Architectural Works
Designed by Tokamarch Architects& , the XishuangbanNa Residence deals mainly with the relationship between the modern building and local natural environment. The traditional Dai village keeps [...] Read »
Designer Morag Myerscough used the tweets of a poet to create the bold graphics surrounding this temporary cafe in London. (more&) Read »
The RA-50 proposal for the HOME Competition, designed by in situ studio and David Hill, AIA& , focuses on building density through alleyway living. By assessing each existing residential parcel [...] Read »
Open to everyone, OUTR (Office of Urban Transformations Research), along with RMIT University School of Architecture and Design, just announced the release of Transiting Cities International [...] Read »
Taking place until October 17th, the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam is exhibiting OJO From Solid to Air which showcases a selection of the work of the architectural practice Office [...] Read »
The Headquarters Krogmann in Lohne-Kroge, Germany, by Despang Architekten& investigates the numerous characteristics and fundamental opportunities inherent within wood and exhibits a modern approach [...] Read »
As the Imagining the Lowline exhibition comes to a close, we share a recap of our visit to the full-scale mockup created by Dan Barasch and James Ramsey& . We have been sharing a steady [...] Read »
As Peter Zumthor has this week been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture, heres another chance to watch the movie interview Dezeen filmed with him last summer, [...] Read »
[ October 10, 2012 0:00 to October 12, 2012 0:00. ] Taking place October 10-12 at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, the Beyond Green! Tall Buildings in a Sustainable Future symposium [...] Read »
The Battery Conservancy Americas Design Competition 2012: Draw Up A Chair is a unique open call to design students and design professionals living in the North America, Central America, South [...] Read »
Designed by IaN+& , their proposal for the National Museum of Afghanistan aims at harmoniously making it a part of the Afghanistan horizon. They do so by blending with it rather than establishing [...] Read »
In the past decade Asias building sector has slowly come around to the idea of the Green building. The movement has picked up pace since 2005 with the introduction of, at last count, 13 national [...] Read »
Located on a hill, on the open area of the landscape, the simplest of a Greek temple is the templum in antis, a small rectangular structure. Designed by the AG LesoSplaw team, in front of [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
This is one of a large number of plans from Archive of Affinities. Although on the surface these reveal a similarity to Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter’s postmodern collage techniques as explored [...] Read »
Its been another month, and heres another outline of coverage from September. From newly published posts this month, I noticed that our articles about net-zero energy Grow Community and the [...] Read »
Almost two years after the idea was first floated, AEG and Genslers 72,000 seat, $1.2 billion stadium proposal was approved by LA City Council on Friday. The vote in favor of the projects environmental [...] Read »
Little, leafy-green patches are sprouting up over Los Angeles as part of the city’s “50 Parks Initiative,” a public-private program designed to revive some of the city’s neediest, most [...] Read »
An intelligent, temporary dwelling that automatically responds to weather For his thesis project at Shenkar College of Design, located in Ramat Gan just outside Tel Aviv in Israel, industrial [...] Read »
This will be the first certified Passive House in the city limits of Salt Lake City (not to take anything away from the Breezeway House located outside the city in Salt Lake County), if certification [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Mothers , by Glaswegian artist Martin Creed , rotates before Josef Paul Kliehaus's Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Part of the exhibition, Martin Creed Plays Chicago , which runs December. [...] Read »
Read the rest of French Student Team Rhône-Alpes Wins the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe With Canopea House! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Read »
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Contemporary Art is to reopen on 29 September in Tjuvholmen, the newest arts district of Oslo. Daylight in Norway, particularly in the winter months, is precious. [...] Read »
You know low-rise skinny jeans are over when someone builds a monument to them. Oh wait, that’s the RMJM’s Gate of the East! Located in Suzhou, a city west of Shanghai, the building is six [...] Read »
If you have an interest in curatorial practice, performance, theory, and socio-political topics in architecture today, add in you calendar this one-day symposium programmed for 13 October. Participants [...] Read »
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I realized that most of my posts lately have been a little feminine side so I thought I'd post a little something for my male readers. Although, I do realize that the ladies will also enjoy [...] Read »
Li-Fi enables a light-bulb to transmit data. Startup SoloPower isnt afraid of the ghost of Solyndra. This big house consumes less than net energy than a little urban studio. Romney voters more [...] Read »
After years of squinting, I finally gave in and got glasses. Once you start wearing them, you realize that one pair just isn't enough. You need multiple pairs so you can coordinate with all [...] Read »
Objects by Architects opens tonight in The Keller Gallery at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. The exhibition features a collection of design objects “smaller than a breadbox,” [...] Read »
While many have dreamed about living underwater, until humans can inhabit on the ocean floor, perhaps its best to simply assist those that already reside there. In his exhibition, Urban Reef, [...] Read »
In The Globe and Mail, I introduce the young firm BlackLAB Architects and their first completed project the home of principals Tony Round and Andrea Kordos in Torontos Bloordale area. Its [...] Read »
Tokyo-based SANAA has unveiled its next U.S. project, a meandering structure called The River for the Grace Farms Foundation, a faith, arts, and social justice non-profit in New Canaan, CT. Situated [...] Read »
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Halloween Image from Shutterstock Mark your calendars: Green Halloweens 3rd annual National Costume Swap is coming to a town near you on Saturday, October 13th, 2012. This year, over 100 cities [...] Read »
Retro chic is always a great way to give your home a bit of personality and it doesnt all have to be about kitschy lava lamps and bead curtains, either! A few touches of vintage items or references [...] Read »
Beckmann-N’Thepe Architects recently has completed the University Library Marne-la-Vallée. Read »
The massive development planned at the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) was unanimously upheld by the New York City Council Land Use Committee on Thursday, and the Lower East Side might [...] Read »
In an ongoing endeavor to blend public art, architecture, and urbanism by artists Siyuan and Hwee Chong, The Doors Project subversively projects a series of doors onto public spaces in Singapore, [...] Read »
Hammer and Hand, a high-performance builder with offices in Seattle and Portland, recently announced the production of ultra-efficient custom doors for use with Passive House projects. The [...] Read »
Today, thousands of tourists and New Yorkers make a loop on the Staten Island Ferry between the borough and Manhattan, but as soon as 2016, they will also be able to make a vertical loop on the [...] Read »
Opinions
The Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable Housing released its final report this week. The recommended actions—which are targeted to residents... Read »
Lyon’s modernist buildings undergo a remarkable deconstruction in Norwegian artist Espen Dietrichson’s “Variations on a Dark City” series. He achieved... Read »
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