Architectural Works
Austrian architects WG3 have designed a mobile hotel room that could be delivered to all kinds of outdoor locations. (more&) Read »
[ August 3, 2012 to November 5, 2012. ] Now through November 5th, the Museum of Modern Art& will be running Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000, a new exhibit that surveys modern [...] Read »
The main idea for the Raft 4U cafe restaurant was to create a pleasant environment, like staying under the shadow of a tree, but also above water. Designed by Studio Alfirevic& , the raft represents [...] Read »
Check out these new renderings of One World Trade Center from the Port Authority and the Durst Organization. The images were released to illustrate recent design modifications such as a treatment [...] Read »
With a given task to design a temporary summer outdoor cafe with a very limited budget, DarkDesignGroup& decided to use basic materials for the walls and roof slabs, which will allow the cafe [...] Read »
Prints of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre by photographer Luke Hayes are now on display in The Changing Room, a space at Dezeen Super Store that is given over to a different creative each [...] Read »
[ August 13, 2012 0:00 to September 12, 2012 0:00. ] Black Spectacles is hosting two sessions of their Digital Design Crash Course, a three day online course this August and September, which [...] Read »
Designed by Hans Hollein & Partner& , the Tehran Stock Exchange aims to become a civic symbol that not only accommodates the stock exchange functions but also repents the practice in its entirety. [...] Read »
Although the city is seen as a place of meetings and exchanges, many urban centers have become over-saturated with cars and car parks. This phenomenon has created a series of “non-places” [...] Read »
Architects Swatt Miers have suspended three glass pavilions over the edge of a valley in northern California (+ slideshow). (more&) Read »
Soon to be Shenzhen’s tallest tower at 660 meters, the Ping An Finance Center by KPF& will anchor the city’s new Central Business District. Positioned at the southwest corner of the intersection [...] Read »
Australian architect Andrew Burns has completed a pointy gallery and studio for artists-in-residence in Japan to replace one that was destroyed during the major earthquake of last year (+ slideshow). (more&) Read »
In an article published by The Wall Street Journal called For Creative Cities, the Sky Has Its Limit, & Richard Florida discusses the development of urban environments and their relative [...] Read »
Movie: digital graphics company Crystal CG has sent us its animated flights over the city that TV broadcasters are using to zoom between venues for the London 2012 Olympics . (more&) Read »
Dezeen Wire: architect Winy Maas of MVRDV and the studios think tank The Why Factory will create 676 miniature LEGO towers at the Venice Architecture Biennale later this month for [...] Read »
Drivers crossing the border from Canada into the USA at Calais, Maine, would never know that theres a tranquil rock garden sandwiched between the checkpoint buildings designed by New York firm [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Out Spoken MAK Center 835 North Kings Road West Hollywood, CA Through August 12 The SCI-Arc Media Archive, comprising four decades of lectures, symposia, and events from many of the most creative [...] Read »
As our city centers become more and more populated, new transportation ideas are being developed to keep the population moving. The Hiriko Fold city car is an ultra-compact car that can fold [...] Read »
Read the rest of Eindhovens Colossal UFO-Shaped Evoluon Center is Out of this World! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture, Design & Technology, eco-travel, Eindhoven, [...] Read »
A team of South Korean researchers have created a synthetic equivalent to human skin that is able to detect pressure as well as stresses and forces being applied to it, such as pinching. This [...] Read »
Inspired by the 2012 Olympic Games, British designer James Henry Austin created Project Won, a line of furniture made entirely from salvaged sports hall flooring from the UK. All the furniture [...] Read »
The reconquest of the Seines riverside expressways will be ushered in by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, following a long battle with Nicolas Sarkozys recently ousted right-wing government. [...] Read »
The Durst Organization and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey released a handful of new interior and exterior renderings of a value-engineered version of original designs for One World [...] Read »
Is Construction the Least Innovation Industry? This article resumes the conversation on the article, “Is Construction America’s Least Innovative Industry” and the HKS Viewpoint by Design [...] Read »
In a city where bicyclists may share a lane with Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein, last year’s promise by Mayor Rahm Emanuel of 100 miles of protected bike paths was cause for celebration. [...] Read »
Its a good month for Toronto designers in Dwell. (And the Roncesvalles hood, too.) Ive got a short article and slideshow on Dwell.com about a house by the young architect Julia Knezic. She [...] Read »
Responsive architecture is design that interacts with people. It engages them with their environment and it impacts the way they feel, think, and behave. This is where sensory design comes [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Artist Peter Root Creates a Miniature Metropolis by Stacking 100,000 Staples Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture, Art, city, Ephemicropolis, miniature, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Passive VOLKsHouse is an Affordable Net-Zero Energy Home in Santa Fe Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", affordable, affordable housing, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Cocoon by Woods Bagot is a Comforting Emergency Shelter for Four Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: cocoon, Design, Disaster Relief, eco design, flatpacked construction, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Englands Recycled Theater on the Fly Has a Very Short Lifespan Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Assemble, Chichester Festival Theater, eco design, England, green [...] Read »
Read the rest of Port Ludlow Residence is a Modern & Simple Green Home on Puget Sound Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco home, finne [...] Read »
City & Urbanism
In our busy, stressed society, taking some time out for yourself to relax and indulge in a spa treatment can be heaven—just what you need to banish stress and return rejuvenated to real life. [...] Read »
