's affiliation with prestige brands from Cristal to Courvoisier, from Louis Vuitton to Lamborghini you'd think they'd be similarly discerning when it comes to architecture. [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Crescent-Shaped Weihai Pavilion Engages With the Seascape in China Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", bamboo, china, Daylighting, eco [...] Read »
Read the rest of Mehrzeller is a Customizable Multicellular Mobile Home in Austria Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Austria, customizable, eco design, green design, Mehrzeller, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Villages Nature is a Utopian Eco Resort Planned Near Disneyland Paris Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", disneyland paris, eco resort, [...] Read »
Read the rest of The Courtyard House Battles Extreme Heat With Passive Strategies In India Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", Daylighting, Disaster-proof [...] Read »
Read the rest of PHOTOS: Marmol Radziners Hidden Valley Prefab For Sale in Moab, Utah Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, green architecture, Green Building, green design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Rudanko & Kankkunen Complete Rammed Earth Ringa Mountain Farm Pavilion in Shangri-la, Tibet Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: global development, green architecture, [...] Read »
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