Technology
Read the rest of APA Architects DEFA HQ Design Wins 2012 Green Apple Built Environment and Architectural Heritage Awards Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2012 Green Apple Built [...] Read »
On Sunday, America watched with bated breath as the Curiosity Rover successfully touched down on the surface of Mars. For two years, the highly advanced, nuclear-powered rover will explore the [...] Read »
Read the rest of ZOOlamp: Wonderful Animal-Shaped Light Bulbs Turn Your Home into a Glass Menagerie Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: animal shaped lamps, animal shaped light bulbs, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Andersonville Parklet is Chicagos First Permanent Parking Space Urban Oasis Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", andersonville, andersonville [...] Read »
Read the rest of Curb Resurrects Knoxville Ghost Houses as Elegant, Sustainable Homes Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Curb, Downtown, Ghost Houses, green renovation, Knoxville, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Casa 34 is a Long Rectangular Home With a Green Roof and an Enviable View in Chile Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", Casa 34, Chile, eco design, [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
Read the rest of Portugals Casa em Movimento European Solar Decathlon Home Charges EVs Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "solar energy", "sustainable development", Casa em Movimento, [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Bustler.net posted a list of the 2012 Recipients of the AIA Small Project Awards. Reacting to the Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church; Springdale, AR by Marlon Blackwell Architect [...] Read »
[Image: Outside the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London; all photos by BLDGBLOG]. Before leaving London last week, I learned that the Whitechapel Bell Foundry was offering walk-in tours for the [...] Read »
Architecture ‘teaches.’ A planned city, a monument, or even a simple dwelling can be a symbol of the cosmos Yi-Fu Tuan, Space and Place p. 102 architect designed necklace | Can I build a [...] Read »
It has long been theorized that the use of certain pesticides has contributed to the declining bee population around the world. In order to counter and further prevent the detrimental effect [...] Read »
In this excerpt from his new book, City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, PD Smith explores the history of invisible urban infrastructure, from the network of subterranean steam pipes synchronising [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
[Image: Field Studies 2012 runs 10-13 September 2012 in London]. Field Studies 2012 kicks off next month in London. Previously covered on BLDGBLOG here , Field Studies —whose website unfortunately [...] Read »
Read the rest of Palazzo di Vigonovo: Fire-Damaged 17th Century Relic Restored With Laser-Cut Corten Facade Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 3ndy studio, Campiello corten façade, [...] Read »
Photo from Shutterstock Throughout the Midwest, record temperatures mean trouble for wildlife as well as discomfort for human beings. Thousands of fish are dying in areas where water temperatures [...] Read »
Columbus, Ind., looks like any other small town, with its small shops and restaurants. But what sets this town apart is its architecture. Read »
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Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Provost Alan Cramb announced today the appointment of Wiel Arets as the new dean of the IIT College of Architecture. Born in the Netherlands, Arets, an [...] Read »
images (c)Jussi Tiainen The 1st prize in an invitation competition for a 1250m² church in Jyväskylä, Finland was awarded to by Lassila Hirvilammi Architects. The design is a compact, self-contained [...] Read »
Terreform ONE has announced twenty finalists of its open international design competition, ONE PRIZE 2012: FROM BLIGHT TO MIGHT. The competition drew 115 teams and 655 team members from more [...] Read »
Architectural Works
Here are some photos of the Woodchips Retention Barrier in Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, by menos é mais - arquitectos associados (2011). Photographs are by José Carlos Melo Dias (z.z) [...] Read »
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In an earlier post today, the idea of tuned rocks in a tumbler came up—which reminded me that musician and sound artist Akio Suzuki, known for, amongst other things, his extraordinary found-rock [...] Read »
James E. Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, declared Aug. 3 that a new study by him and colleagues Makiko Sato and Reto Ruedy proves global warming is causing the extreme [...] Read »
Two-year-old Emma LaVelle wanted to play with the other children, but a congenital disorder prevented her from using her arms. Now, with the help of 3D printing, Emma can lift toys and draw [...] Read »
That moment in modern guerilla urbanism [...], is one of the highlights of "Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good," the American Pavilion's inherently political theme [...] Read »
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