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Every day, an average 4,000 pedestrians and 3,100 cyclists cross the upper-level pathway of the Brooklyn Bridge. Commuters, tourists, and joggers vie for space on the congested path, whose width [...] Read »
A Rummer house in Beaverton (image courtesy Houseplans.co) BY GARY HIGGINBOTHAM Not all midcentury ranch houses display great design. Yes, there are advantages to single-story living – you [...] Read »
Solar Array Photo from Shutterstock Researchers at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia have developed a sodium-ion battery that could make renewable energy technologies more affordable. The [...] Read »
Following to the previous post: Cities and climate change: Are cities prepared for future heat waves? some maps and an interesting report that I just found. These maps are parts of a study directed [...] Read »
Seoul-based firm HAEAHN architecture has shared with us images of its recently completed crematorium project, Seoul Memorial Park. The structure, located in the hills outside of Seoul, South [...] Read »
New York Citys nouveau-tall skyscrapers, like the Christian de Portzamparc-designed One57 which recently topped out at 1,004 feet, have been wooing the worlds richest residential buyers with [...] Read »
This is my last Jacques Grange post. I swear. But I couldn't post about his guest houses in Portugal without sharing the one that he actually uses while on holiday. This one is definitely [...] Read »
The ten highest ranked movies of the just released 2012 edition of the British Film Institute's once-a-decade poll of The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time is pretty much a list of the usual [...] Read »
If yesterday's guest house on Jacques Grange's property wasn't your style, maybe this one will be more to your liking. I love all the fabulous striped cotton rugs and textiles. But I probably [...] Read »
After falling a bit off the radar, the folks from Quadriad Reality are back in Washington Heights with a revised plan to build a cluster of towers just down the hill from The Cloisters, DNAinfo [...] Read »
Video
Malbo - Villa Maria animation, Argentina
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Reinterpreting IAC Headquarter
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Opinions
An increase in school-startup supplement rates means that families on income assistance and disability are getting a bit of extra... Read »
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The Filtration Block is an air purifying system that uses plants to absorb indoor toxins. Designer Elaine Tong created the project as a versatile modular unit that can be mounted on a wall or [...] Read »
Although we may ride them every day, we dont often think of our bicycles as life-changing tools of empowerment. In Africa, however, access to a fully-functional bicycle opens up a world of transportation [...] Read »
click images for larger view The metal framing that will carry the facade elements of the new Burberry store on North Michigan Avenue is being put in place. Enjoy it now. This tan, white and [...] Read »
This Saturday I'll be giving a walking/riding tour of parts of Brooklyn along the G Train. The tour starts at 11am in Downtown/Boerum Hill and heads to Fort Greene/Clinton Hill, ending in Williamsburg. [...] Read »
A new illustrated biography, Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography , by John Comazzi at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture tells the story of Balthazar Korab, one of the mid-twentieth [...] Read »
The project of a dwelling house in Mascotelos sees on its terrain a conceptual opportunity as well as a circumstance to which it cannot escape: a narrow lot with a slope of three meters between [...] Read »
Coincidentally, this video of legendary art critic Robert Hughess 1980s television series The Shock of the New was passed around the AN offices yesterday morning. We were saddened to hear [...] Read »
Things seem to be humming again in Hollywood. Big-time tech developer Kilroy Realty has just bought the Sunset Media Center, a 22-story tower just east of the corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood. [...] Read »
And this Curiosity , a magnificent and sophisticated robot landed in Mars this Monday 6 August, 2012. Of course I could not but bring my personal contribution to these flows of articles and reactions [...] Read »
This is VOLKsHouse, and its a prototype for an affordable, net-zero energy family home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In terms of achievements, the home carries an Emerald rating from NAHB and is [...] Read »
Artist Kiel Johnson, who led the amazing workshop “Everyone’s An Architect” last year at TEDActive, was featured today on both the Huffington Post and Sinbadesign for his intricate cardboard [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Starchitect Daniel Libeskind will help judge this year’s Detroit by Design competition to design public spaces along the Detroit River. AIA’s Detroit Chapter is a sponsor of the competition, [...] Read »
Following the sale of Beachaus I, a contemporary prefab in the White Rock area of British Columbia, the neighboring Beachaus II now hits the market with a price tag of $1,275,000. The LEED Platinum [...] Read »
Your iPhone is already indispensable to your social life, and now, with Lapka’s new sensors, it could become indispensable to your health as well. Lapka Electronics has created a set of four [...] Read »
Its election year and that can only mean one thing the standing President doing everything he can to show the country hes the man for a second term. In President Obamas case, hes doing [...] Read »
Londons surprising win that morning was attributed to its focus on urban regeneration and legacy: perhaps the first time an Olympic bid had specifically presented the Games as merely the warm [...] Read »
(Rendering by TBG Architects + Planners) The next in the ongoing series of AIA-SWO construction project tours features the expansion and renovation of Allen Hall on the University of Oregon campus. [...] Read »
As you know, Sunset Magazine selected the Breezehouse by Blu Homes for the 2012 Idea House (last year it was a solar-powered container house). After we posted an initial article about the completed [...] Read »
Climatically Responsive Clothing In thinking through the relationship shared between human physiology, architecture, and the atmosphere it is desirable for me to speculate on scenarios of augmenting [...] Read »
I spent three days camping and hiking in the mountains of Utah last week and used my iPhone to snap the above photo while slightly downhill from the summit of Mount Timpanogos, which has an elevation [...] Read »
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